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Open Book with Elena Passarello
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Frequency: 1 episode/10d. Total Eps: 7
A mini-series from public radio's "Live Wire": Award-winning writer and Live Wire announcer Elena Passarello cracks the spine on writers' most intimate relationships: books. Each episode features a candid conversation with today's most compelling authors about their reading habits, literary dealbreakers, and controversial book opinions. Whether you're a voracious bibliophile or casual reader, "Open Book" invites you to eavesdrop on the kind of passionate book talk usually reserved for late nights and second glasses of wine.
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17/07/2025#83
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Introducing "Open Book" with Elena Passarello
mercredi 4 juin 2025 • Duration 02:05
Open Book is a literary limited series that “cracks the spine” on a writer’s most intimate relationship: the one they have with books. Each episode, award-winning writer and Live Wire announcer Elena Passarello hosts candid conversations with some of today’s acclaimed authors, like Karen Russell and Melissa Febos – covering all things bookish, from reading habits and book recommendations to controversial literary opinions. Eavesdrop on the kind of passionate book talk that’s typically reserved for late nights and second glasses of wine.
Coming soon...Open Book with Elena Passarello
mercredi 21 mai 2025 • Duration 00:06
Coming soon...Open Book with Elena Passarello
Open Book: Karen Russell
Episode 1
mercredi 11 juin 2025 • Duration 21:27
Award-winning author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) chats about the joy of reading a book you love written by someone you love, how Stephen King led to sleepless nights as a child, and those “little black dress” books you always loan to a friend. Plus, Elena reveals her latest vacation read as a murder mystery starring "existential sheep."
Open Book: Aubrey Gordon
Episode 2
mercredi 18 juin 2025 • Duration 21:47
Podcast star Aubrey Gordon (Maintenance Phase) discusses what a bookstore’s poetry section reveals about its true nature, the thrill of a literary “rug pull," and how sometimes the solution to “too much work reading” is… more reading? And Elena shares her go-to hack for getting your reading mojo back.
Open Book: Scaachi Koul
Episode 3
mercredi 25 juin 2025 • Duration 20:04
Slate writer Scaachi Koul (Sucker Punch) reveals her delinquent beginnings as a serious reader and which reading behavior she finds inexcusable. Plus, Elena unpacks “hysterical realism” as a literary genre and Scaachi explains why the Bible's biggest sin isn't its content.
Open Book: Ann Powers
Episode 4
mercredi 2 juillet 2025 • Duration 18:17
Music critic Ann Powers (Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell) dishes about her oddball reading journey, from staging puppet shows as a library-dwelling misfit kid to struggling to keep up with her favorite writers on Substack.
Open Book: Sam Sanders
Episode 7
mercredi 23 juillet 2025 • Duration 27:55
Radio host and podcaster Sam Sanders (The Sam Sanders Show, Vibe Check) chats about promoting a book through wearable merch and imagines his “dream casting” for Percival Everett’s novel James. Plus, Sam and Elena attempt to “fix” publishing.