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  • Jen Hatmaker: Awake

    Jen Hatmaker: Awake
    Nov 11 2025
    On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read we are joined by Jen Hatmaker with her instant New York Times best seller, AWAKE. This memoir is a brutally honest, funny, and revealing memoir about the traumatic end of her twenty-six-year-long marriage, and the beginning of a different kind of love story. You can tune in to Jen’s award-winning podcast For the Love every week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 min
  • Kenny Chesney: Heart Life Music

    Kenny Chesney: Heart Life Music
    Nov 4 2025
    On this very special episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by one of American music’s biggest names, Kenny Chesney, with his all-new memoir, Heart Life Music. Kenny Chesney enters the Country Music Hall of Fame this year. Selling out stadiums for two decades, he’s sold 105 million albums and holds BILLBOARD’s record for Most Country No. 1 hits. Kenny co-wrote Heart Life Music with Holly Gleason, the world-renowned journalist who has written for Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, New York Times and HITS. This episode was recorded live at Book of the Month in New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 9 min
  • You Can Make This! A conversation with Angela Kinsey and Joshua Snyder

    You Can Make This! A conversation with Angela Kinsey and Joshua Snyder
    Oct 24 2025
    The holidays are upon us, and we could not wait to bring Angela Kinsey and Joshua Snyder on You Are What You Read for a conversation about their brand new cookbook, You Can Make This. You know Angela for her award-winning role as Angela Martin on all nine seasons of The Office. Angela is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Office BFFs, which she co-wrote with Jenna Fisher. Together, they host the sensational Office Ladies podcast. Angela’s husband, Josh, is an actor, influencer, and self-taught baker with a passion for bringing people together through food, which you will see in this conversation. He and Angela turned his love of baking into the popular YouTube series, Baking with Josh & Ange. You can check it out after this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 min
  • A New Take on Crime Fiction: In conversation with Tim Sullivan

    A New Take on Crime Fiction: In conversation with Tim Sullivan
    Oct 21 2025
    On today’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by acclaimed screenwriter, director and author, Tim Sullivan. Tim’s screen credits include A Handful of Dust, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, Where Angels Fear to Tread, starring Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham Carter, Jack and Sarah (which he also directed) starring Richard E Grant, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen and Letters to Juliet, with Amanda Seyfried. Tim has directed the television series: Sherlock Holmes and Cold Feet. Tim has written extensively in Hollywood in both live action and animation, working with Ron Howard, Scott Rudin and with Jeffrey Katzenberg on the fourth Shrek movie. He has now embarked on a series of crime novels featuring the autistic, and brilliantly persistent DS George Cross, which have hit shelves in the United States this fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 min
  • Rob Reiner: "A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap"

    Rob Reiner: "A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap"
    Oct 14 2025
    On this week’s episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by the great Rob Reiner with his new memoir, A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap, which he co-wrote with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer with David Kamp. Rob is a two-time Emmy–winning actor for his role in All in the Family. He is also the acclaimed director of This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men, The American President, Ghosts of Mississippi, and The Bucket List. Recently, Rob directed the Emmy–nominated documentary Albert Brooks: Defending my Life, and the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap. Rob is a dedicated political activist, he spearheaded a tobacco tax initiative in California to fund early childhood development and chaired the state commission to oversee its implementation. In 2008, he cofounded The American Foundation For Equal Rights, which paved the way for marriage equality nationwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 min
  • Mitch Albom and his first romantic novel, TWICE

    Mitch Albom and his first romantic novel, TWICE
    Oct 7 2025
    On this episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by our good friend Mitch Albom with his brand new novel, TWICE. Mitch is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays with Morrie. His books of fiction and nonfiction have sold forty-two million copies in forty-eight languages worldwide. Mitch is founder of the nonprofit SAY Detroit, supporting Detroit community members with healthcare, housing and education initiatives. He also founded a dessert shop and a gourmet popcorn line to help fund it. saydetroit.org Mitch operates Have Faith Haiti, a home and school for impoverished children and orphans in Port-au-Prince, which he visits monthly. havefaithhaiti.org TWICE is all about second chances, and we were thrilled that some of you wrote in with your questions and second-chance stories to share with Mitch today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 min
  • Talking Appalachian with Poet and Author Silas House

    Talking Appalachian with Poet and Author Silas House
    Sep 30 2025
    On this episode of You Are What You Read, we are joined by poet and author Silas House who has not one but two books out this September that you don’t want to miss: a new novel, Dead Man Blues, and a book of poetry, All These Ghosts. Silas was the recipient of the Duggins Prize, the largest award for an LGBTQ writer in the nation. He was inducted as the Poet Laureate of Kentucky for 2023–2025 and became a Grammy finalist. Silas teaches at Berea College and at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Creative Writing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 min
  • The Best of McConaughey

    The Best of McConaughey
    Sep 23 2025
    Welcome to Season Three of You Are What You Read, a podcast with the luminaries of our time about the books that built their souls. This season, we have an incredible lineup of special guests you don’t want to miss. We are kicking off Season Three with a fan favorite who is touring the country now, the great Matthew McConaughey. Matthew joined us for a few conversations about his bestselling book Greenlights, which we discuss in this episode. Matthew tells us later about his plans to write more books, which culminated into his latest, Poems & Prayers. You can watch this week’s episode with Matthew now on Youtube! Head to the You Are What You Read podcast YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@youarewhatyoureadpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 min