Join us every other Tuesday as Erik J. Brown (Author of All That's Left in the World & Lose You to Find Me) and Alyssa Ljub (Netflix's The Circle Season 4 & Alyssa Explains it All Podcast) celebrate the growing popularity of YA Novels. Each episode will contain stories from authors, recommendations or lists that is sure to expand your goodreads list!
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Signup to Generate a PitchJoin us every other Tuesday as Erik J. Brown (Author of All That's Left in the World & Lose You to Find Me) and Alyssa Ljub (Netflix's The Circle Season 4 & Alyssa Explains it All Podcast) celebrate the growing popularity of YA Novels.
YA-OK is hosted by Geekscape. The show has published 57 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Why Representation Matters in Young Adult Novels (LIVE PANEL FROM SDCC)" (22 September 2026, 29 minutes), "A Spoiler Full Better The Devil Discussion" (31 March 2026, 53 minutes), and ""Follow the Water" Author Ellen Cochrane" (3 March 2026, 68 minutes).
YA-OK publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 57 episodes.
Booking probability for YA-OK is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. YA-OK requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. YA-OK's contact route on record: verified email.
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Geekscape hosts YA-OK, an arts podcast with 57 episodes published.
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Episode #52
Join the YA-OK podcast as they are joined by a diverse panel of Young Adult authors to discuss the importance of representation in all literature but ESPECIALLY when it comes to YA novels. Erik J. Brown and Matt Kelly...
Episode #51
This week we are doing a Spoiler Filled Deep Dive into Erik's new Thriller "Better The Devil". Make sure you have read the book prior to this episode to avoid spoilers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Episode #50
For our 50th Episode we sit down with Ellen Cochrane who took a true story she remembered from her youth and crafted an exciting and informative middle group book out of it. Follow the Water has strong "Hatchet" vibes...
Episode #49
We're back!! Today we sit down with author Cassie Miller to discuss her debut YA Novel "Meet Me Under the Lights"! This book was pitched to us as "Friday Night Lights" meets "The Notebook" which obviously checked all...
Episode #48
In a mini-Episode Producer Matt sits down with past guest Lance Rubin about his new book Forever 16 and the audiobook he made with his wife and brother! Buy Merch Join Our Facebook Group Follow us on Instagram Learn...
Episode #47
This week we go through our favorite books we read in 2025! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram! Join Our Facebook Group! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #46
For our Christmas Episode this year we are very excited to be joined by Kevin Jakubowski, a screenplay writer who wrote the YA novel 8-Bit Christmas which later became a huge hit on HBO Max. We discuss the transition...
Episode #45
This week we are joined by the author team Fox Starr about their new Fantasy YA novel The Bone Tower! Buy some YA-OK Merch Follow us on Instagram Join our Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Episode #44
This week we are joined by author Randy Ribay who wrote the critically acclaimed Patron Saints of Nothing as well as well as some Avatar The Last Airbender novels and the more recently released "Everything We Never Had"...
Episode #43
This week Erik and Alyssa are joined by Abigail Hing Wen who talks about her novel "Loveboat, Taipei" which was turned into a Netflix movie as well as her newest novel "The Vale" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Episode #42
This week in honor of Halloween just around the corner Erik takes the time to educate Alyssa and Producer Matt on all the dark tales we missed out by not reading Christopher Pike in their youth! Learn more about your ad...
Episode #41
On October 5, 2005 Twilight hit book shelves and immediately became a global phenomenon! Today to celebrate that Alyssa and Erik dive into their history of these books and if they think they hold up still! Learn more...
Episode #40
This week we are joined by author Jeff Miller about his middle-grade book Rare Birds. Jeff talks about getting his foot in the door in writing and what lead to this much more adult themed book compared to his previous...
Episode #39
This week instead of our usual interviews Producer Matt talks to host Erik J Brown about why you should pre-order his new book "Better Than Devil" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #38
This week Alyssa and Erik are joined by author Zachary Sergi to discuss his new book Love & Video Games! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #37
This week we are thrilled to welcome Heir of Storms author Lauryn Hamilton Murray to discuss her debut novel and why she loves fantasy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #36
This week we are joined by author Rory Power to discuss her newest novel Kill Creatures as well as her award winning novel Wilder Girls! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode #35
We are thrilled to have this week's guest Kiersten White on! For the last year we've all raved about how much we love the book Mister Magic, but now that Kiersten has released a YA Thriller called "The House of Quiet"...
Episode #34
Instead of a guest this week we are breaking down the books we love that gives us Summer Vibes and at least one book we haven't read but look forward to reading this summer to hopefully give us summer vibes! Learn more...
Episode #33
This week we are joined by J.L. Simmonds whose new YA “Run Away With Me” has been described as Thelma & Louise with Lesbians! We discuss how Aerosmith inspired the plot, the perfect naming of Muppet bands and why...
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