MashReads Podcast: 'Listen to Me' takes you on the road trip from your nightmares

Buckle up, readers! We're in for a road trip.

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we are joined by author Hannah Pittard to read and discuss her new book Listen to Me. It follows Mark and Maggie, a professor and veterinarian, respectively, as they take a road trip across the country. Each must confront the trauma and anxiety Maggie experiences after she is mugged in Chicago.

Join us as well tell bad jokes (because what podcast is complete without bad jokes), road trips, and Listen to Me.

And as always, we end the show with one last question: "What would we recommend?"

• Hannah has a bevy of book recommendations, including The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, The Unseen World by Liz Moore and As Good As Gone by Amy Gentry.

• In honor of Comic-Con, Aliza recommends our current MashReads book club book, One Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl. The book is an examination of the comic book industry as the protagonists travel across the country on the comic con circuit. "It's a really great look at storytelling in general and also what the comic book industry is today."

• Peter recommends HBO's new miniseries The Night Of. "It's good! That's all." And then once you've watched each episode, stay tuned for Peter's recaps here.

• MJ has been reading The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. He also recommends Invisibila's 'The Secret History of Thoughts' if you liked exploring the themes of this book.

Also, we are off next week! But stay tuned for our next episode when we chat with Bob Proehl about One Hundred Thousand Worlds on August 4.

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