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The Drip

Hosted by All Spoilers Collective · arts · EN · 55 episodes

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Ever wonder what a book club with professors would sound like? The Drip is a podcast where three academics of color talk about great books.

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Selective

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Questions about The Drip

What is The Drip about?

Ever wonder what a book club with professors would sound like? The Drip is a podcast where three academics of color talk about great books.

Who hosts The Drip?

The Drip is hosted by All Spoilers Collective. The show has published 55 episodes to date.

What has The Drip covered recently?

Recent episodes include "No, You Don’t Need to Read “the Original”: Percival Everett’s JAMES" (20 September 2026, 67 minutes), "Episode 54 -- How (Not?) to Be a Revolutionary: Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming" (20 September 2026, 65 minutes), and "Episode 53 -- Octavia Butler's Parables (Part II): Take Root Among the Stars" (14 August 2025, 60 minutes).

How often does The Drip publish?

The Drip publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 55 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Drip?

Booking probability for The Drip is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Drip requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Drip's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch The Drip?

The strongest fits for The Drip are Artists, Writers & Performers. The Drip has an arts audience.

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All Spoilers Collective hosts The Drip, an arts show with 55 episodes published.

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  • Episode #59

    No, You Don’t Need to Read “the Original”: Percival Everett’s JAMES

    Sep 20, 20261h 7m

    At his recent visit to the Twin Cities, Everett joked that he was "so tired of talking about this book." The good news is that the Spoilers aren't. This might be one of our most engaged and lively discussions in a...

  • Episode #58

    Episode 54 -- How (Not?) to Be a Revolutionary: Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming

    Sep 20, 20261h 5m

    The Spoilers are back discussing another fun book with serious subtext. It got us thinking about a lot of things, including what kind of revolutionaries make the best parent and is it radical to own a lot of apartment...

  • Episode #57

    Episode 53 -- Octavia Butler's Parables (Part II): Take Root Among the Stars

    Aug 14, 20251 hour

    In Part II of our Parable series, the Spoilers continue their discussion of Butler's amazing novels. While Sower is definitely a shockingly accurate book in so many ways, Talents hits home with even more power...

  • Episode #56

    Episode 52 -- Octavia Butler's Parables (Part I): The Future is NOW

    Aug 14, 20251h 2m

    The first of two episodes on Octavia Butler's Parable series, this show finds the Spoilers discussing one of the most beloved books of the last 40 years -- Parable of the Sower. The Spoilers have a lot to say about this...

  • Episode #55

    Episode 51 -- Stuck In Between: Bharati Mukherjee's THE MIDDLE MAN AND OTHER STORIES

    Feb 9, 20251 hourS0

    <p>This episode, though subdued, is a fascinating journey into the critical minds of the spoilers as they try to figure out what it is about Mukherjee's stories that has a hold on them. It's probably fair to say that we...

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  • Episode #54

    Episode 50 -- Defining a "Genre": Fifty Episodes of THE DRIP!

    Jan 29, 202559 minS0

    <p>In this, our 50th episode, the Spoilers discuss everything from the inception of our little show to our favorite books and episodes. As you can imagine, it is celebration of everything that has kept us going all...

  • Episode #53

    Episode 49 -- The Brutal Beauty of Jesmyn Ward's LET US DESCEND

    Oct 7, 20241h 7mS0

    <p>The Spoilers are back with the penultimate episode on their way toward the big 50! In this episode they heap praises upon Jesmyn Ward's latest triumph about a young, enslaved woman being led on a journey to the dark...

  • Episode #52

    Episode 48: The Stories We Tell/Told/Are (Never) Told -- Shannon Gibney's THE GIRL I AM, WAS, AND NEVER WILL BE

    Sep 3, 202455 minS0

    <p>The gang is back, you guys! It's been awhile, but we are back to discuss Shannon Gibney's amazing memoir of transracial adoption, family, and love. We've read a lot of books doing this show over the years, but you...

