Page 50 Podcast
We’re Halcyon and Lauren and we’re two sisters with a passion for literature and acquiring knowledge. Lauren is an accomplished author and Halcyon is a licensed clinician. We both grew up in the same home but our taste in books couldn’t be any more different. What we do have in common is a love for deep and meaningful conversations and a disdain for wasted time. When reading books, we each have a limit as to how much of a bad story we can tolerate and page 50 is the limit. That’s why we’ve created a podcast where we discuss books where getting past page 50 wasn’t a struggle for either one of us. On this podcast we will talk about books that grabbed us from the beginning and that we couldn’t put down but there is a catch: all of the authors that we feature will be approaching the golden age of 50. We truly believe that authors who hit their stride in mid-life don’t get enough shine and we’re here to give them their flowers. So please, join us on this new adventure as we read, converse with authors, and celebrate the richness of life through all things books.
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Jun 1, 2026
Jun 1, 2026
49 min
Join Halcyon and Lauren as they discuss a few book to movie adaptations they like.
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May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
39 min
Join Lauren & Halcyon as they discuss some of the theme's from Meg Stone's book, The Cost of Fear.
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Apr 20, 2026
Apr 20, 2026
58 min
On this episode, Lauren & Halcyon speak with Meg Stone who is the author of The Cost of Fear: Why Most Safety Advice Is Sexist and How We Can Stop Gender-Based Violence. Meg is the executive director of IMPACT Boston, an abuse-prevention and empowerment self-defense organization. Her writing has been published in Huffington Post, Newsweek, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Dame, and Ms.
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Apr 6, 2026
Apr 6, 2026
38 min
Join Halcyon & Lauren as they discuss themes from Culpability by Bruce Holsinger.
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Mar 23, 2026
Mar 23, 2026
55 min
On this episode Lauren and Halcyon speak with Bruce Holsinger about his most recent novel, Culpability, which was the116th selection of Oprah’s Book Club and hailed by Oprah Winfrey as “a must-read for all generations.” Bruce is the editor of the quarterly journal New Literary History as well as a frequent instructor at WriterHouse, a nonprofit in Charlottesville. He teaches English at the University of Virginia and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Mar 9, 2026
Mar 9, 2026
22 min
Join Lauren and Halcyon as they discuss some themes from Shobha Rao's book, Indian Country.
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Feb 23, 2026
Feb 23, 2026
55 min
On this episode we are joined by Shobha Rao who discusses her latest novel, Indian Country. Shobha moved to the United States from India at the age of seven. Rao is the winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and was a Grace Paley Teaching Fellow at The New School.
"A bold, ambitious, stunningly beautiful yet brutal novel about colonialism, westward expansion, and the ramifications of both still rippling out today, Indian Country is a tour de force modern-day classic."
You can find Shobha on Bluesky at shobharao.bsky.social
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Feb 10, 2026
Feb 10, 2026
44 min
On this episode Halcyon interviews Lauren about her novel, Casualties of Truth, which is being released in paperback on February 10, 2026.
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Jan 19, 2026
Jan 19, 2026
41 min
Happy New Year! In this episode, Halcyon and Lauren talk about their reading goals for the year. Welcome back!
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Nov 24, 2025
Nov 24, 2025
1hr 11 min
Join Halcyon and Lauren as they discuss a few books they love.
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