The Yarn

The Yarn

Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp

4.8from 147 ratings

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51Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
271
Episodes
28
Transcribed
147
Ratings
Bi-weekly
Cadence
2015
First episode

About The Yarn

The Yarn takes listeners behind the scenes of children's literature. Each episode features an author or illustrator talking about how they create books for young readers.

Publisher
Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp
Category
arts · arts · education
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
14 Aug 2015
Latest episode
17 Oct 2026
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Latest episodes

28 of 271 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 17 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    #271 Rhode Montijo - SKULLY'S BEST DÍA EVER! Unravelled

  2. 30 Sept 2026

    #270 Matthew Cordell - 102 Unraveled

  3. 19 Sept 2026

    #269 Lois Lowry - BUILDING 903 Unraveled

Inside a recent episode

#271 Rhode Montijo - SKULLY'S BEST DÍA EVER! Unravelled

Published 17 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Sure. So Scully's best dia ever takes place in Skeletown, which is a town full of skeletons. And like I mentioned earlier, it's something that I pitched for a total of 19 years. And it's inspired heavily by Dia de los Muertos, which has a lot of skeleton imagery. And when I was starting out, it wasn't the Dia de los Muertos wasn't as known as it is now. It's like a little bit more in the zeitgeist now. But back then, I think a lot of publishers were creeped out of skeleton kids. And maybe they weren't familiar with the holiday. So Scully's Best Dia Ever is a story. in the world of Skeletown. And originally, we were going to start with a narrative story like this book is. […]

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Who has been a guest on The Yarn

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

  • Rhode Montijo
  • Matthew Cordell
  • Lois Lowry
  • Rex Ogle
  • Aaron Reynolds

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
126 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
21 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

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Quality
63
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
95

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The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.

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