NASA’s #ArtemisII mission has officially launched. @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell spoke w/ Jonathan Fetter-Vorm & Mary Anne Mohanraj about the legacy of Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Listen @ the link in bio 🚀 abcnews.com/amp/Technology/live-updates/artemis-ii-live-updates-window-launch-opens-today/

NEW EPISODE: Writer @motherslug.bsky.social joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to talk about her recent article for @currentaffairs.bsky.social “Thomas Pynchon Saw American Fascism Coming.” @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ana-gavrilov...

And I just wrote this week about this happening at the NYT and likely elsewhere!

"I see this as being a thing we’re going to have to deal with a lot moving forward." Full episode, When AI Tries to Sound Like Us, on @literaryhub.bsky.social with @vauhinivara.bsky.social, Karan Mahajan, & cohosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell - give it a listen! lithub.com/vauhini-vara...

NEW EPISODE: Author Ellie Roscher joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and @maritza4770.bsky.social to talk about her recent book, Fair Game: Trans Athletes and the Future of Sports. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ellie-rosche...

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Jeff Boyd joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to talk about his new work of literary crime fiction, Hard Times, which is set in Chicago, where he lived previously. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/jeff-boyd-on...

As Trump continues to threaten media outlets over Iran war coverage, listen to Yiming Ma and @literaryhub.bsky.social #FnFpodcast hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social discuss the rise and future of censorship. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/m...

NEW EPISODE: Award-winning author @dazeher.bsky.social shares the history of "Citizenship," its wavering definition in the U.S., and its negative impact on marginalized groups. Join co-hosts @maritza4770.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell at lithub.com/daisy-hernan... to listen! @literaryhub.bsky.social

Canadians are avoiding travel to the US amid a trade war & past annexation threats. @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell talked w/ writers Suzette Mayr & Kai Thomas about the changing relationship between the US & #Canada. Link in bio 🎧 globalnews.ca/news/11725495/canada-us-travel-rates-declining/

A judge has limited the use of tear gas outside the ICE building in Portland. Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social spoke w/ Ruben Reyes Jr. about the effects of mass deportations on families. Link in bio. 🎧 opb.org/article/2026/03/09/federal-judge-limits-crowd-control-devices-portland-ice-building/

The adaptation of #RemindersOfHim by #ColleenHoover is headed to the big screen. Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social spoke w/ romance authors Elle Everhart & Ellie Palmer about the genre’s surge in popularity. Link in bio 🎧 parade.com/movies/reminders-of-him-movie-colleen-hoover-release-date-cast

A new docuseries on #ANTM revisits the show’s complicated legacy. @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell talked w/ writers Sally Franson & Emily Nussbaum about the history of reality TV. Listen at the link in bio www.npr.org/2026/02/16/nx-s1-5707543/americas-next-top-model-netflix-reality-check

Cartel violence has turned parts of Mexico into a war zone, leaving residents living in constant fear. Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social talked w/ Nicolás Medina Mora about how writers grapple w/ portraying the country in fiction and journalism. Link in bio www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g3vmde0eo

NEW EPISODE: Pop culture critic James Sullivan joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss the history of American protest music and his book Which Side Are You On?: 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/james-sulliv...

I'm excited to be in conversation with the brilliant @ninamcconigley.bsky.social about her latest book, "How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder," at Plymouth Library on March 7th. Register here! hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/69657...

NEW EPISODE: Novelist, essayist, and educator Brian Platzer joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel, The Optimists, which follows private school teacher Mr. Keating over three decades. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/brian-platze...

Watch the video version of our episode on defying online censorship with hosts Whitney Terrell and @maritza4770.bsky.social in conversation with writer Yi-Ling Liu. youtu.be/O-QVEdAfIXY?...

You can now watch the video version of our episode with Sven Beckert where he and #FnFpod hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social discuss the global history of capitalism. youtu.be/9_ndeCl2Irc?...

Trump continues to battle with the Supreme Court over tariffs - listen to @literaryhub.bsky.social #FnFpod hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social talk with Julia Elliott about Trump's tariff trap here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... apnews.com/article/trum...

NEW EPISODE: Writer and editor Yi-Ling Liu joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Jennifer Maritza McCauley to talk about state-controlled censorship and what it means to build community online despite surveillance and suppression. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/yi-ling-liu-...

Mark Zuckerberg just took the stand to defend Meta against claims that FB & IG were intentionally designed to be addictive. Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social talked with Alexis Madrigal & Alexander Chee about FB’s influence & the role of social media in our lives. Link in bio🎧 tinyurl.com/55s6serm

#LunarNewYear celebrations are underway & Asian Americans are shaping how this holiday is experienced in the US. Bich Minh Nguyen joined @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell to reflect on her upbringing & the meaning of holiday traditions. Link in bio www.vogue.com/article/tet-lunar-new-year-nyc-2026

During #BlackHistoryMonth, a federal judge ordered the return of slavery exhibits removed from a Philadelphia museum. Tracy K. Smith joined Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss liberty, erasure, and her essay collection, To Free The Captives. Episode linked in bio. tinyurl.com/2zj8j49d

New developments continue to draw national attention in the disappearance of writer, teacher, & mother Nancy Guthrie. @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell talked with Mat Johnson about why true crime stories hold such power in the public imagination. Tips ➡️1-800-CALL-FBI tinyurl.com/bkwksxpj

With #WutheringHeights hitting theaters this #ValentinesDay, you may be wondering: “What’s it like to have your book made into a movie?” Listen to @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell interview producer Christina Sibul and Jeff VanderMeer, author Annihilation. Link in bio www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/s...

