The Yak Babies Book Podcast
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.
Episodes
![258- Foreign Words in Books](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
258- Foreign Words in Books
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
The pals sift between to ersatz and the echt when it comes to reasons for authors dropping foreign words in their writing.
![257- Tracking Reading](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
257- Tracking Reading
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
The pals discuss how they keep track of what they read, and it turns out each has a very different process.
![256- Reading v. Buying](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday May 16, 2024
256- Reading v. Buying
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
The pals discuss buying books and if they read books the buy right away (or at all). Nico asks the pals what they do with books after they read them.
![255- Yak Picks: Fantasy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday May 02, 2024
255- Yak Picks: Fantasy
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
The personal pals share their favorite fantasy novels, and try to tease out the differnece between high and low fantasy.
![254- White Noise (2022)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
254- White Noise (2022)
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
The pals ditch Dave to talk about Noah Baumbach's 2022 Netflix adaptation of DeLillo's novel.
![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](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
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.
![252- Aversions When Writing](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
252- Aversions When Writing
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Saturday Mar 16, 2024
Aaron asks the pals what they think of writers intentionally omitting personal hang-ups (like drinking or smoking) from their writing.
![251- What Happened to the Hugos?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
251- What Happened to the Hugos?
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
The pals discuss the recent controversy with the Hugo awards, as well as the challenge of self-censorship in the modern era.
![250- Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars - Canon or Cannon 2.0](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
250- Ryka Aoki's Light from Uncommon Stars - Canon or Cannon 2.0
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
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?
![249- The Heart of It All; Kavalier & Clay; Small Mercies; Remarkably Bright Creatures; Wild Ones; Foster; The Mysteries; Last Ronin Lost Years; Doppelgänger](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/2772540/yak-cover-pbean_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Books this month: The Heart of It All, by Christian Keefer; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon; Small Mercies, by Dennis Lehane; Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt; The Wild Ones, by John Mooallem; Foster, by Claire Keegan; The Mysteries, by Bill Watterson and John Kascht; The Last Ronin- The Lost Years, by Kevin Eastman; Doppelganger, by Naomi Kline; Classic X-Men.
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