Well-Read Black Girl with Glory Edim

Glory Edim founded the Well-Read Black Girl book club in 2015, and this Pushkin Industries podcast is an extension of that community. The format is straightforward: Glory sits down with an author for an unhurried, deeply personal conversation about reading, writing, and identity. Her guest list is stellar -- Tarana Burke, Min Jin Lee, Anita Hill, Gabrielle Union, Viola Davis, Elizabeth Acevedo -- and the conversations go places that standard author interviews rarely reach. What makes Glory an exceptional interviewer is her willingness to be vulnerable. She shares her own reading experiences and emotional responses, which puts guests at ease and leads to moments of real honesty. These aren't promotional interviews where an author runs through talking points about their new release. They're actual conversations about how books shape who we become, told through the specific lens of Black women's experiences with literature. The show produced 27 episodes across its run, with the bulk airing in 2022. Episodes range from about 30 to 40 minutes, though some stretch past an hour. It holds a 4.4-star rating from over 200 reviews. The podcast hasn't published new episodes since late 2023, so the catalog appears complete for now. But the existing episodes are worth seeking out -- each one functions almost like a standalone essay about the relationship between reading and identity. The intimate scale of the show is part of its charm. Rather than trying to cover the entire literary world, Glory focused on conversations that matter to her community, and the result feels intentional and personal.