Fuse 8 n' Kate
Hosted by Kate and Betsy · Betsy Bird and Kate Atienza
4.7from 62 ratings
- 431
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 62
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Fuse 8 n' Kate
Two sisters, one in L.A. and one in NYC, both move to the Chicago area and start a podcast. The premise? Picture books and are they really that great? Join Kate and Fuse 8 (Betsy Bird) as they track down a picture book "classic" each episode and try to determine if it deserves to remain in the canon of children's literature. Profile image by Andrea Tsurumi
- Publisher
- Betsy Bird and Kate Atienza
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Jun 2017
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 431 episodes have a transcript.
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 430 - Der Struwwelpeter
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Episode 429 - Nightmares- Poems to Trouble Your Sleep
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 428 - A Ghost Story
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Episode 430 - Der Struwwelpeter
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Not only, by the way, did he write this book. He illustrated it himself. Self-taught artist. So there you go. Fair play to him. So... This wasn't the first thing he'd ever written. He'd written poems and a satirical comedy. And then this publisher friend of him was like, hey, you should totally get that book of illustrated children's verses. You know, the one that you gave to your three-year-old son as a Christmas present. When you read this book, you're going to be so shocked he gave it to a three-year-old. But anyway, you should totally publish that. And so he did. And it was called Struvalpater after one of its antiheroes. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 44 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 18 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 90
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Who hosts Fuse 8 n' Kate?
Kate and Betsy host the show. Published by Betsy Bird and Kate Atienza.
How often do new episodes come out?
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