Chatter on Books
Hosted by Torie and David and Claude and Jamie and Kevin Stanfield and Louis Bayard · Torie Clarke
4.8from 341 ratings
- 153
- Episodes
- 52
- Transcribed
- 341
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Chatter on Books
Chatter On Books is a weekly podcast hosted by Torie Clarke, with co-hosts Claude Jennings and David Aldridge, plus a rotating crew of writers, journalists, and the occasional welcome surprise. Every week, the gang sits down with a new author, debates what they're reading, and lets the conversation wander wherever it wants to go. It's the kind of show where the guests are interesting, the hosts are opinionated, and nobody's pretending this is a book club.
- Publisher
- Torie Clarke
- Category
- arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
52 of 153 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
John U. Bacon - "The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Camille Acker "A Very Special Episode"
5 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Thomas Mallon — "A Book of One's Own — People and Their Diaries" and "The Very Heart of It - New York Diaries, 1983-1994"
Inside a recent episode
John U. Bacon - "The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And the reason is not because the fog or the mess is because the curvature of the earth. Exactly. It's the reason why you can't see across Vermont. Same thing. So the size of these things is really quite amazing. Is Lake Superior particularly different and challenging? Yes, for a few reasons. I believe you've got an Irish background. Lake Superior itself is bigger than the island of Ireland. And you guys are in Virginia, I think. It's bigger than Virginia also. So that's how big the thing is. It's insane. It is insane. And, of course, the problem is that it's water. It's about 160 miles high and 350 miles wide. […]
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- John U Bacon
- Camille Acker
- Thomas Mallon
- Emma Styles
- Isaac Fitzgerald
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 333 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 8 ratings
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- 93
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Chatter on Books?
Torie and David and Claude and Jamie and Kevin Stanfield and Louis Bayard host the show. Published by Torie Clarke.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Chatter on Books take guests?
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