Words About Books

About Words About Books

Words About Books is a podcast where two wannabe writers read and discuss books. Read along with us, or just enjoy the show! New episodes every Sunday.

Publisher

Ben & Nate

Category

arts · arts · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Jan 2020

Latest episode

8 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

471 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Nov 2026

   Nate Discusses Mick Foley's Book: Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks

   I don’t normally do this but if you want to skip over non-book stuff then jump to about the 10 minute mark. This week we have the yearly wrestler deep dive on one of Nate's favorites: Mick Foley. He wasn't the most atheletically gifted, the strongest, the most roided up (not even a little bit), but he could sure take a beating. Over and over and over he could take a beating. He's so cool and Ben just doesn't get it, so Nate attempts to educate him for over 2 freaking hours. Enjoy, or I'll ta...

2. 

   4 Nov 2026

   Talking About Tolkien - Appendix A (Part 5)

   Let's talk about the Horse Lords of Rohan and how Helm became Hammerhand Support the show Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/wordsaboutbooks.bsky.social Discord - https://discord.gg/6BaNRtcP8C Threads - https://www.threads.net/@wordsaboutbookspodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wordsaboutbookspodcast Blog - https://blog.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/

3. 

   1 Nov 2026

   Nate Discusses Pokemon Adventures Vol 1-3.

   Nate! Nate the Great! It's the hap-hap-happiest time of the year! The time where everyone collectively tunes in to listen to one man discuss topics way too in-depth and another man slowly dies inside! It's Nate's Nightmare November! This week we have a softball where we discuss the strange world of Pokemon but with more violence and murder than the standard anime episode. Nate also uses some clips from Pokemon 'bridged and hopes they're okay with that. We're on the countdown toward Mr. Beast'...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

34,150

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.9 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

40 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100

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

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

81

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