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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People Podcast Transcripts

Penguin Random House · 45 episodes with transcripts

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they like.

Spoken has transcripts of 45 Marlon and Jake Read Dead People episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from September 8, 2026.

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The Literary Hall of Shame

September 8, 2026

Jake Morrissey (0:00)

Riverhead Books presents Marlon and Jake Read Dead People, a podcast with Marlon James and Jake Morrissey.

Marlon James (0:06)

I live for trashing people who can't trash back. We don't finish the book.

Jake Morrissey (0:10)

If I don't like it, because there aren't enough days left in my life.

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