Book nerds, grab your ear buds: Here are 8 of the best literary podcasts

Michael Silverblatt has been talking about books on the airwaves since 1989. On this weekly podcast, he interviews fiction and poetry writers (recently: Edward St. Aubyn, Lydia Millet) in his trademark thoughtful and intellectual manner.

Become your boldest self, create a zero-waste home — wait, what? Each week, comedian Jolenta Greenberg and her friend Kristen Meinzer abide by the rules of a different self-help book, then dish on whether it worked.