  • Episode #51

    Episode 47 -- A Plot-Full of BLACK CAKE: Charmaine Wilkerson Serves It Up Thick

    Oct 31, 202354 minS0

    <p>The Spoilers are back with an episode about Charmaine Wilkerson's worthy novel, Black Cake -- just in time for the Hulu release of the series on November 1st. If you haven't read the book, all you have to do is...

  • Episode #50

    Episode 46 --It May Be a Man’s World, But Esi’s Got a Car: Ama Ata Aidoo’s CHANGES

    Oct 16, 20231h 1mS0

    <p>In this episode the Spoilers talk about Aidoo's wonderful novel, but as you might expect, they end up talking about patriarchy. And in particular they spend a lot of time talking about Esi and her car. You know, we...

  • Episode #49

    Episode 45 -- Trains, Pains, and Barnacles: Suzette Mayr’s THE SLEEPING CAR PORTER

    Sep 12, 202357 minS0

    <p>In this, our 45th episode, the Spoilers are back with what they thought would be a frolicking, early summer show about Baxter, a Black Canadian aspiring dentist who works as a sleeping car porter on a cross-continent...

  • Episode #48

    Driplet #4 -- ”It Must Be the Gas”: A Journey Inside Todd’s Broken Brain

    Jun 22, 20231h 1mS0

    <p>In this special Driplet, Anita gives Todd the chance to share his narrative of injury and recovery. After suffering a hemorrhagic stroke in February of 2020, Todd had to learn to read again while teaching a...

  • Episode #47

    Episode 44 -- Profound Sentences: James Baldwin’s GIOVANNI’S ROOM

    May 28, 20231h 3mS0

    <p>Did you know many Black writers including Zora Neale Hurston, Frank Yerby, and Lorraine Hansberry wrote works in which most or all of the characters were white? One of the best of these is James Baldwin's Giovanni's...

  • Episode #46

    Episode 43 -- Hold the Pum Pum Jokes: Learning to Love Leone Ross’s POPISHO

    Apr 18, 20231h 2mS0

    <p>Let's be honest -- when the Spoilers first started reading Leone Ross's Popisho, they were kind of confused. But as this lively conversation reveals, we came to really love this strange, original, endearing book. It...

  • Episode #45

    Episode 42 -- A Touch of Grey: Attica Locke’s THE CUTTING SEASON

    Feb 22, 20231h 4mS0

    <p>It's been a minute, but the Spoilers are back with another compelling book conversation -- this time about Attica's Locke's best-selling mystery. The novel takes place on a plantation, so you know we have to ground...

  • Episode #44

    Episode 41 -- Don’t Say It: Language, Teaching, and Community

    Dec 28, 202250 minS0

    <p>In this special "bookless" episode (in which we actually talk about many books), the Spoilers take on the question of language use in the classroom -- specifically, what do we do as teachers when material we want to...

  • Episode #43

    Episode 40 -- Easy Does It: Walter Mosley’s DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS

    Nov 22, 20221h 5mS0

    <p>It's been a while, but the Spoilers are back -- this time taking on the dangerous, seedy underworld of 1940s Los Angeles in Walter Mosley's classic novel about the factory worker turned private detective, Easy...

  • Episode #42

    Episode 39 -- Apparently, We Love Her: Toni Morrison’s SULA

    Sep 17, 202256 minS0

    <p>The Spoilers have been on a roll lately, doing shows about books that have just blown us away -- and this show is no exception. In this episode we talk about Toni Morrison's perplexing and captivating heroine, Sula...

  • Episode #41

    Episode 38 -- Eloghosa Osunde’s VAGABONDS!: We Are the Majority!

    Aug 2, 20221h 3mS0

    <p>In this episode, the Spoilers can't stop gushing about Eloghosa Osunde's new novel, VAGABONDS! Structured like a spiritual text that challenges the orthodoxy and self-righteousness of those who would deny freedom and...

  • Episode #40

    Episode 37 -- Around the World, Around the Corner: Discombobulated Migrations in Namrata Poddar’s BORDER LESS

    Jul 4, 20221 hourS0

    <p>In another quiet episode, the Spoilers dig deep into issues of borders and migration both in Poddar's novel and in their own lives. It quickly becomes clear that while migration is a more immediate issue for some, it...

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