Best Megan Polk Podcasts (2025)

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New Microphone! (and other updates) 5:56

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Greetings and welcome to a Reviews That Burn blog post by Robin, part of Books That Burn. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. Full Text Here I have a few updates for everyone! They're all good things and have been a long time coming. ----- Reviews That Burn is a review blog which accompanies the Books That…

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Introducing "Origin Stories" 5:13

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Have you ever wondered how your favorite movie or book—or podcast, TV series, documentary, or article—got made? Origin Stories has you covered. Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer talks to a different writer or director about the creation of a work close to their own hearts. Nothing is off the table: not the frustrations and the joys, not t…

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I've Joined The Creator Accountability Network 5:51

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Greetings and welcome to a Reviews That Burn blog post by Robin, part of Books That Burn. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. I've joined the Creator Accountability Network (CAN) as a provisionally credentialed creator! The provisional period is three months long, and at the end of that time I'll be fully …

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Series Review: The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk 16:20

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Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. This episode discusses The Kingston Cycle by C…

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Series Review - Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke 11:32

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Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout, as well as returning patron Chris Alvarado. Fu…

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Series Review - Queen's Thief: A Series by Megan Whalen Turner 9:47

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Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. Thank you to Patron Case Aiken who receives a monthly shoutout. Full Text Here Eugenides, the queen’s thief, can steal anything—or so he says. When his boasting lands him in prison and the king’s magus invites …

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Two Essays on The Count of Monte Cristo 9:41

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I love The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. I have read the unabridged version more than once, and my most recent reread was in 2023. At that time, I wrote a couple of brief essays which I posted on Tumblr, one of which was about a canonically queer character and the other discussed a character who is often left out of the various adaptati…

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Five: Long Series and How to Read Them 15:11

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Transcript Available Here] This is the fifth and final entry in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and I…

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Two Essays on Generative AI 13:53

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to a two-part reading of some Books That Burn essays by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. These two essays are both about my thoughts on generative AI, but neither was long enough to be an episode on its own. As a reviewer of books, I'm very concerned with the…

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Four: When a Villain Lives 27:06

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Text Available Here] This is the fourth in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.K. Fa…

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Three: Unreliable Narrators 19:11

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Text Available Here] This is the third in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.K. Fau…

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Two: Series Structure 35:31

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Text Available Here] This is the second in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.K. Fa…

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part One: Character Growth 15:48

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Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Transcript Available Here] This is the first in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.…

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When Miserable People Get Happy Endings: "Unlikeable" Protagonists in Alexis Hall's Writing 40:45

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Hello and welcome to Books That Burn with another book essay from Robin! Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. This essay discusses (and moderately spoils) the following works by Alexis Hall: ROSALINE PALMER TAKES THE CAKE (2021) 10 THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED (2023) GLITTERLAND (2013) WAITING FOR THE FLOOD (2024 edition) …

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Episode 585: John Jeremiah Sullivan 1:06:30

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John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and has written for Harper's, The New Yorker, and GQ. He is the author of Pulphead and the forthcoming The Prime Minister of Paradise: The True Story of a Lost American History. “I love making pieces of writing and trying to find the right language to say what I mean. It…

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Bonus: Mailbag 43:29

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The hosts answer a few listener questions. Evan’s picks for some podcasts to try: Creative Nonfiction Press Box The Stacks Podcast: Sunday Long Read True Stories Question Everything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Longform

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Episode 584: Ta-Nehisi Coates 50:51

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is an author and journalist. His next book is The Message. “I don’t think we have the luxury as journalists of avoiding things because people might say bad things about us. I don’t even think we have the luxury of avoiding things because we might get fired. I don’t think we have the luxury of avoiding them because somebody might ca…

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Episode 583: Jay Caspian Kang 54:47

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Jay Caspian Kang is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a co-host of Time to Say Goodbye. “At some point, you have to kick it out the door, and it’s never finished to the degree that you would finish a magazine piece. But it, in some ways, is more interesting because it is produced in a short amount of time, and it’s read as something that is not…

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Episode 582: Joseph Cox 56:40

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Joseph Cox is a cybersecurity journalist and co-founder of 404 Media. His new book is Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever. “In the not too distant future, I will be a very old man, and maybe I won't be able to spend all day talking to drug traffickers. I will be mentally and physically exhausted. So I will dogge…

Megan Polk Podcasts

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The Literacy Dive Podcast: Reading and Writing Strategies for Upper Elementary Teachers and Parents

Megan Polk, Literacy Specialist, Elementary Teacher

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New Microphone! (and other updates) 5:56

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Introducing "Origin Stories" 5:13

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I've Joined The Creator Accountability Network 5:51

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Series Review: The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk 16:20

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Series Review - Teeth: The Complete Meal by Chele Cooke 11:32

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Series Review - Queen's Thief: A Series by Megan Whalen Turner 9:47

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Two Essays on The Count of Monte Cristo 9:41

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Five: Long Series and How to Read Them 15:11

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Two Essays on Generative AI 13:53

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Four: When a Villain Lives 27:06

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Three: Unreliable Narrators 19:11

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Two: Series Structure 35:31

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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part One: Character Growth 15:48

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When Miserable People Get Happy Endings: "Unlikeable" Protagonists in Alexis Hall's Writing 40:45

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Episode 585: John Jeremiah Sullivan 1:06:30

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Bonus: Mailbag 43:29

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Episode 584: Ta-Nehisi Coates 50:51

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Episode 583: Jay Caspian Kang 54:47

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Episode 582: Joseph Cox 56:40