JEOPARDY! champion Mattea Roach has secured their "dream job," the fan-favorite player announced Tuesday. Mattea , 24, will host their own CBC Radio show, Bookends With Mattea Roach, which premieres this fall. The Canadian-born contestant will host CBC's new author interview show, which will also be a podcast, starting on September 8.
CBC, Canada's oldest continually-existing broadcasting network, shared the buzzworthy details on their website . "Bookends will feature conversations with some of the world’s biggest authors and rising stars," the outlet wrote. "Guided by Roach's thoughtful curiosity and broad knowledge, Bookends will dive deep into each writer's work and situate it in the broader context of history and the current world.
" Read more on Mattea Roach "Roach isn't afraid to ask the tough questions and promises that listeners will walk away with food for thought and exciting new books to read." The authors in the first season include Heather O’Neill, Kaveh Akbar, Sloane Crosley, Casey McQuiston, Morgan Talty, Corinna Chong, Teresa Wong, V. V.
Ganeshananthan, Alan Hollinghurst, and David Huebert. Mattea previously co-hosted a podcast on the network called The Backbench and won the CBC's 2023 contest, Canada Reads. 'DREAM JOB' Mattea re-shared the announcement on their X account, writing, "Some personal news.
" Most read in Game shows They added: "I’m enough of a cynic that I gave up on the idea of a 'dream job' forever ago, but if reading books and interviewing .