In the very first episode of the Purdue English Big Read podcast, host Erika Gotfredson and guests Narim Kim and Vanessa Iacocca discuss the evolution of Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver (2018) from short story to novel.

Tune in as host Erika Gotfredson and guests Jason Abad and Emily Pearson discuss how names, language, and storytelling function as magic in Naomi Novik's novel Spinning Silver (2018).

In this episode, host Erika Gotfredson and guests Juanita Crider and Malik Raymond explore Africanfuturism, character development, and the collision of STEM and literature in Nnedi Okorafor's trilogy Binti.

In this episode, host Alex Anderson and guests Débora Borba, Jehu Laniog, and Marybeth Perdomo discuss colonialism's haunting presence in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novel Mexican Gothic (2020).

In this episode, host Alex Anderson and guests Veronica Ahmed, Narim Kim, and Frankie Knuckles discuss how Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novel Mexican Gothic (2020) nuances the literary genre of the Female Gothic.

On this episode of the Purdue English Big Read podcast (hosted by Alex Anderson), Jianfen Chen, Devan Lindey, and Fiona Wang discuss Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese, Kelvin Yu's series adaptation of the graphic novel for the streaming service Disney+, and Journey to the West's cross-cultural longevity.

In this episode (hosted by Alex Anderson), guests Benjamin Lathrop, Chenchen Lu, and Emily Pearson discuss best practices for teaching Julia Lovell's adaptation of Monkey King: Journey to the West.