Marlon and Jake Read Dead People
Penguin Random House
Conversations · Ongoing · ~41 min · Explicit
Taste attributes: comedytalk-showslowfresh & originalunsavouryrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded conversation podcast, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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About this podcast
Marlon and Jake Read Dead People is a podcast hosted by the Man Booker Prize-winning and internationally bestselling author Marlon James and his editor, Jake Morrissey, Executive Editor at Riverhead Books. In each episode, Marlon and Jake talk about authors—specifically dead authors. Authors they li…
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- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Format
- Ongoing
- Typical episode
- About 41 minutes
- Latest episode
- 8 September 2026
- Categories
- Arts, Books, Society & Culture
- Taste scores
- How we score
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