'Book Exploder' Dives Deep Into the Writing Process of Your Favorite Authors

Following the massive success of the podcast and Netflix series Song Exploder, creator and executive producer Hrishikesh Hirway has launched a new off-shoot for literature lovers, called Book Exploder. The podcast, hosted by journalist and author Susan Orlean, features authors like Min Jin Lee, George Saunders, and James McBride breaking down one passage from one of their works, showing how much work goes into every paragraph of a book. Hirway and Orlean join us to discuss. The first episode of Book Exploder launches today.