David

HopLit

Arts EN ↓ 31 episodes

A beery book discussion for everyone! Hosts David Nilsen and Emily Swank discuss the world of books and reading with only one simple rule: No snobbery.

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David

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Camping Gone Wrong 20.08.2025 1:20:48

Welcome to HopLit , a beery book podcast for everyone! HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate the end of summer by sharing a Bookstack 6-pack of books featuring disastrous camping trips and summer camp vacations gone horribly wrong. In addition, the hosts of HopLit review recent readings, review the winners of the Hugo Awards, and discuss how the pandemic and other recent world events have affec...

Back to School: Books Set on Campus 06.08.2025 1:28:33

Welcome to HopLit , a beery book podcast for everyone! HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate the imminent start of the new school year with a Back to School Bookstack 6-pack celebrating books about or set in school settings and college campuses. From campuses both real and fictional, we are sharing stories that explore our most formative years and experiences. In addition, the hosts of HopLit r...

Tunes and Tomes: Books About Music 16.07.2025 1:23:49

Welcome to HopLit , a beery book podcast for everyone! HopLit hosts David & Emily continue their pop culture July series with a Tunes & Tomes Bookstack 6-pack celebrating books about music. From memoirs to music journalism and criticism to fiction, we’re sharing our favorite books about musicians and their art. In addition, the hosts of HopLit review recent readings, recap their weekend at...

Summer Blockbusters! (kind of) 02.07.2025 1:33:00

Welcome to HopLit , a beery book podcast for everyone! HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate summer blockbusters and the relationships between movies and books, movies and beer, and books and beer. In this episode, David & Emily celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws and share their own film-inspired book picks in a Blockbuster Bookstack 6-pack. In addition, the hosts of HopLit review recen...

Commemorating Juneteenth with Books & Beer 18.06.2025 1:12:29

Welcome to HopLit , a beery book podcast for everyone! In this episode, David & Emily commemorate Juneteenth with books that look at the legacy of slavery, the end of the slavery, and what has come after it, books that show the resilience of Black authors and characters. They also offer a quick list of books for World Refugee Day. Our Bookstack 6-pack for this episode: Emily's picks A Lit...

Celebrating Pride Month with Books & Beer 30.05.2025 1:14:40

Welcome to HopLit , a beery book podcast for everyone! In this episode, David & Emily sit down for the first episode of HopLit, a beery book conversation with zero snobbery. In this first episode, David & Emily kick off June by discussing LGBTQIA+ authors, characters, and narratives, as well as different Pride events happening at bookstores and breweries. In addition, they catch up on rece...