Podcast episodes are listed by season (a season is a given year’s Newbery Medal winner and the Honor books; sometimes we put two years together for one season if the lists of Honor books are very short), with any pertinent interviews appended. Scroll to the bottom for interviews not associated with a book that we have yet reviewed, or ones that are unrelated to a specific title. Click on the title of any already-aired episode to see its page with full show notes; if it’s an episode that hasn’t aired yet, it’s here to give those who wish to read along a guide to what’s ahead (although our unaired episodes are subject to change). We may also link to a recipe, if we know what our drink for that episode is going to be. Enjoy our rampant nerdery!
Season 1: 1984
- Episode 1: Sugaring Time
- Interview: Kathryn Lasky
- Episode 2: A Solitary Blue
- Episode 3: The Wish Giver
- Episode 4: The Sign of the Beaver
- Episode 5: Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Interview: Paul O. Zelinsky
Season 2: 2014
- Episode1: One Came Home
- Episode 2: The Year of Billy Miller
- Interview: Kevin Henkes
- Episode 3: Paperboy
- Interview: Vince Vawter
- Episode 4: Doll Bones
- Interview: Holly Black
- Episode 5: Flora and Ulysses
- Interview: K.G. Campbell
- Interview: Kate DiCamillo (forthcoming)
Season 3: 1963 &1964
- Episode 1: Thistle and Thyme
- Episode 2: Men of Athens
- Episode 3: A Wrinkle in Time
- Interview: Alison Green of Ask A Manager
- Interview: Hope Larson
- Interview: Charlotte Jones Voiklis
- Episode 4: The Loner
- Episode 5: Rascal
- Episode 6: It’s Like This, Cat
Season 4: 1971
- Episode 1: Knee Knock Rise
- Episode 2: Enchantress from the Stars
- Episode 3: Sing Down the Moon
- Episode 4: Summer of the Swans
- Interview: Ted Coconis
Season 5: 2003
- Episode 1: Hoot
- Episode 2: Pictures of Hollis Woods
- Episode 3: Surviving the Applewhites
- Episode 4: A Corner of the Universe
- Episode 5: The House of the Scorpion
- Episode 6: Crispin: The Cross of Lead
- Interview: Avi
Season 6: 1991-2
- Episode 1: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (see also our interview with Avi, in Season 5, above)
- Episode 2: Maniac Magee
- Episode 3: The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane
- Episode 4: Nothing But the Truth (see also our interview with Avi, in Season 5, above)
- Episode 5: Shiloh
Season 7: 1983
- Episode 1: Doctor DeSoto
- Episode 2: Graven Images
- Episode 3: Homesick: My Own Story
- Episode 4: The Blue Sword
- Episode 5: Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
- Episode 6: Dicey’s Song
Season 8: 1979
- The Great Gilly Hopkins
- The Westing Game
Season 9: 1922
- Episode 1: The Golden Fleece
- Episode 2: Cedric the Forester
- Episode 3: The Windy Hill
- Episode 4: The Great Quest
- Episode 5: The Old Tobacco Shop
- Episode 6: The Story of Mankind (our 100th episode!)
Season 10: 2007 (forthcoming)
- Episode 1: Penny From Heaven
- Interview: Jennifer Holm
- Episode 2: Hattie Big Sky
- Episode 3: Rules
- Episode 4: The Higher Power of Lucky
Season 11: 1968
Season 12: 1934
Season 13: 1999/2000
Season 14: 1950
Season 15: 2010
Season 16: 1945
Season 17: 1973/74
Kid Reviews:
- Millions of Cats with guest reviewer Lily
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Reviews of Non-Newbery books:
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Interview: Raina Telgemeier
Additional Interviews (* designates a non-audio interview):
Newbery authors:
- Katherine Applegate (author of 2013 Newbery Medal winner The One and Only Ivan)
- Ashley Bryan (author of 2017 Newbery Honor book Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan)
- Matt de la Pena (author of 2016 Newbery Medal winner Last Stop on Market Street)
- Margarita Engle (author of 2009 Newbery Honor book The Surrender Tree) – forthcoming
- Adam Gidwitz (author of 2017 Newbery Honor book The Inquisitor’s Tale)
- Donna Barba Higuera (author of 2022 Newbery Medal winner The Last Cuentista)
- Veera Hiranandani (author of 2019 Newbery Honor book The Night Diary)
- Jennifer Holm (author of 2000 Newbery Honor book Our Only May Amelia, 2007 Newbery Honor book Penny From Heaven, and 2011 Newbery Honor book Turtle in Paradise)
- Erin Entrada Kelly (author of 2018 Newbery Medal winner Hello, Universe)
- Grace Lin (author of 2010 Newbery Honor book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon)
- Darcie Little Badger (author of 2022 Newbery Honor book A Snake Falls to Earth)
- Lois Lowry (author of Newbery Medal winners Number the Stars, 1990, and The Giver, 1994)
- Kyle Lukoff (author of 2022 Newbery Honor Too Bright to See)
- Meg Medina (author of 2019 Newbery Medal winner Merci Suarez Changes Gears)
- Gary Paulsen* (author of Newbery Honor books Dogsong, 1986, Hatchet, 1987, and The Winter Room, 1990)
- Jason Reynolds (author of 2018 Newbery Honor book Long Way Down)
- Andrea Wang (author of 2022 Newbery Honor book Watercress)
- Jasmine Warga (author of 2020 Newbery Honor book Other Words for Home)
- Renee Watson (author of 2018 Newbery Honor book Piecing Me Together)
Other:
- 90-Second Newbery
- Marc Brown, author and illustrator of the Arthur series
- Jason Chin, illustrator of 2022 Newbery Honor book and 2022 Caldecott Medal winner, Watercress
- Marcy Cornell/Jennie Law (yes, we interviewed each other) – forthcoming
- Tony DiTerlizzi
- Savanna Ganucheau, author/artist of the graphic novelization of Jennifer Holm’s 2011 Newbery Honor book Turtle in Paradise
- Nikki Grimes
- Katherine Marsh – forthcoming
- Yuyi Morales
- Dan Santat
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Jennie and Marcy are two book-loving mamas (and a librarian and a bookseller, respectively) who are reading and drinking their way through the entire catalogue of Newbery books, and interviewing authors and illustrators along the way.