Prose Society with Eli Rallo
Prose Society is a weekly podcast hosted by Eli Rallo that blends book club discussions with pop culture commentary. It's designed for readers who equally value their bookshelf and their social media feed, covering everything from classic literature to reality TV. The show treats Pride and Prejudice and Love Island with the same level of serious, enthusiastic analysis. It aims to create a community for 'thought daughters' and pop culture scholars to engage in lively, relatable conversation.
Episodes
Culture Catch-Up: Let People Like Things!
This week's Culture Catch-Up is packed with life updates! Eli's prepping for her Houston housewarming, recovering from a stubborn cold, and reminiscing about how her sister-in-law Jess went from community theater kid to marrying her brother. She dishes on spotting Florence Pugh at the Polo Bar, finishing her book I Hope Eden Reads This, and her newfound Kindle reading ecosystem. There's a deep div
Zoe Kazan on Adapting East of Eden, Family Legacy, and the Art of Letting Go
Actress, screenwriter, and playwright Zoe Kazan joins this episode of Prose Society to discuss her Netflix adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden — a project six years in the making. Zoe shares her approach to adaptation, why she centered the anti-hero Cathy Ames (played by Florence Pugh), and what it meant to carry forward a story her own grandfather adapted for the screen in 1955. She
Culture Catch-Up: Justice for Millennials!
This week's a long one. We're recapping the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Vegas, the VMAs, Dancing With the Stars, and The Traitors — plus a deep dive into Taylor Swift's Showgirl Encore with a track-by-track review and thoughts on the fandom discourse. We're talking Martha Stewart at 85, the foldable iPhone, generative AI, Stella Lefty's hater-fueled career, TikTok's hyper-local For You Pag
Book Review: Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst — Ensemble Casts, Existential Dread, and the Question of How We're Supposed to Live
This week we're reviewing Waist Deep, the debut novel by Danish author Linea Maja Ernst that became a smash hit across Scandinavia. Five university friends and their partners spend seven days at a lake house in Denmark, and old feelings of love and lust resurface as they confront the big question: who makes the rules for how we live our lives, and which is the right way? We break down every charac
Culture Catch-Up: The Emmys, The Sydney Sweeney Ad, and We Are the Assholes
This week's Culture Catch-Up is a big one. We dig into the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and what it means to reflect on it depending on where you grew up, unpack the backlash over the Sydney Sweeney sports betting ad and the "choice feminism" debate, and recap the Emmys (the best and worst looks, iconic moments, and why award shows feel more forgettable every year). Plus: Taylor Swift's new album era
Waist Deep, Love Island Drama & the Sociology of American Cheating with Josh Lora
This week on Prose Society, we're joined by writer, content creator, and sociologist Josh Lora (@tellthebeees) — one of our favorite voices covering books, culture, and internet discourse across TikTok and Substack. We dig into Josh's journey from viral book reviewer to cultural commentator, unpacking his master's in social research and how it shapes his takes on everything from "American Ch
Culture Catch-Up: Dolly Parton Tributes, Met Gala Fallout & the Ozempic-Fueled Celebrity Body Discourse
This week's Culture Catch-Up covers a lot of ground: personal life updates and housewarming plans, honoring Dolly Parton and the recent losses in music and theater, the Met Gala's controversial theme change, Ariana Grande's ongoing scrutiny and the double standards female celebrities face, the "Tony" biopic on Anthony Bourdain, true crime culture and its ethical blind spots, Sydney Sweeney's viral
Book Review: With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick — New Motherhood and a Twist You Won’t See Coming
This episode is all about Amy Chozick's debut fiction novel, With Friends Like You — a sharp, darkly funny thriller about new motherhood, capitalist excess, and a narrator you can't quite trust. I'm breaking down the plot, the characters (including one seriously unsettling "Daisy"), the twist, and why it reminded me of everything from Gossip Girl to Fight Club. Plus: a little detour into my
Amy Chozick: Trading Politics for Fiction, Pub Day Jitters, and Writing Her Debut Novel
Journalist-turned-novelist Amy Chozick (Chasing Hillary, The Girls on the Bus) joins us to discuss her debut novel, With Friends Like You. We talk about leaving hard-news journalism for fiction, the surprising freedom of writing something that isn't "about her," adapting her own memoir for HBO Max, and the real story behind her new book's tangled mommy-and-me friendship plot. Plus: casting her dre
Welcome to Prose Society: Why I Took a Break, Love Island Drama & What to Expect Each Week
Welcome to Prose Society — the book club, community, and weekly culture podcast you didn't know you needed. In this debut episode, Eli opens up about why it took months to bring the show back (hint: business negotiations), what to expect each month (Culture Catch-Ups, book reviews, and monthly guest interviews), and a little bit about herself — from her Jersey roots to her writing care
Introducing: Prose Society with Eli Rallo
Welcome to Prose Society. Each month we pick one featured book together, then spend the weeks going far beyond the pages — the ideas, the characters, the culture, the conversations that make a great book worth obsessing over. New episodes every Wednesday, beginning August 12. Subscribe now to join the group chat. See you between the pages! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa
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