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One Nightstand

Arts, Books

Bustle's One Nightstand asks celebrity readers and writers to share their four favourite books. Our host — Charlotte Owen — will go deep on each selection, learning more about the lives of each guest in the process.

Episodes
53
Releases
Every two weeks
Typical length
54 min
On air since
2025
Latest episode
1 week ago

Episodes

53 episodes, newest first

  1. Sophia Bush

    Episode 54

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Sophia Bush about her new memoir, losing friend and mentor Gloria Steinem, and what it’s like raising a blended family.

    Sophia Bush’s One Nightstand picks:

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    ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ by Cheryl Strayed

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    ‘Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia E. Butler

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    ‘My Life on the Road’ by Gloria Steinem

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    ‘Bitter Southerner Magazine’

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    ‘And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress’ by Sophia Bush

    Sophia’s memoir And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress is in stores now.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    1 hr 4 min
  2. Daisy Edgar-Jones

    Episode 53

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Normal People icon Daisy Edgar-Jones, ho shares how she and Paul Mescal were constantly referencing the book on set, her love for Perseus Jackson, and what it was like stepping into the role of Elinor in the new Sense and Sensibility adaptation.

    Daisy Edgar-Jones’ One Nightstand picks:

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    ‘10 Minutes and 38 Seconds’ by Elif Shafak

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    ‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney

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    ‘If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things’ by Jon McGregor

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    Percy Jackson and the Olympians Collection by Rick Riordan

    Daisy, Caitriona Balfe, Fiona Shaw, Esmé Creed-Miles, and George McKay star in Sense and Sensibility, in theaters now!

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Konstantin Yelisevich

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    53 min
  3. Kit Harington

    Episode 52

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with ‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harington about trying to “improve” Dickens, the book that made him “insanely paranoid,” and joining HBO’s new Harry Potter series.

    Kit Harington’s One Nightstand picks:

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    1984 by George Orwell

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    Any Human Heartby William Boyd

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    Flesh by David Szalay

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    Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

    Kit currently stars in the MGM+ adaptation of the Dickens classic A Tale of Two Cities, streaming now. In August it was announced he’d play Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season of HBO’s Harry Potter series, replacing Nicholas Hoult.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    53 min
  4. Nick Robinson

    Episode 51

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Nick Robinson to talk about all things Raymond Carver, the book he read prepping for Maid, and what made him say, “Boys are dumb.”

    Nick Robinson’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories by Raymond Carver

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    The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

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    Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

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    Pastoralia by George Saunders

    Nick returns to the screen as the romantic lead in Charlie Harper, in select theaters now. Next year, he’ll star as Joe Kennedy Jr. in the eight-episode series Kennedy streaming on Netflix.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: Jeff Striker, Ben Effinger

    28 min
  5. Ethan Hawke

    Episode 50

    Show notes

    For Bustle’s first ⁠One Nightstand⁠ Live, Charlotte Owen sits down with Ethan Hawke at Strand Bookstore. The five-time Oscar nominee talks about his love of The Animal Family, explains why he was jealous of Dave Eggers, and shares his true feelings on those Lonesome Dove rumors.

    Ethan Hawke’s One Nightstand picks:

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    The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell

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    Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

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    The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

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    Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

    Ethan currently stars with Russell Crowe in The Weight, in theaters now. Season 2 of The Lowdown premieres Oct. 14 on FX and Hulu.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez, Konstantin Yelisevich

    Audio: Trokon Nagbe

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    58 min
  6. Zoe Kazan

    Episode 48

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Zoe Kazan to discuss why Toni Morrison might just be America's greatest writer, casting Florence Pugh as Cathy, and the book that carried her through grief.

    Zoe Kazan’s One Nightstand picks:

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    East of Edenby John Steinbeck

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    Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore

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    Sula by Toni Morrison

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    My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Part 1 by Emil Ferris

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    Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 by Tony Kushner

    Zoe’s a seven-part adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden premieres Oct. 1 on Netflix.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    1 hr 10 min
  7. Hasan Minhaj

    Episode 47

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Hasan Minhaj as he confesses his unyielding devotion to Judy Blume and Beverly Cleary, explains how Craig David basically got him fired from Safeway, and why 'Yesteryear' has "a great f*cking premise."

