Between The Covers

About Between The Covers

KBOO Radio is a community-powered station in Portland Oregon

Publisher

KBOO Radio

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jul 2022

Latest episode

19 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 36 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Spoke and Word Books

   Host [Host Name] interviews Cierra Cook, owner of Spoke and Word Books, about her journey from corporate life to independent bookstore passion.

2. 

   15 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Interview with Author Jaime Ford

   Tune in to Between the Covers on Thursday, January 15th, for an interview with New York Times best-selling author Jamie Ford. His debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, explores a father-son relationship set against the backdrop of the internment of Japane...

3. 

   18 Dec 2025

   Between The Covers on 12/18/25

Inside a recent episode

Spoke and Word Books

Published 19 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And our customer base is so diverse. We have very young people, very old people. We have single people families, you know, just a wealth of diversity in our customers. But the people who really keep us afloat are the people who are coming in every week. They're customers that I can tell you I will see James on a Friday morning. I can tell you I will see Donna on a Tuesday morning. Like I know who's going to come in the shop and the amount of support that we get from a relatively small group of our customers is huge. And that's really what keeps us afloat is especially people placing special orders with us, which I, you know, kind of was surprised by, especially now that, you know, you can Amazon can get you a book in two days. […]

Who has been a guest on Between The Covers

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Cierra Cook
• James Conroyd Martin
• Josh Odam
• Ava Pauline Emilione
• TJ Klune

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

450,286

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

1

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

Contact Between The Covers

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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