Yesteryear (novel)
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Yesteryear (novel) has come up in 4 episodes across 3 podcasts in TMT, including The Toast, My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Caro Claire BurkeAuthor of the bestselling debut novel Yesteryear
Burke said she is working on her next novel and will keep writing regardless of her current book's reception.
“I'll keep writing long after people aren't reading my book. I mean, I've always been a writer, so yeah, I'm working on my next novel”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 26:27
Burke said the book is largely about misinformation and that she did not model her protagonist on any single trad wife influencer.
“a lot of this book is about misinformation. And so part of the, without giving any spoilers away, I didn't really take much time to try to embody any one trad wife influencer”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 25:09
Burke described the publishing and Hollywood bidding wars as surreal and said she still does not fully believe it.
“Oh, it's psychotic. I still don't fully believe it. And I think that's probably a good thing”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 24:27
Burke said she was rejected for about a decade before Yesteryear's success, which built a thick skin.
“I think that it's good to build a healthy skin when you're a writer, and I certainly did so by just applying to everything and always getting told no”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 23:41
Georgia HardstarkAmerican writer, TV host, and co-host of My Favorite Murder
Hardstark recommended the novel Yesteryear, describing its premise of a tradwife blogger sent back in time.
“It's about a trad wife blogger who gets taken back into the time when she would have had to actually work as a trad”
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 539 - It Keeps Getting Ruined (Jul 2, 2026) · Listen from 50:03
Jackie OshryAmerican podcaster and co-host of The Toast, Claudia Oshry's sister
Oshry suspects she will dislike Yesteryear because it appears to satirize Ballerina Farm, though she liked the opening.
“So I'm like, I'm not going to like enjoy something that's clowning on my girl”
The Toast: Namesake with Ben Soffer: Friday, May 29th, 2026 (May 29, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:18
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Toast · 2 episodes
- My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark · 1 episode
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · 1 episode
Episodes
539 - It Keeps Getting RuinedMy Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark · Jul 2, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Karen Kilgariff recounts the 1778 murder of Joshua Spooner and execution of his pregnant wife Bathsheba, and Georgia Hardstark tells the story of the 1876 Kentucky meat shower.
The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the CenturyWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · Jun 20, 2026 · 47 min
Peter Sagal and panelists Karen Chee, Peter Grosz and Shane O'Neill joke about World Cup visitors and Taylor Swift's wedding, and quiz Yesteryear author Caro Claire Burke.
Thank You Amanda Batula: Wednesday, June 17th, 2026The Toast · Jun 17, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
Jackie and Claudia Oshry recap Summer House: The Aftermath, the Jelly Roll–Bunnie Xo split, Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn news, Ballerina Farm, and Love Island USA.
Namesake with Ben Soffer: Friday, May 29th, 2026The Toast · May 29, 2026 · 1 h 19 min
Jackie Oshry and guest co-host Ben Soffer discuss Love Island USA's new cast, Summer House drama, Tristan Thompson's vasectomy, Scooter Braun on Taylor Swift, and the Knicks.