Best Skylight Books Podcasts (2024)

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Better Than the Movie 14: THE GREEN KNIGHT / SIR GAWAIN AND... w/ Conor Holt 1:21:24

16h ago1:21:24

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Happy Dev Patel Season to all who celebrate! Mr. Patel's directing debut, MONKEY MAN, is in theaters now, but we decided to look back a few years at his great work in THE GREEN KNIGHT, adapted from the chivalric romance SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT by writer-director David Lowery (PETER PAN & WENDY). Filmmaker and VHS enthusiast Conor Holt joins…

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Better Than the Movie 13: MONEYBALL w/ Michael Chin 1:13:37

22d ago1:13:37

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Happy Opening Day! And coincidentally, Tyler has selected a baseball classic for his birthday pick: Michael Lewis's MONEYBALL: THE ART OF WINNING AN UNFAIR GAME and the Oscar-nominated film adaptation co-written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Bennett Miller. How did they turn those stats into a movie!?! Guest Michael Chin (Great Wave Goods) helps …

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Better Than the Movie 12: THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY w/ Emily VanKoughnett 1:18:33

2M ago1:18:33

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How's the peepin', Tommy? Netflix's RIPLEY series is still more than a month away from dropping, but guest Emily VanKoughnett (Los Angeles Review of Books; LIT ANGELES) joins the BTTM crew to discuss Patricia Highsmith's classic murder story from 1955, THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, and the 1999 film adaptation from writer-director Anthony Minghella, sta…

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SKYLIT: Tommy Orange, WANDERING STARS 36:07

2M ago36:07

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It's a sneak peek special! Skylight's own Elodie sits down with the incredible Tommy Orange (There, There) to talk about his new novel Wandering Stars (Feb. 27)...listen in for a reading of an excerpt, Tommy's thoughts on Native American representation and why he's hopeful for the future. To pre-order Wandering Stars: https://www.skylightbooks.com/…

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SKYLIT: Eric Wolfson, FIFTY YEARS OF THE CONCEPT ALBUM IN POPULAR MUSIC 1:07:22

2M ago1:07:22

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From The Beatles to Beyoncé! Author Eric Wolfson discusses his new book on the shifting identity of the concept album in rock, pop, and hip-hop music with bookseller (and, yes, friend) Justin Remer. The book breaks down 25 albums across five eras, and Eric and Justin get into many of them here. A great chat for veteran music nerds and new fans alik…

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SKYLIT: Will Harris, SURELY YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS 1:05:21

2M ago1:05:21

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I am serious. And don't call me Shirley. Resident film buff Tyler Austin sits down with Will Harris, pop culture journalist, to discuss the interviews that comprise Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! Together, they discuss some of Will's favorite interviews and some truly great behind-the-scenes scoops from one of the greatest…

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Better Than the Movie 11: NIGHTBREED / CABAL w/ Garon Cockrell 1:14:50

3M ago1:14:50

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Happy New Year! BTTM is back for 2024 with a birthday pick from Allan: Clive Barker's NIGHTBREED, based on the horror novella CABAL by Barker himself! Tyler is the opposite of a gorehound, so he is really mad at Allan for making this pick. Our guest is the delightful -- and delighted -- Garon Cockrell (of the podcasts Never Not Funny and How to Sur…

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01 - Tobin's Palm 17:07

4M ago17:07

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02 - The Gift of the Magi 14:32

4M ago14:32

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03 - A Cosmopolite In A Cafe 12:02

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04 - Between Rounds 12:06

4M ago12:06

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05 - The Skylight Room 13:34

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06 - A Service of Love 13:46

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07 - The Coming Out Of Maggie 16:13

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08 - Man About Town 11:52

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09 - The Cop and the Anthem 15:07

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10 - An Adjustment of Nature 10:30

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11 - Memoirs of a Yellow Dog 11:23

4M ago11:23

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12 - The Love Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein 9:59

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Better Than the Movie, Ep. 10: THE THIN MAN w/ Jen Johans 58:00

4M ago58:00

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You go after him, and you'll find his shadow - or his song - and you'll have to go home. There'll never be another: THIN MAN! Jen Johans (Watch With Jen podcast) joins the Better Than the Movie crew for a holiday classic (of sorts). It's the William Powell and Myrna Loy comic mystery that launched a 6-film series, THE THIN MAN, directed by W.S. Van…

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13 - Mammon and the Archer 12:05

4M ago12:05

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14 - Springtime A La Carte 15:15

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15 - The Green Door 17:23

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16 - From the Cabby's Seat 10:35

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17 - An Unfinished Story 15:19

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18 - The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock 12:19

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19 - Sisters of the Golden Circle 15:10

4M ago15:10

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20 - The Romance of a Busy Broker 10:13

4M ago10:13

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21 - After Twenty Years 7:25

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22 - Lost On Dress Parade 14:33

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23 - By Courier 8:57

4M ago8:57

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24 - The Furnished Room 21:08

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25 - The Brief Debut of Tildy 17:41

4M ago17:41

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SKYLIT: Rosecrans Baldwin, EVERYTHING NOW 38:11

4M ago38:11

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Skylight royalty Rosecrans Baldwin joins Elodie to talk about his Los Angeles classic Everything Now. He talks about what makes L.A. a city-state, what makes it such a beautiful and conflicting place to be, and his three quintessential L.A. reads! (Spoilers below!) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Produced by Elodie …

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SKYLIT: Kliph Nesteroff, OUTRAGEOUS: A HISTORY OF SHOWBIZ & THE CULTURE WARS 1:06:10

5M ago1:06:10

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Get ready for a serious discussion of a funny book! Kliph Nesteroff's OUTRAGEOUS is the author's third investigation into the world of comedy, following THE COMEDIANS and WE HAD A LITTLE REAL ESTATE PROBLEM. While pundits may posit that you can't joke about anything anymore, Nesteroff's history shows that comic entertainment has been the frequent t…

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SKYLIT: Charles Bramesco, COLORS OF FILM: THE STORY OF CINEMA IN 50 PALETTES 47:05

5M ago47:05

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Hello listeners! On this episode Tyler talks to film and television critic Charles Bramesco about his book, "Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes" Produced by Tyler Austin & Alena Saunders Opening music: "Optimism (Instrumental)" by Duck the Piano Wire Closing music: "Rule of 3s (Solemnity Child)" by Elastic No-No Band…

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Better Than the Movie, Ep. 9: PRISCILLA / ELVIS AND ME w/ Collin Jonkman 1:24:27

5M ago1:24:27

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A fairy tale romance or blatant child abuse? Today, the BTTM crew tackles another nonfiction film adaptation, Sofia Coppola's PRISCILLA, taken from the memoir ELVIS AND ME by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and Sandra Harmon. Musician and educator Collin Jonkman helps assess the grandeur of Coppola's filmmaking, the quality of Presley's prose, and the t…

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Better Than the Movie, Ep. 8: KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON w/ David Kimbel 1:32:57

6M ago1:32:57

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Time to investigate! It's the BTTM crew's first dissection of a nonfiction adaptation: the new Martin Scorsese film, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, which is based on the book by David Grann. Fellow bookseller David Kimbel joins the core trio of Justin Remer, Allan Traylor, and Tyler Austin in their analysis of these two related retellings of the blood…

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