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by Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister

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Latest episodes

Endings: The Final Episode

August 4, 2025 · 1 hr 53 min

Well, friends, here it is. After 13 years, the Book Fight podcast is finally riding off into the sunset. Join us for one final episode, as we look back at what we've learned, read some listener tributes, and take our last trip to…
Endings: A Passage to India with Elisa Gabbert

July 21, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

We're joined by Elisa Gabbert (Any Person is the Only Self, Normal Distance) to discuss E.M. Forster's 1924 novel A Passage to India, and also to speculate wildly about why this was the last novel Forster ever wrote. You can find…
Endings: Nothing to Be Frightened Of

July 7, 2025 · 1 hr 34 min

We're joined by Sam Ashworth (The Death and Life of August Sweeney) to talk about the ultimate ending: death. Our book this week is Julian Barnes' 2008 memoir about death and dying, Nothing to Be Frightened Of. We discuss ruminative books…
Endings: A Clockwork Orange (and fanfiction!)

June 23, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min

No guest this week, as we wanted to do an episode with just the two of us, here at the mid-point of our final season. For our reading, we dive into A Clockwork Orange, which Mike had somehow never read. Meanwhile, not only had Tom read it…
Endings: Heartburn with Katherine Hill

June 9, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

We're joined one last time by fan favorite Katherine Hill (A Short Move) to talk about Nora Ephron's 1983 novel Heartburn, a thinly veiled account of the author's divorce from Carl Bernstein. Specifically: Why does it seem like everyone is…

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Endings: Quartet in Autumn w/ Dave Housley

May 26, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

A season of endings, but also beginnings: our first Barbara Pym! The celebrated British novelist had a bit of a career slump; after publishing six novels between 1950 and 1961, she couldn't find a home for her seventh, and didn't publish…
Endings: Flash Fiction with Christopher Gonzalez

May 12, 2025 · 1 hr 25 min

The problem with writing very short stories is that it forces you to write more endings, which are the hardest part! At least that's our opinion. But we bring on writer and Barrelhouse fiction editor Christopher Gonzalez (I'm Not Hungry…
Endings: The Last Days of Roger Federer

April 28, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min

We kick off the final season of Book Fight with a guest-free episode--like the old days! Our reading this week is Geoff Dyer's 2022 book The Last Days of Roger Federer, and Other Endings. Which seemed thematically appropriate as we come to…
Holiday Spectacular: SKRUJ!

December 23, 2024 · 1 hr 22 min

It's that time of year again: our annual holiday episode, where we invite several members of the Barrelhouse editorial team to read and discuss a very sexy holiday-themed novel. This year's book is SKRUJ: Holidate with an Alien, by…
The Pink Panther

December 16, 2024 · 1 hr 6 min

We wrap up our noir season with one final episode, this one discussing the 1963 Peter Sellers movie The Pink Panther, and the series more generally, which spoofed many of the tropes of the noir/detective genres. We also look back at the…
Nadira Goffe on Blacktop Wasteland

December 9, 2024 · 1 hr 13 min

We welcome Nadira Goffe (culture writer for Slate) to talk about a Black, Southern noir from S.A. Cosby. We learn about Nadira's love of the Fast and the Furious franchise, her fear of actual driving, and her mixed feelings about an…
Tod Goldberg on Winter's Bone

December 2, 2024 · 1 hr 22 min

We welcome back best-selling crime novelist Tod Goldberg to talk about one of his favorite books, by one of his favorite authors. Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel was the basis for the 2012 film of the same name, which netted Jennifer Lawrence…

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About the show

A podcast where writers talk honestly about books, writing, and the literary world. Hosted by Mike Ingram and Tom McAllister, authors and long-time editors for Barrelhouse, a nonprofit literary magazine and book publisher. New episodes every other week, with bonus episodes for Patreon subscribers.