Check This Out

About Check This Out

From New Hampshire Public Radio and PEN/Faulkner, Check This Out is a fresh literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.

Publisher

New Hampshire Public Radio

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Nov 2023

Latest episode

3 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Jul 2026

   Find your next summer read

   Some favorite authors offer their suggestions for summer reading, plus host Rachel Barenbaum has some books by New England authors to recommend.

2. 

   26 Jun 2026

   The Book Biz: Novelist Katherine Center reflects

   The Book Biz segment is where we look at the forces shaping what gets written, published and read. We talk to Katherine Center, a veteran romance author about how the industry has changed in the last 20 years, her new novel, "The Shippers," and what it's like to have your work turned into a movie.

3. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Check This Out: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow & 'Names Have Been Changed' plus the Book Biz with Katherine Center

   This debut novel is about an itinerant Singaporean ex-con hiding from her past in different countries. And on our Book Biz segment, author Katherine Center reflects on her 20-year publishing career.

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.2 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

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

Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60