Slate Books - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Love this book club--look forward to it every month. Intelligent discussion of literature. Very organized--relveals what you need to know in order to either read the book or better understand it once you've read it. Other book podcasts would do well to listen to this one to gain a sense of how it should be done.

I haven’t found another bookish podcast with the same depth of analysis. The hosts don’t talk endlessly about their personal lives and there are no gimmicks or shticks. Just extraordinarily thoughtful and interesting discourse. I don’t blame them for disappearing after so many reviews lambasted a vocal quality of a commentator. I personally was able to overlook it to obtain the top-notch content. Perhaps we didn’t deserve this podcast.

If you enjoy the kind of literary discussion where a group of writers tears apart every aspect of a book then this is the podcast for you. Each week they choose a great book by a great writer and pick it apart for every perceived flaw. At the end the panel all recommend the book agreeing how much they liked it. I am always shocked because in the space of an hour they don't say one positive thing about the book. My advice would be don't listen to the podcast if you are thinking of reading the book because they will convince you not to. But if you have no intention of reading that book or have already read it, then give it a shot. The one thing they do really well is talk this reader out of reading the books they are discussing.

Usually wonderful discussions on this show. Just wish this podcast happened much more often. Not that I always agree with the opinions on some of the books, but always thought-provoking. Great job!!

I really like this podcast! So it pains me to say I just can't listen to it anymore. The content is great and the book selections are wonderful, but the voice of one of the hosts just kills me. I realize how mean that sounds, but some people just aren't meant for radio/podcasting. Their voices just aren't appealing for the listeners. It's like nails on a chalkboard. I won't write her name on here because I do feel bad saying these things, but I will be unsubscribing until Slate makes some necessary changes to their hosting panel.

Great podcast with insightful, indepth conversations about interesting books. Very happy with the range of book choices. I hate to say this because it makes me feel like I should hand in my feminist card but Katy Walkman's voice is so distracting I cannot listen to the podcast. I wish I could get past it but I just can't.