Matchbook Pod https://matchbookpod.podbean.com Two friends take some of the most notable works of fiction and nonfiction and match them to ignite deeper conversations into the issues that shape our world. Plus, we'll help you find your next great read.

We're a brand new podcast releasing this whole first season for you to enjoy. 

Thanks for listening, and leave us a comment to tell us about a book you want us to match!

]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:45:14 -0800 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en ca Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Arts:Books 1440 serial matchbookpod matchbookpod No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22125584/logo_for_apple_iuymqw.jpg Matchbook Pod https://matchbookpod.podbean.com 144 144 1. The Book of Disappearance 1. The Book of Disappearance https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/1-the-book-of-disappearance/ https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/1-the-book-of-disappearance/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 18:20:27 -0800 matchbookpod.podbean.com/b63f00fa-d602-30e2-96d3-6db47098b445 The Fiction: The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem and translated by Sinan Antoon. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025, this short and poetic book kicks off with a mystery when overnight, all Palestinians disappear. 

The Nonfiction: listen to find out!

]]> The Fiction: The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem and translated by Sinan Antoon. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025, this short and poetic book kicks off with a mystery when overnight, all Palestinians disappear. 

The Nonfiction: listen to find out!

]]> The Fiction: The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem and translated by Sinan Antoon. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025, this short and poetic book kicks off with a mystery when overnight, all Palestinians disappear.  The Nonfiction: listen to find out! matchbookpod true No 5023 1 1 full 2. Therapeutic Nations 2. Therapeutic Nations https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/2-therapeutic-nations/ https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/2-therapeutic-nations/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:11:00 -0800 matchbookpod.podbean.com/9173195f-0992-34ec-b28f-bf5bbf95d841 The Nonfiction: Therapeutic Nations by Dian Million. This Indigenous feminist author will permanently change the way you hear human rights discourse and "trauma" speak - for good reasons.

The Fiction: Listen to find out! A handful of books by Indigenous authors, including some spine-tingling thrillers that need to get on your reading list. 

]]> The Nonfiction: Therapeutic Nations by Dian Million. This Indigenous feminist author will permanently change the way you hear human rights discourse and "trauma" speak - for good reasons.

The Fiction: Listen to find out! A handful of books by Indigenous authors, including some spine-tingling thrillers that need to get on your reading list. 

]]> The Nonfiction: Therapeutic Nations by Dian Million. This Indigenous feminist author will permanently change the way you hear human rights discourse and ”trauma” speak - for good reasons. The Fiction: Listen to find out! A handful of books by Indigenous authors, including some spine-tingling thrillers that need to get on your reading list. matchbookpod true No 4039 1 2 full 3. Bonus Inbetweeny 3. Bonus Inbetweeny https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/bonus-inbetweeny/ https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/bonus-inbetweeny/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:33:15 -0800 matchbookpod.podbean.com/965c4000-b0ee-366f-b302-245ff46bd544 We catch up on what's new and exciting in fiction, why we love reading dystopian when we're already living it, septum piercings, the romance book we would write, and how to get back at your homophobic uncle. 

]]> We catch up on what's new and exciting in fiction, why we love reading dystopian when we're already living it, septum piercings, the romance book we would write, and how to get back at your homophobic uncle. 

]]> We catch up on what’s new and exciting in fiction, why we love reading dystopian when we’re already living it, septum piercings, the romance book we would write, and how to get back at your homophobic uncle. matchbookpod true No 2117 1 3 bonus 4. Fundamentally 4. Fundamentally https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/fundamentally/ https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/fundamentally/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:42:27 -0800 matchbookpod.podbean.com/164e4837-0efd-357d-a140-7adf29a75351 The Fiction: Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis. This snort-out-loud funny debut novel takes place in Iraq where two women, one an academic on deradicalization and the other, and ISIS bride, collide. 

 

The Nonfiction: Listen along to find out! Heart-stopping works of journalism that your to-read list will thank you for. 

]]> The Fiction: Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis. This snort-out-loud funny debut novel takes place in Iraq where two women, one an academic on deradicalization and the other, and ISIS bride, collide. 

 

The Nonfiction: Listen along to find out! Heart-stopping works of journalism that your to-read list will thank you for. 

]]> matchbookpod true No 2917 1 4 full 5. Algorithms of Oppression 5. Algorithms of Oppression https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/algorithms-of-oppression/ https://matchbookpod.podbean.com/e/algorithms-of-oppression/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:45:14 -0800 matchbookpod.podbean.com/6848b9f6-597f-3302-a314-4f2b0124e16c The Nonfiction: Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Noble. This timely and topical deep-dive into data gets us talking about how information is never neutral. 

 

The Fiction: Listen in to find out! Thrilling sci-fi that you'll want to read ASAP. 

Do you have a favourite book you want us to match? Let us know in the comments - we love a challenge. 

      ]]> The Nonfiction: Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Noble. This timely and topical deep-dive into data gets us talking about how information is never neutral. 

 

The Fiction: Listen in to find out! Thrilling sci-fi that you'll want to read ASAP. 

Do you have a favourite book you want us to match? Let us know in the comments - we love a challenge. 

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