Prose Society with Eli Rallo

Zoe Kazan on Adapting East of Eden, Family Legacy, and the Art of Letting Go

Actress, screenwriter, and playwright Zoe Kazan joins this episode of Prose Society to discuss her Netflix adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden — a project six yea

Culture Catch-Up: Justice for Millennials!

This week's a long one. We're recapping the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Vegas, the VMAs, Dancing With the Stars, and The Traitors — plus a deep dive into Taylor Swift's

Book Review: Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst — Ensemble Casts, Existential Dread, and the Question of How We're Supposed to Live

This week we're reviewing Waist Deep, the debut novel by Danish author Linea Maja Ernst that became a smash hit across Scandinavia. Five university friends and their part

Culture Catch-Up: The Emmys, The Sydney Sweeney Ad, and We Are the Assholes

This week's Culture Catch-Up is a big one. We dig into the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and what it means to reflect on it depending on where you grew up, unpack the backlash

Waist Deep, Love Island Drama & the Sociology of American Cheating with Josh Lora

This week on Prose Society, we're joined by writer, content creator, and sociologist Josh Lora (@tellthebeees) — one of our favorite voices covering books, culture, and i

Culture Catch-Up: Dolly Parton Tributes, Met Gala Fallout & the Ozempic-Fueled Celebrity Body Discourse

This week's Culture Catch-Up covers a lot of ground: personal life updates and housewarming plans, honoring Dolly Parton and the recent losses in music and theater, the M

Book Review: With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick — New Motherhood and a Twist You Won’t See Coming

This episode is all about Amy Chozick's debut fiction novel, With Friends Like You — a sharp, darkly funny thriller about new motherhood, capitalist excess, and a narrato

Amy Chozick: Trading Politics for Fiction, Pub Day Jitters, and Writing Her Debut Novel

Journalist-turned-novelist Amy Chozick (Chasing Hillary, The Girls on the Bus) joins us to discuss her debut novel, With Friends Like You. We talk about leaving hard-news

Welcome to Prose Society: Why I Took a Break, Love Island Drama & What to Expect Each Week

Welcome to Prose Society — the book club, community, and weekly culture podcast you didn't know you needed. In this debut episode, Eli opens up about why it took months t

Introducing: Prose Society with Eli Rallo

Welcome to Prose Society. Each month we pick one featured book together, then spend the weeks going far beyond the pages — the ideas, the characters, the culture, the con