    Hasan Minhaj’s One Nightstand picks:

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    ‘James’ – Percival Everett

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    ‘The Man of Many Fathers’ – Roy Wood Jr.

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    ‘Gold Diggers’ – Sanjana Sathian

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    ‘Yesteryear’ – Caro Claire Burke

    Hasan produced, co-wrote, and stars in the coming-of-age comedy movie Best of the Best, which premieres on Sept. 18 on Netflix.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    1 hr
  8. Domhnall Gleeson

    Episode 46

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with actor Domhnall Gleeson; they dive into Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’, filming ‘Never Let Me Go’ and ‘About Time,’ and the Gleeson family member recommending the most unhinged books.

    Domhnall Gleeson’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Matilda by Roald Dahl

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    A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor

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    The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain,

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    Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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    Ballyturk by Enda Walsh

    All episodes of The Paper season 2 are now streaming on Peacock, and The Incomer hits theaters Sept. 25.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    57 min
  9. Carly Rae Jepsen

    Episode 45

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, pop icon Carly Rae Jepsen joins Charlotte Owen to dish on the “racy” poem that wooed her husband, her real feelings on "Call Me Maybe," and the status of 10 Things I Hate About You, her Broadway musical with Lena Dunham — whose memoir recently reignited her love of reading.

    Carly Rae Jepsen’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

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    Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen.

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    Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice.

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    Famesick by Lena Dunham.

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    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami.

    CRJ’s new double album Day and Nightcomes out everywhere Sept. 18!

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Ryan Mitchel

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Social: Gracie Farquhar

    Editor: James Koroni

    55 min
  10. D’Arcy Carden

    Episode 44

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with the hysterical D’Arcy Carden, who shares the book that absolutely wrecked her (in a good way), what it’s actually like working with Kristen Bell, and her unfiltered thoughts on the ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ adaptation.

    D’Arcy Carden’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Even the Good Girls Will Cry by Melissa Auf der Maur

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    The Sane One by Anna Konkle

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    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrowby Gabrielle Zevin

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    Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

    D’Arcy stars with Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Regina Hall, Gemma Chan, and Chloë Sevigny in The Five-Star Weekend. All episodes are streaming on Peacock now.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Ian Sanchez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    54 min
  11. Emmy Rossum

    Episode 42

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Phantom of the Opera star Emmy Rossum to discuss the book her therapist swore by, her surprising obsession with Real Housewives of Rhode Island, and whether the Shameless cast group chat is still buzzing.

    Emmy Rossum's One Nightstand picks:

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    Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

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    We Are Too Little: A Memoir [Kind Of] by Hannah Pittard

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    The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

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    Blood Test: A Comedy by Charles Baxter

    Emmy’s new psychological crime thriller Furious is currently streaming on Hulu.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree LennonAsst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: Matt Hoffman

    58 min
  12. John Leguizamo

    Episode 42

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. For this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Emmy and Tony Award winner John Leguizamo to talk about four incredible titles, his role in The Odyssey — including playing padel with Tom Holland — as well as the book that took him five years to write. And don’t worry, his turn as Tybalt in Baz Luhrmann's ‘Romeo & Juliet’ comes up too!

    John Leguizamo’s One Nightstand picks:

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    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

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    Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill

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    Dubliners by James Joyce

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    Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

    John stars in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster The Odyssey, out everywhere July 17. His first children’s book, Kiki and the Can, hits shelves in early August.

    This episode of One Nightstand is presented by ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Asst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: Zoë Calman, James Koroni

    57 min
  13. Ana Gasteyer

    Episode 39

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with SNL alum and Tony nominee Ana Gasteyer to talk about the book she’s desperate to adapt, what it was like working on ‘Mean Girls’ with Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan, and why playing the villain is so fun!

    Ana Gasteyer’s One Nightstand picks:

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    The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts

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    Everybody by Brendan Jacob Jenkins

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    Shy by Mary Roger and Jesse Greene

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    Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

    Ana is currently starring on Broadway in the Tony-nominated Schmigadoon and will return to the big screen in Never Change! on June 9.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Asst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: Matt Hoffman, Cian Smith

    54 min
  14. Lewis Pullman

    Episode 41

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. Charlotte Owen sits down with Top Gun: Maverick star Lewis Pullman to discuss the books he was introduced to while filming Outer Range, what it was like growing up following his famous father (Bill Pullman) around the country, and how he deals with the pressure of working on adaptations like Lessons in Chemistry and Remarkably Bright Creatures.

