ABC Audio announced the launch of a new weekly podcast, The Book Case, hosted by ABC News journalist Charlie Gibson and his daughter Kate Gibson. Each episode will include book recommendations from the hosts, “a short audio postcard” from an independent bookstore owner about their popular titles, and a conversation with authors and industry figures including John Irving, Azar Nafisi and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. The first episode, out May 2, features Oprah Winfrey, “who discusses the impact of her book club on American readership, her own reading habits and how she makes her picks.”