This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, March 26, 2026.

In 2018, Ben Weil, the music producer, attempts to recreate the sonata that is recorded on the wax cylinders, and discovers more than he could have anticipated about the composer and performer.

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Barrie Kenyon children's book recommendations: 

The 13th Day of Christmas (picture book) by Adam Rex

Flora and the Jazzers by Astrid Sheckels

Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson 

Stephanie Schindhelm's recommendations:

Replaceable You. Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach

Ew It's Beautiful. A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman 

Julia Atwood's recommendations: 

The Hounding: A Novel by Xenobe Purvis 

We Love You, Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad 

The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig 

Clement De Hoe's recommendation:

There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm 

Stacy Silverstein Apple's recommendation:

Long Winter by Colm Tóibín 

Alyssa Galvin's recommendation:

Monk & Robot by Becky Chambers

Leah Powers' recommendation: 

Heart the Lover by Lily King 

Reghan Gillman's recommendation:

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth 

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Find out more about the upcoming reading retreat that will feature a special recording of the KGNU/Boulder Bookstore Radio Bookclub.

This episode was recorded at the Boulder Public Library Foundation annual gala on September 18, 2025, and was broadcast on KGNU on October 22, 2025, at 9 am.

In the early 1900s, “Mars mania” gripped America, driven by astronomer Percival Lowell’s claim that vast canals on Mars revealed an advanced civilization. In his new book, David Baron recounts how Lowell’s vision of a utopian Mars captured the public imagination, inspiring lectures, books, and even serious debate from figures like Nikola Tesla and Alexander Graham Bell.

This episode was recorded at the Boulder Public Library on August 26, 2025, and was broadcast on KGNU on September 25, 2025, at 9 am.

As with Erika’s previous book White Horse, this is a horror novel that incorporates Native American history and mythology. The story tells the story of Olivia Becente, who discovers she has the ability to commune with the dead after her sister Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances in room 904 of the Brown Palace in Denver. Olivia becomes a paranormal investigator who must confront her sister’s death, and a mysterious and possibly dangerous cult.

The story follows Danny Gausepohl, a man who appears to have it all — a marriage to his college sweetheart and a steady job as head waiter at a local restaurant. But as the nation reels from tragedies like the Columbine shooting and the Sept. 11 attacks, Danny finds his own life unraveling.

As he navigates personal and national upheaval, Danny struggles to hold on to his identity as a husband, father and American. Hicks’ novel is described as “a deeply human story about love, fatherhood, and the cost of a divided nation.”

This special episode of the Radio Bookclub was recorded before a full house at the Boulder Public Library auditorium on April 9. It marks Stephen Graham Jones’ sixth appearance on the Radio Bookclub.

Postal worker Hank Davies begins to suspect something is off and sets out to uncover what’s real and what isn’t.

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Bookstore on March 7, 2025.

The episode aired on KGNU Thursday, April 24, at 9 a.m.

With elements of magical realism, the novel explores themes of Black joy, Queer joy, and the transformative power of art and love.

Steven Dunn joined the Radio Bookclub to discuss the novel. The episode aired on KGNU on Thursday, Dec. 26, at 9 a.m.

Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the novel follows Elizabeth Zott, a scientist who faces misogyny in her research career and ultimately becomes the host of a TV cooking show, Supper at Six, inspiring countless women. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Boulder Public Library on September 26, 2024, as part of the Boulder Library Foundation’s 50-year gala celebration.

This episode was broadcast on KGNU on Thursday October 24 at 9.00am.

Scanlon is an economic commentator who explains how the economy works on social media platforms and has become one of the internet's most popular financial educators.

Her new book expands on that work and is an illustrated guide to the mad math and terrible terminology of economics, examining and explaining everything from the national debt to mortgage rates.

She coined the term "vibecession" to explain the disconnect between the economy of a country and the general public's negative perception of it. You can find Kyla on social media platforms (@kylascan) and sign up to her newsletter.

This episode aired on August 29, 2024.