    Lewis Pullman’s One Nightstand picks:

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    The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich

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    Close Range by Annie Proulx

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    Motel Chronicles by Sam Shepard

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    Classic Crews by Henry Crews

    Lewis currently stars with Sally Field in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures, streaming now, and he’ll reprise his role of Sentry in Avengers: Doomsday, out later this year.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree LennonAsst.

    Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: James Koroni

    57 min
  15. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Episode 40

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. Charlotte Owen sits down with actress, producer, and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus to discuss the author who moved her to tears, her experience at the helm of Veep, and the particular Seinfeld punchline she doesn’t agree with.

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

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    The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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    Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ new movie The Sheep Detectives is in theaters May 8th.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Asst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: James Koroni

    27 min
  16. Colman Domingo

    Episode 39

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen talks with multihyphenate star Colman Domingo about the title he considered adapting, why he wishes Season 3 of Euphoria was released all at once, and what it’s like working with Steven Spielberg.

    Colman Domingo’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Hollywood by Garson Kanin.

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    Theater Kid by Jeffrey Seller.

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    The Hinterland; Cabins, Love Shacks and Other Hide-Outs by Gestalten (publisher).

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    Pimp by Iceberg Slim.

    Colman Domingo is currently starring in Michael and Euphoria and will return to the big screen later this year in Spielberg's Disclosure Day.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Jasmine Velez

    Assistant Camera: Sam Cowan

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Asst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: James Koroni, Matt Hoffman

    53 min
  17. Elizabeth Banks

    Episode 38

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with the hysterical Elizabeth Banks to talk about her endless love of Salinger and Colson Whitehead, why she thinks the world needs more Effie Trinkets, and if Matthew Macfadyen is her Mr. Darcy.

    Elizabeth Banks’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger.

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    The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.

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    The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

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    The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.

    The full first season of The Miniature Wife starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen is streaming now.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Asst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: James Koroni

    59 min
  18. Caitriona Balfe

    Episode 37

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with Outlander actor Caitriona Balfe about the importance of intimacy in storytelling, why she thinks Daphne du Maurier wrote women the way she did, and the book she’s gifted more than any other.

    Caitriona Balfe’s One Nightstand picks:

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    Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy.

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    Orbital by Samantha Harvey.

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    Prophet Song by Paul Lynch.

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    Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.

    The final season of Outlander is streaming on Starz now. Balfe will also appear in Sense and Sensibility with Daisy Edgar-Jones, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw out later this year.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Konstantin Yelisevich

    Assistant Camera: Ian Sanchez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Asst. Producer: Mila Grgas

    Editor: James Koroni

    51 min
  19. Viola Davis

    Episode 35

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with EGOT winner and New York Times No. 1 bestseller Viola Davis, who shares the book she says brought her “into consciousness,” what she’d like to ask Richard Wright, and why she chose to quote August Wilson after Michael B. Jordan’s iconic win.

    Viola Davis’ One Nightstand picks:

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    Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown

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    Black Boy by Richard Wright

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    The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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    All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert

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    Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson

    Viola’s new novel Judge Stone, a legal thriller co-written with James Patterson, is available everywhere now.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Marshall Stief

    Assistant Camera: Jasmine Velez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    43 min
  20. Daniel Radcliffe

    Episode 34

    Show notes

    In ⁠One Nightstand⁠, celebrity readers and writers join us at ⁠The Blond⁠ in ⁠11 Howard⁠ to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen sits down with Daniel Radcliffe to talk about the title he still thinks about “all the time,” if he got advance copies of the Harry Potter series, and why his new play is different from anything he’s done before.

    Daniel Radcliffe’s One Nightstand picks:

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    The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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    The Song of Achillesby Madeline Miller

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    The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester

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    How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

    Daniel is currently appearing on Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing and starring in NBC’s The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, airing now.

    Credits

    Director of Photography: Konstantin Yelsevich

    Assistant Camera: Ian Sanchez

    Producer: Aubree Lennon

    Editor: James Koroni

    42 min

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