How to get on A Meal of Thorns: pitching, format and contact

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity

Often has guests

90% of recent episode titles look like interviews

Episode length

70 min

Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.

Publishing

Monthly

59 episodes · last 2026-10-05

Language

English (US)

Declared in the feed as en-us.

Where it's from

Outside the UK

The feed declares en-us.

Reach

67

Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.

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Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other culture & arts podcasts

This show features a guest in almost every episode. That is rare in Culture & Arts, and it makes this one of the more realistic bookings in the field.

Measured against every culture & arts podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

	This show	Category average
Episodes featuring a guest	90%	17%
Episodes in the last 90 days	7	10
Typical episode length	70 min	43 min
Episodes published in total	59	149
Reach percentile	67	50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

A critical book club from the Ancillary Review of Books. Host Jake Casella Brookins invites writers, scholars, and critics to discuss thorny works of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

A Meal of Thorns 60- 2026 UKLG List with Roseanna Pendlebury
A Meal of Thorns 59- OF ONE BLOOD with Garrett Bridger Gimore
A Meal of Thorns 58- LACON V
A Meal of Thorns 57- THE WATER STATUES with Langdon Hickman
A Meal of Thorns 56- KILLER, COME BACK TO ME with Aigner Loren Wilson
A Meal of Thorns 55- Readercon & the PSRB

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Common questions

Does A Meal of Thorns accept guests?

Often has guests. This show interviews people regularly. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact A Meal of Thorns?

Yes. A Meal of Thorns publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does A Meal of Thorns publish?

It publishes about once a month. There are 59 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 70 minutes.

Is A Meal of Thorns still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.