Happy New Year! The hosts of HopLit, David & Emily, look forward to a new year of reading by recapping new books from the holidays and looking ahead at some of the most anticipated titles of 2026. Listen in to hear abou...

The hosts of HopLit, David & Emily, reflect over their reading from the past year. HopLit started this year, there were a lot of great new releases, and some fun reading memories along the way! Listen in to hear David &...

The hosts of HopLit, David & Emily, are gearing up for the holiday season in this episode, where they talk about Christmas beer, holiday ghost stories, and most pointedly, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Listen to th...

The hosts of HopLit, David & Emily, strip down the episode to create space to remember the Trans lives lost as they commemorate Trans Day of Remembrance. In this episode, HopLit hosts still talk books and beer while acknow...

David & Emily, the hosts of HopLit, have a conversation around one of their favorite authors, Blackfeet horror writer Stephen Graham Jones. From his Jade Daniels trilogy to his graphic novels to his more socially centered novels like Th...

The hosts of HopLit, David & Emily, celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November by sharing some of their favorite Indigenous authors. From David Heska Wanbli Weiden to Layli Long Soldier, HopLit raises a glass to ...

HopLit hosts David & Emily sit down with the owners of Columbus, Ohio’s hottest new bookstore, Wandering Quills. WQB owners Anne and Kristen share the origin story of their mobile bookstore, highlight the importance of bookselling,...

HopLit co-host Emily Swank sits down with guest Sarah Detrick, an educator and activist, who is currently researching book banning, censorship, and Right to Read legislation as part of a doctoral study. Listen in as Emily & Sarah talk about...

HopLit hosts David & Emily get excited about spooky season and get into one of their mutually favorite genres: horror. From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to canonized greats in the genre like Edgar Allan Poe & Ambr...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily discuss all things German by celebrating Oktoberfest. From a bookstack six-pack full of German authors, characters, and settings to our...

Welcome to a special bonus episode of HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily continue celebrating September as Hispanic Heritage Month in a bonus episode featuring Hispanic voices in po...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) by featuring six incredible authors and titles in this episode’s bookstack ...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate the end of summer by sharing a Bookstack 6-pack of books featuring disastrous camping trips and summer camp vacations gone ho...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate the imminent start of the new school year with a Back to School Bookstack 6-pack celebrating books about or set in school set...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily continue their pop culture July series with a Tunes & Tomes Bookstack 6-pack celebrating books about music. From memoirs to music j...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!HopLit hosts David & Emily celebrate summer blockbusters and the relationships between movies and books, movies and beer, and books and beer. In this episo...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!In this episode, David & Emily commemorate Juneteenth with books that look at the legacy of slavery, the end of the slavery, and what has come after it, books that show the ...

Welcome to HopLit, a beery book podcast for everyone!In this episode, David & Emily sit down for the first episode of HopLit, a beery book conversation with zero snobbery. In this first episode, David & Emily kick off June...