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Book Dreams Podcast

Book Dreams is a podcast for everyone who loves books and misses English class. In each episode co-hosts Julie Sternberg and Eve Yohalem explore a book-related topic they can’t stop thinking...

Episodes

20 of 151 episodes

Ep. 3 - The News We've Been Waiting For!

We're finally able to tell you our grand opening date! (Spoiler alert: It's October 25. Come visit!) Press play to hear what we've been doin...

20:12Oct 1, 2025

Ep. 2 - Updates and Book Recs

The store is almost ready! We're just waiting (and waiting and waiting) on a new entrance before we can start putting books on the shelves....

26:49Sep 8, 2025

Ep. 1 - We're Opening a Bookstore!

We (authors Eve Yohalem and Julie Sternberg) are opening a bookstore called Books & Cake in Hillsdale, New York! Renovations are underway--t...

26:04Aug 28, 2025

Bonus Ep. 143 - Julie & Eve Have Big News!

Julie and Eve have big news! Find us on⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast)⁠, or email us at ⁠contact@bookdreamspodcast.com⁠. We encourage you...

4:46Aug 28, 2025

Bonus Ep. 142 - I’m Sorry I Did This to You, with Eve and Julie

Why, oh why, does Eve make Julie take on questions that no person on the planet wants to be forced to think through out loud on air? (Three...

19:31Apr 26, 2024

Bonus Ep. 141 - When One Book Leads to Another, with Eve and Julie

Our theme for this episode is book connections—times when one book leads us to thoughts of another or inspires us to read further. It’s one...

17:16Jan 18, 2024

Bonus Ep. 140 - Roz Chast!

It's been a long time since you've seen an author interview here on Book Dreams, but we were recently given the chance to interview Roz Chas...

33:28Dec 21, 2023

Bonus Ep. 139 - The Stephen King Novel That (Almost) Drove Us Apart, with Eve and Julie

“This is so bad that I feel like I'm in a Stephen King novel where there's just one thing off about my familiar world, but that one thing is...

13:56Oct 12, 2023

Bonus Ep. 138 - One Great Read After the Other, with Eve and Julie

Eve read so much during the weeks since our last episode, she gave herself a repetitive reading injury. But it was worth it! In this episode...

18:05Aug 11, 2023

Bonus Ep. 137 - Talking Books to Honor the Legacy of a Constant Reader, Eve’s Dad, with Eve and Julie

What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode, in which Eve talks about the legacy of her dad, a constant...

13:42Jul 6, 2023

Bonus Ep. 136 - What We’ve Read and Loved Lately, with Eve and Julie

What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode where we talk about loving old favorites even more the secon...

21:28May 25, 2023

Bonus Ep. 135 - Good Books for Bad Times, with Eve & Julie

We’ve all been there: one of those tough times in life when it’s hard to get your mind to settle enough to escape into a good book. Yet that...

18:49Apr 6, 2023

Ep. 134 - The Most Personalized Book Subscription Service in the World, with James Gilbert

Welcome to our last regularly scheduled episode of Book Dreams. We started the podcast because books, more than just about anything, bring u...

30:50Feb 23, 2023

Ep. 133 - Fire Island: A Century in the Life of a Queer, Literary Paradise, with Jack Parlett

In this episode, Book Dreams producer and guest host Gianfranco Lentini takes us on a journey to a real-life literary paradise—a thin barrie...

30:44Feb 9, 2023

Ep. 132 - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, with Angie Cruz

In this episode, we talk to author Angie Cruz, whose latest novel is the widely acclaimed How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. This irresis...

23:40Jan 26, 2023

Ep. 131 - Keeping Family Secrets, with Margaret K. Nelson

What do family secrets show us about the times we live in, and how do they impact the people who safeguard them? These are questions that so...

23:12Jan 12, 2023

Ep. 130 - Our 2022 End-of-Year Holiday Extravaganza!

Welcome to our 2022 end-of-year holiday extravaganza! In the spirit of holiday giving, we have a present for you, which, if we’re being hone...

43:58Dec 29, 2022

Ep. 129 - The Science Behind Heartbreak, with Florence Williams

Why, exactly, do we feel so shattered when someone we love leaves us? What is the science behind the physical changes we experience during h...

30:43Dec 15, 2022

Ep. 128 - A Feminist Retelling of the Ramayana, with Vaishnavi Patel

What is it like to create a modern, feminist retelling of an ancient, foundational text? Vaishnavi Patel–author of the instant New York Time...

29:47Dec 1, 2022

Ep. 127 - Constructing a Nervous System, with Margo Jefferson

What are the raw materials of our lives? Who are the authors, the singers and songwriters, the actors and artists whose work resonates with...

33:47Nov 17, 2022