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Third Person Limited

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Third Person Limited is a podcast about books and culture with Nathan Pensky and Mason Stockstill, two writers living in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.

We both work in academia, so we are therefore both tired, but in, like, a droll, entertaining way. Our opinions are numerous and wonderful to behold.

Each of our chats will focus on a specific book, author, or cultural trend. Talk will be wide-ranging, with other topics likely to include literary gossip, the importance of Michael Mann’s film Heat to modern culture, snack discourse, family news, philosophy of mind, confessional poetry, very funny jokes, and also much less funny jokes.

Episodes will often include interviews with working writers both well-known and up-and-coming. We encourage you to listen to this podcast when jogging or cleaning your apartment.

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  • Chris Hauty and gift books
    Jan 3 2026

    Author and screenwriter Chris Hauty joined us to discuss his latest thriller, Dead Ringer, which imagines a conspiracy around the JFK assassination—and if you think you’ve heard it all before on this topic, we assure you this novel will take you somewhere you were not expecting. Chris shared his surprising influences and offered insights about where Hollywood and book publishing overlap (and where they don’t).

    Then, we ponder why books are such popular gifts when they’re actually rather fraught as an item to give someone else. What if they don’t like it? Or don’t even like books? Or you’re trying too hard? Or … what if we’re overthinking this topic. Hmm.

    Dead Ringer by Chris Hauty is out now.

    Works cited this episode:

    Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

    Notes of a Dirty Old Man, Charles Bukowski

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, dir. Quentin Tarantino

    Sniper: Ultimate Kill, dir. Claudio Fäh

    Three Days of the Condor, dir. Sydney Pollack

    Winter’s Bone, dir. Debra Granik

    Winter’s Bone, Daniel Woodrell

    The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown

    The Gift, Lewis Hyde

    “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry

    Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy

    Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl

    Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton

    Dog Man, Dav Pilkey

    Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez

    Sister Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, Claire Hoffman

    They Flew: A History of the Impossible, Carlos Eire

    Why? The Purpose of the Universe, Philip Goff

    The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead

    “Don’t Buy Me Books,” Katherine Marciniak, Bookriot

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    51 Min.
  • We Don't Like End-of-Year Book Lists, Plus: Our End-of-Year Book List!
    Dec 15 2025

    All those “best books of the year” lists are bogus marketing material that flattens the distinct reading experience that any individual brings to a book they interact with. We tore apart the very concept of those lists in this episode. Then we shared our own Best Books list! Hypocrisy, or nuanced ability to delicately balance competing perspectives? Eh.

    Also, what is Author X up to with that crummy novel they released this year? Blind and not-so-blind items on the year’s worst books.

    Works cited this episode:

    Books We Love, National Public Radio

    100 Notable Books of 2025, The New York Times

    Sunshine on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins

    Audition, Katie Mitamura

    Spent, Alison Bechdel

    “In Defense of the Traditional Review,” Richard Brody, The New Yorker

    Luminous, Silvia Park

    Audition, Pip Adam

    Terrestrial History, Joe Mungo Reed

    What We Can Know, Ian McEwan

    The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu

    Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon

    Of Monsters and Mainframes, Barbara Truelove

    The Merge, Grace Walker

    Severance, created by Dan Erickson

    Severance, Ling Ma

    The Unveiling, Quan Barry

    Will There Ever Be Another You, Patricia Lockwood

    Bind Me Tighter Still, Lara Ehrlich

    Old Soul, Susan Barker

    Metallic Realms, Lincoln Michel

    Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov

    Alchemised, SenLinYu

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    48 Min.
  • Short Stories We Love, Part 2
    Dec 9 2025

    We’re back with more Short Stories We Love, after Nathan scoured the literary mags to find writers who deserve a closer look. Short stories aren’t just for The New Yorker! In this episode, Joey Hedger brings us a tale of cancer and terrible liqueur; Glenn Clifton joins from Canada with a story of viral infamy and relationships; and Patricia Q. Bidar shares an ode to her hometown featuring a massive explosion.

    “Her Jesus Year” by Joey Hedger is in HAD

    “What You Are Looking For Is What Is Looking” by Glenn Clifton is in The Ex-Puritan

    “Port Town” by Patricia Q. Bidar is in Waxwing

    Works cited this episode:

    No One is Talking About This, Patricia Lockwood Deliver Thy Pigs, Joey Hedger "Bottom’s Dream," Glenn Clifton "Finding the Form," Glenn Clifton "Al Roosten," George Saunders The Circle, Dave Eggers Spaceballs, dir. Mel Brooks The Jetsons, Hanna-Barbera So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson Baywatch, created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Gregory J. Bonann "T Rex," Patricia Q. Bidar

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    58 Min.
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