100 episodes
The Yak Babies Book Podcast Aaron Block, David Duhr, Brick Road
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5.0 • 17 Ratings
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Yak Babies is a weekly book podcast that brings a mix of reviews, discussions, games, and read-a-longs to fellow readers who are sick of the same old stodgy book podcasts. We focus on literature, and regularly discuss comics, video games, and other media as well.
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255- Yak Picks: Fantasy
The personal pals share their favorite fantasy novels, and try to tease out the differnece between high and low fantasy.
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254- White Noise (2022)
The pals ditch Dave to talk about Noah Baumbach's 2022 Netflix adaptation of DeLillo's novel.
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253- Genderqueer; Road of Bones; Years of Rice and Salt; Homegoing; Maame; Kindred; Ink Blood Sister Scribe; Marlena; Counterfeit; Wide Sargasso Sea; The Spy Who Loved Me
Books touched on: Genderqueer, by Maia Kobabe; Road of Bones, by Christopher Golden, Years of Rice and Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson; Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi; Maame, by Jessica George; Kindred, by Ocatavia Butler and Damian Duffy; Ink Blood Sister Scribe, by Emma Torzs; Marlena, by Julie Buntin; Counterfeit, by Kirstin Chen; Comedy Bang Bang The Podcast The Book, by Scott Aukerman; Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys; The Spy Who Loved Me, by Ian Fleming.
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252- Aversions When Writing
Aaron asks the pals what they think of writers intentionally omitting personal hang-ups (like drinking or smoking) from their writing.
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251- What Happened to the Hugos?
The pals discuss the recent controversy with the Hugo awards, as well as the challenge of self-censorship in the modern era.
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250- Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars - Canon or Cannon 2.0
The pals did a group read of Ryka Aoki's sci-fi novel Light from Uncommon Stars. Will it stand the test of time or be shot into the ocean of forgotten books?
Customer Reviews
Love it
Very nice contrast to the book podcasts filled with breathless agents who uncritically love everything that comes out.
Definitely not a member of the podcast
Excellent podcast, good train listen, can’t wait to see who inevitably cracks and murders the others
The #1 podcast officially sponsored by books
The best mix of sex, presidents, and books that could ever be. Actually, they don’t talk about presidents much, and they don’t really talk much about sex either. Usually they talk about books, but not always. Also they aren’t really yaks (or babies), but if they were literal yaks: 6 stars!