Poured Over

The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader by Melissa Murray is an irreverent and accessible guide to understanding our nation's history, amendment by amendment. Melissa joins us to talk about tyranny, translation, the founding fathers, the curation of history, the Electoral College, language and more with host Miwa Messer.   
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
Featured Books (Episode):
The U.S. Constitution: A Comprehensive and Annotated Guide for the Modern Reader by Melissa Murray
The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution by Jesse Wegman
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Kin by Tayari Jones
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

America, U.S.A. by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is a gripping exploration of the United States' history and its anniversaries. Eddie joins us to talk about storytelling, music, the semiquincentennial, language, W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin and more with host Miwa Messer.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
Featured Books (Episode):
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadow's the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
The 42nd Parallel: The U.S.A. Trilogy, Volume 1 by John Dos Passos
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families by J. Anthony Lukas
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner
Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois
Slave Religion: The "Invisible Institution" in the Antebellum South by Albert J. Raboteau
Race Matters by Cornel West
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

Featured Books (TBR Top Off):
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadow's the Nation's Anniversaries by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home by Wil Haygood

Lázár by Nelio Biedermann tells the story of an aristocratic Hungarian family plagued by secrets, desire and tragedy. Nelio joins us to talk about WWII, family history, complicity, the literary canon and more with host Miwa Messer. 
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
Featured Books (Episode):
Lázár by Nelio Biedermann
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Ulysses by James Joyce
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Endling by Maria Reva is an inventive tale that takes on war, art and human connection. Maria joins us to talk about modern dating, malacology, research, character, dark humor and more with cohost Isabelle McConville.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Isabelle McConville and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
Featured Books (Episode):
Endling by Maria Reva
Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva
Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia 
Best Canadian Stories 2026 Edited by Zsuzsi Gartner
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Eradication by Jonathan Miles

Famous Men by Julie Buntin is a captivating novel following one woman's pursuit of home, family and identity. Julie joins us to talk about young womanhood, art, ambition, class, genre, structure and more with cohost Brenda Allison.  
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang.                    
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
Featured Books (Episode):
Famous Men by Julie Buntin
Marlena by Julie Buntin
Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Short Stories by Philip Roth
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
My Education by Susan Choi
The Children by Melissa Albert
A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna