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The Book Trivia Podcast delivers literary trivia, book facts, and author secrets in fun, bite-sized episodes.
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Heartburn - Nora Ephron - Book Trivia Podcast (opens the original)
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A pregnant wife, a cheating husband, and a cookbook that doubles as a weapon - this episode, Jess and Rach dig into Nora Ephron's Heartburn, the novel she wrote about her own very public divorce (and the ex-husband, Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein, who tried to stop it getting published). ⚠️ Spoiler warning - we're assuming you've read it. Inside this episode: The real reason Carl Bernstein tried to block the book, and the deal that let it get published anyway The exact vinaigrette recipe hidd
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown - Book Trivia Podcast (opens the original)
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Robert Langdon, a murdered curator, and a 2,000-year-old conspiracy hiding in a painting of a woman with a suspicious smile - this episode, Jess and Rach crack open Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, the book that sold 80 million copies and earned its own official Vatican debunker. ⚠️ Spoiler warning - we're assuming you've read it. Inside this episode: The real, still-unsolved CIA sculpture hidden on the US cover (plus two more Easter eggs) The villain whose name is a literal anagram of the authors
Bonus Episode - Kristy's Great Idea (The Babysitters Club #1) - Ann M. Martin - Book Trivia Podcast (opens the original)
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Kristy Thomas needed a babysitter for her little brother, couldn't find one — and accidentally built a business empire that sold 176 million copies. This bonus episode, Jess and Rach dig into Kristy's Great Idea, the book that launched The Babysitters Club. We cover: 📞 The Scholastic editor who noticed one obscure book kept outselling everything else — and built an entire series around a "glimmer of an idea" ✍️ Why Kristy is Ann M. Martin's favourite character despite being her total opposite —
A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle - Book Trivia Podcast (opens the original)
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Rejected by at least 26 publishers. Banned in schools across the US. Sent into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The story behind Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 Newbery Medal winner is stranger than anything that happens on Camazotz. This episode, Jess and Rach cover: The Christmas tea party that got A Wrinkle in Time published after every major publisher passed L'Engle's own life — the "stupid" kid whose teachers didn't believe she'd written her own prize-winning poem Why the planet names (Cam
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