- 239
- Episodes
- 21
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Marginalia
From KMUW Studios and part of the NPR Network, Marginalia is a weekly 29-minute show hosted by Beth Golay. Episodes always features an author interview, and *sometimes* include editorial commentary, book reviews, indie bookstore reading recommendations and other marginalia to enhance the reading experience. Since 2015, Beth has interviewed hundreds of authors, including Pulitzer Prize–winners, US Poet Laureates and two Nobel Laureates.Several of Beth's interviews are included each year in NPR's Books We Love (formerly known as Book Concierge). And you can see the list of what Beth has read since she started keeping track in 2003.Listen to KMUW on Saturdays at 11:30 am CT, find episodes below, or subscribe to Marginalia wherever you get your podcasts.Marginalia is available to public radio stations through PRX.Marginalia never charges to do author interviews. If you are an author and have received an email asking for payment, please do not pay and let us know at info@kmuw.org.
- Publisher
- KMUW
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Nov 2021
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
21 of 239 episodes have a transcript.
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hernan Diaz on his new novel 'Ply'
26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
John Green on his new novel 'Hollywood, Ending'
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Emily St. John Mandel on her new novel 'Exit Party'
Inside a recent episode
Hernan Diaz on his new novel 'Ply'
Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There were the orphans. And because this is a world in which, and this is a quote, almost everyone becomes an orphan at a young age. What did you want to explore with age and this setting? What a lovely question. Well, a few things, I think, and entire, not volumes, but libraries have been written about this, how... Age is a little bit of a construct. Teenagers are a very new invention. It's a very 20th century invention. Of course, there were always pubescent humans who were undergoing all these hormonal changes. I'm not denying that. But as a societal group, they're extremely new. They're less than a century old teenagers. […]
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- Hernan Diaz
- John Green
- Margaret Leonard
- Emily St John Mandel
- Jonathan Earle
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 34 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Marginalia?
Beth Golay host the show. Published by KMUW.
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