Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Into the Deep End with the Audie Awards

Mar 11, 2025

31:55

Get those TBRs ready because we’re about to melt your library card. In this episode, romance lovers will hear Jordy’s review of the new Ali Hazelwood novel, Deep End. Then stick around for Shoshana’s podcast debut as she chats with Nox about this year’s Audie Award winners. Stick around for some excellent insight into the audiobook industry as a whole.

Diving into the Deep End (0:23)

Jordy dives into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, a gripping romance set in the high-stakes world of competitive diving. From sizzling chemistry to raw emotional depth, we explore Scarlett and Lukas’s journey of ambition, healing, and unexpected love.

30th Annual Audie Awards - The Good, The Bad, and The Hopeful? (5:38)

Shoshana and Nox, both avid audiobook listeners, chat about the 30th Annual Audies, National Audiobook Awards, held March 4th, 2025. In this spoiler-free conversation, they share some of their opinions about the winning titles, some stark demographics of the winners, and the changing landscape of the audiobook industry.

Books/Resources Mentioned:

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Mate by Ali Hazelwood

Libro.FM 2025 Audie Award Finalists Playlist - list of finalists available for purchase

My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice by Dan Slepian

George Orwell’s 1984 Adapted by Joe White Performed by Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, full cast - Audible exclusive 🙁

This Could by Us by Kennedy Ryan

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

System Collapse by Martha Wells

Homebody by Theo Parish