Palo Alto-based nonprofit Peninsula Open Space Trust has purchased 6,100 acres of sacred land to block a sand mind, a victory for the Indigenous community. Rhiana Yazzie and Brandon Hobson joined our hosts to discuss native literature. lithub.com/indigenous-i...

NEW EPISODE: Novelist Eleanor Shearer joins co-hosts @sugi.bsky.social and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new novel, Fireflies in Winter, about the Leeward Maroons of Jamaica—a free Black community—who came to Nova Scotia in the late 1700s. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/eleanor-shea...

In light of Bondi's combative testimony, flashback to the beginning of the files' release with hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social in conversation with Vanity Fair's Dan Adler. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/p...

Trump calls Bad Bunny's #HalftimeShow "an affront to the Greatness of America". Listen to Whitney Terrell, @sugi.bsky.social and @maritza4770.bsky.social discuss Trump's ire toward Puerto Rico on #FnFpod @literaryhub.bsky.social here: lithub.com/jennifer-mar... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Team USA speaks out amid ICE protests at the Winter Olympics. Listen about athletes in activism with @literaryhub.bsky.social #FnFpod hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social with Steve Almond, Mark Leibovich, and Etan Thomas. Listen here: www.fnfpodcast.net/post/athlete... youtu.be/1JvQ_IxWVbM

NEW EPISODE: Award-winning journalist, activist, poll worker, and former attorney @anjalienjeti.bsky.social discusses her new book, Ballot, which considers the real and metaphorical role that ballots play in our democracy. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/anjali-enjet...

Mapping, naming, borders, & immigration - a conversation that seemed to dominate #TheGrammys and one co-hosts Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social were having with Thomas Dai, author of “Take My Name But Say It Slow,” nearly a year ago today. Listen now: lithub.com/thomas-dai-o... #lithubpod

Journalists #DonLemon, #GeorgiaFort arrested last night for covering protest against ICE earlier this month. Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social lays down her theory on why MN has become a federal target w/ @sugi.bsky.social & Whitney Terrell. lithub.com/jessica-lope... #lithubpod #writers

“If a nation is formed by a kind of shared experience, a shared soul, who are we now?” Award-winning author Joe Jackson discusses w/co-hosts Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social on this week’s episode of #FnFpod @literaryhub.bsky.social Listen now! @fsgbooks.bsky.social lithub.com/joe-jackson-...

NEW EPISODE: Award-winning nonfiction writer and former investigative journalist Joe Jackson joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss President Trump’s “Don-roe Doctrine” and his imperial ambitions. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/joe-jackson-...

NEW EPISODE: Performance artist and Xicana feminist scholar Jessica Lopez Lyman @uminnpress.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about Minnesota’s history with state violence and local resistance. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/jessica-lope...

NEW EPISODE: Award-winning writers and longtime friends @vauhinivara.bsky.social and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?” @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/vauhini-vara...

NEW EPISODE: Bestselling and award-winning writer @matthewpearlauthor.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel The Award. Pearl explores imposter syndrome, external validation, and cultural prizes. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/matthew-pear...

NEW EPISODE: Acclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/elizabeth-mc...

NEW EPISODE: 2025 Maya Angelou Book Award winner Alison C. Rollins joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her 2024 poetry collection Black Bell, which documents a bell-laden iron device used to torture enslaved people. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/maya-angelou...

NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/sven-beckert...

DHS pursues immigration deportation plans for New Orleans and Minnesota. Revisit @V_V_G @lithubradio @wsterrell interview with Ruben Reyes Jr. to explore the affected households of deportation. Reyes Jr. discusses There is a Rio Grande in Heaven, from which he reads. lithub.com/ruben-reyes-...

After hours of negotiation for Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Kremlin rejected proposals concerning its occupation of Ukraine. Revisit @wsterrell9 and @v_v_ganeshananthan as they meet with Tetyana Ogarkova and @volodymyr.yermolenko to discuss Trump’s negotiations. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

NEW EPISODE:Journalist @jacobsilverman.com joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley which discusses the rightward ideological shift among tech giants and their companies lithub.com/jacob-silver...

NEW EPISODE: Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/kathryn-nuer...

Today is the 1st day of COP30, or the UN’s annual climate summit. Revisit Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social as they talk with @emilyraboteau.bsky.social as they discuss climate change & her book, Lessons for Survival; Mothering Against “the Apocalypse.” bit.ly/47U1X9b lithub.com/emily-rabote...

A federal judge permanently barred Trump from sending the National Guard to Portland. Revisit Whitney Terrell & @sugi.bsky.social in an interview with @rubenwrites.bsky.social as they discuss mass deportation efforts & his book There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven. lithub.com/ruben-reyes-...

The University of Virginia is the first public university to strike a deal with the Trump administration. Revisit Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social and their conversation with @meghanor.bsky.social on her NYT piece “The End of the University as We Know It”. lithub.com/meghan-orour...

NEW EPISODE: Translator @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/ottilie-mulz...

Fiction writer @maxdelsohn.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his debut short story collection, Crawl, intracommunity violence, and the Trump administration’s vicious assault on transgender Americans. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/max-delsohn-...