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Malu Halasa on Middle Eastern Literature and Christina shares some reading recs.

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On today's episode, Adam and Jill interview Malu Halasa about her novel Mother of all Pigs, middle eastern literature and taking a look at stories from a different angle than you might expect.

Before that conversation, Christina joins Adam for the intro to hand out book recommendations and discuss audiobook listening.

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