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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Dec 22, 2025

It’s time for resolutions for 2026 and as usual both Steph and Candice are thinking about their balance of fiction to non-fiction books. 

Books

Mood Machine by Liz Pelly 

The Future on Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz  

The Future is Female Vol 1 edited by Lisa Yaszek 

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S...


Nov 18, 2025

Winding up and winding down as the weather changes and the holidays get closer!

 

Books

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow 

Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis  

The Future is Female: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women edited by Lisa Yaszek 

Full Throttle by Joe Hill 

Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by...


Oct 30, 2025

Energy is high now that the weather has cooled. Steph and Candice have joined a “real world, offline” bookclub, and Candice is on the final book in the Stephen King Collection

Books

Vanished Beyond the Map by Adam Shoalts 

A Life in Comedy by Paul Meyers 

Full Throttle by Joe Hill 

Exhalation by Ted Chiang 


Sep 29, 2025

Catching up! Steph’s been on a journey to understand herself and her world better, Candice has been catching up to the end of her 6 year long Stephen King project.

We chat about our TBRs again and how to choose what to read. Candice is a mood reader and Steph is not. But we both like a challenge!

Books

How to Raise...


Jun 9, 2025

Steph and Candice talk about their TBR lists, how things make it on there, and why reducing decision fatigue and reading with intention are good things. And then also remind each other, and listeners that social contact with other humans is actually okay.

Books

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: A...