S5E12 – Put Some Webtoons On It

This episode was recorded a while back but hosts Ardo and Yash wanted to end the year with just the two of them and the books they’ve read! They discuss the Webtoon comics they’ve gotten into, nonfiction and speculative fiction that left a mark, and what they both thought of White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson.

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E11 – Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 2)

Hello Upper East Siders! Ardo, Yash and special guest, Hana of Story Nut, continue discussing Gossip Girl at part of Put Some Nostalgia On It! In part two, they tackle HBO’s new Gossip Girl tv show and how it stacked up against the original.

Things mentioned in this episode:

• YouTube Red series “Youth & Consequences”
• Gossip Girl Fandom Wiki

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E10 – Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 1)

Welcome to another episode of Put Some Nostalgia On It! This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens. In this episode, they invited BookTuber Hana from Story Nut to discuss Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar! They had such a fun time, the conversation was broken into two parts. In part one, they discuss the book series and its spin-offs as well as the 2007 CW TV show adaptation.

Here are the resources mentioned in this episode:

• Gossip Girl (Book) (Wikipedia)
• Gossip Girl (2007 CW TV Show) (Wikipedia)
• Young Adult Fiction: Wild Things by Naomi Wolf (The New York Times)
• High School Confidential by Nancy Franklin (The New Yorker)

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5S9 – PABOI: Liselle Sambury

Ardo and Yash interviewed debut author Liselle Sambury about her near future urban fantasy, Blood Like Magic. They discuss navigating the publishing industry and writing as a YouTuber, heavily featuring Toronto as the novel’s setting, putting witches in a sci-fi future, and what she’s working on next.

• Liselle Sambury’s YouTube Channel

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E8 – Put Some Nostalgia On It: Fear Street

Welcome to a new ongoing series within the Put A Blurb On It podcast! This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens.

In this episode, they invited Natasha from Everyone and Their Sister to discuss Fear Street. The first half is all about the book series by R. L. Stine and the second half tackles the Netflix movie trilogy adaptation that was recently released.

Here are the resources mentioned in this episode:

• Fear Street: Main Wikipedia
• List of Fear Street books
• Book Series in Order
• A Trip Down Fear Street series by Ginnis Tonik on Women Write About Comics
• “Fear Street’ Trilogy Doesn’t End Here: Leigh Janiak Hopes to Create Horror Spin on MCU” (Indiewire)

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E7 – Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 2)

It’s part 2 of the crossover to end all crossovers! Ardo and Yash have the co-hosts of the Everyone and Their Sister podcast on to chat about their fave reads of the year so far. This episode features Cristina and Ardo’s book picks. 

Be sure to also check out Everyone and Their Sister’s two parted crossover episodes with Ardo and Yash:

• Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Grishaverse
• Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Chapter Two

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E6 – Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 1)

You’ve been waiting for it and they’ve delivered. Ardo and Yash have the co-hosts of the Everyone and Their Sister podcast on to chat about their fave reads of the year so far. This is part one of their mid-year freakout featuring Steph, Nat and Yash’s book picks. 

Be sure to also check out Everyone and Their Sister’s two parted crossover episodes with Ardo and Yash:

• Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Grishaverse
• Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Chapter Two

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E5 – Put Some Crows On It

In this episode, Ardo and Yash discuss the #FreePalestine movement before diving into their what they’ve been reading. It’s a mostly Ardo episode in terms of books read but Yash does chat about her Rule of Wolves feels–the newest book in the Grishaverse–before the pair discuss season 1 of the Shadow and Bone TV show. 

• Haneen Oriqat’s IG TV post
• Palestine Resources
  • free-palestine.carrd.co
  • decolonizepalestine.com
  • jewishvoiceforpeace.org
  • visualizingpalestine.org
  • bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott
• #PublishingPaidMe

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E4 – Put A Mystery On It

This episode was recorded back in January but the conversation is evergreen! Ardo and Yash mention the recent IG TV on the PABOI account that looked at recent Canadian reads. Then they discuss what they’ve been reading which includes a lot of mystery/crime fiction for Ardo and a whole lot of speculative fiction for Yash.

• PABOI IG LIVE: Recent Canadian Reads
• Barnes Babes Book Club
• Everyone and Their Sister
• The FOLD Challenge

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

S5E3 – Put A Producer On It

This is an extra long episode of the podcast! Ardo and Yash spend some time talking about anti-Asian hate, #OwnVoices and if book lists (and other pop culture lists) are helpful. Then they talk about what they’ve been reading, and get a bit of behind-the-scenes help from friend of the pod and unintentional producer of this episode, Angel!

• Anti-Asian Hate 1:40
  • Pop culture lists are not activism (Vox)
  • We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate
• Books We’ve Read 35:40
• Book Focus 1:33:12

The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.