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Ep 195 - The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay
29 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 1 min
With The Beggar's Opera, John Gay attempted to skewer 18th-century British government, the rich, and Italian operas. Did his satire succeed? Maybe you'll find out on this rather free-wheeling episode. Lees meer
Off-topic topics include: the firm of Borowitz, Onion and Yankovic; the Ginger Ale Dimension; 99 Degrees; and "Celebration by Kool & the Gang" a new musical by Kool & the Gang.
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Ep 194 - Prisoner of the Ant People (Choose Your Own Adventure) by R.A. Montgomery
22 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 8 min
Shrink your bodies and expand your minds with this week's Choose Your Own Adventure book: Prisoner of the Ant People by R.A. Montgomery. Lees meer
This week's choices include tossing out the rules, annoying robots and nicely-shaped Martians, and starting almost as many stories as we finish.
Come join us in Zondo Quest Group II!
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Ep 193 - Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard
15 augustus 2016 · 57 min
What happens when you take some Ray Bradbury, add some undead, stir in a pinch of Doctor Who, sprinkle with dark humor, and bake in the eternal flames of Hell? You get Jonathan L. Howard's Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, the first in a series of books about a guy who's trying to do what he thinks is the "right" thing in all the wrong ways. Lees meer
We also talk about some of your First Smooch stories, what we'd want if we sold our souls to the devil, and what it might sound like if Marc Maron got Jesus on WTF.
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Ep 192 - Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming
8 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 5 min
"Bond. James Bond." "Shaken, not stirred." "It's no good crying over spilt milk." Lees meer
This week we find out which one of these classic James Bond catchphrases does NOT appear in Ian Fleming's debut novel Casino Royale.
We also discuss test tube Olympians, Cold War capers, and the Communist leanings of your favorite Smurfs. Wake up sheeple!
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Ep 191 - The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster (Bonus episode w/ Appointment Television)
4 augustus 2016 · 1 uur
Andrew's other podcast pals Margaret and Kathryn give Craig a break this month, and we all talk about Norton Juster's classic The Phantom Tollbooth. Kathryn wasn't totally on board since she never read the book as a kid, but there are plenty of puns and an ample supply of wordplay to keep the gang invested. Lees meer
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Ep 190 - Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
1 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 7 min
This week Andrew reads Rainbow Rowell’s pitch-perfect YA novel Eleanor and Park, and it spurs a discussion of 80s nostalgia, first kisses, censorship, body image issues, and teen life. Lees meer
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Ep 189 - Shadowshaper, by Daniel José Older
25 juli 2016 · 1 uur
Daniel José Older's novel Shadowshaper is the story of Sierra Santiago, a young woman with the power to infuse art with spirits and save her community from destruction. Set in Older's modern, magical Brooklyn, Shadowshaper shows us the supernatural power of heritage while also tackling subjects like gentrification, cultural tourism, and young love. Of course, we find time to riff on nighttime salsa, bone mots, and Harold and the Purple Crayon. Enjoy! Lees meer
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Ep 188 - The Likeness, by Tana French
18 juli 2016 · 1 uur 6 min
This week, we use Tana French’s outstanding sequel The Likeness as an opportunity to comment on everything from the semi-serialized nature of crime stories to tips for going undercover to Pokémon Go. Lees meer
We read French’s first novel, In The Woods, for the show a couple of years back, and while you don’t need to have read that book to enjoy this one, we will spoil minor elements of both books in our discussion this week. You’ve been warned!
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Ep 187 - A Walk to Remember, by Nicholas Sparks (w/ the Unfriendly Black Hotties)
11 juli 2016 · 1 uur 19 min
Sometimes an author’s prose is so distracting in so many ways that it totally derails their stories—such is the case with Nicholas Sparks’ A Walk to Remember. Sparks always tells but rarely shows. He gives us one- or two-word descriptions that are meant to serve as “characterization,” but those characters don’t always act the way Sparks tells us they act. And people talk to each other not like human beings, but like aliens in human skin-suits. Lees meer
This week, Unfriendly Black Hotties co-hosts Christina and Kamille help us break down Sparks’ writing and the man himself, and we try to figure out the stuff in Sparks’ work that makes his books bestsellers. (Note the Explicit tag this week, for some light swearing and Sexual Discussions.)
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Ep 186 - Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell
4 juli 2016 · 1 uur 8 min
Scott O'Dell began writing Island of the Blue Dolphins because of "anger, anger at the hunters who [...] slaughter everything that creeps or walks or flies." The Newberry Award-winning story that resulted is a compelling account of the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island and a powerful story of perseverance. Lees meer
In between dishing on animal companions, we find time to talk about email etiquette, dog-focused action sequences, and why Overdue is the #1 Podcast for Teens.
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Ep 185 - Overdue Q&A (Bonus episode)
30 juni 2016 · 1 uur 29 min
You asked, we answered! For this month's bonus show we didn't read a specific book, but instead went through some listener-submitted questions about the show and about us and gave semi-thoughtful answers. Lees meer
Join us to hear a dramatic reading of our first real chat about the show, some not-too-great names we tried out before we settled on Overdue, and a whole lot more.
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Ep 184 - The Gospel of Loki, by Joanne Harris
27 juni 2016 · 57 min
Joanne Harris’ The Gospel of Loki is part straightforward myth written for a modern audience and part fanfiction, and we don’t mean that in any sort of pejorative sense. Lees meer
Harris sees the Norse pantheon as inherently modern, and it’s hard to disagree - it’s full of prideful, flawed sex maniacs who are so insecure that’s it’s almost funny, at least when their spats aren’t breaking and remaking the world. Join us for all of this plus some thoughts on Chuckie Finster’s Greatest Hits.
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Ep 183 - The Door, by Magda Szabo
20 juni 2016 · 1 uur 5 min
"In Soviet Hungary...nanny hires you!" Lees meer
Time to talk about The Door, a lesser known but very powerful book by celebrated Hungarian author Magda Szabo. It's set in the 1960s and 70s, so we read up a little on the Eastern Bloc to make sure we knew what we're talking about. Instead we just make Yakov Smirnoff jokes.
Other topics include old guitar ladies, "groupie states," and Craig's love language.
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Ep 182 - Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë
13 juni 2016 · 1 uur 7 min
This week Andrew completes the Brontë trilogy with Charlotte Brontë's seminal novel Jane Eyre. Lees meer
Is it a romance? Is it spooky? Do we like Mr. Rochester or does he well and truly stink? We'll attempt to answer these questions and more in between revisiting #MomSwears, solving some Scooby Doo mysteries, and traveling through Internet tubes.
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Ep 181 - Guilt By Association, by Marcia Clark (Bonus Episode)
10 juni 2016 · 1 uur 7 min
Here's a fun fact: Did you know that Marcia Clark, lead prosecutor on the OJ Simpson case, wrote legal thrillers? Neither did we! But Craig's fascination with the American Crime Story version of the trial and a well-placed ad on Andrew's Kindle led to Craig cracking open her first novel. It can be clunky, but it's also a surprisingly fun read! Lees meer
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Ep 180 - Preacher (Gone to Texas and Until the End of the World) by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
6 juni 2016 · 1 uur 2 min
What if God walked away from it all? And left behind a Gomorrah-like stew of sex and bloodshed out of which emerged a superpowered preacher, seeking revenge on the almighty? That's the set up for Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's graphic novel Preacher. Lees meer
This week, Craig tackles the first two volumes of the series and explains what's preventing him from pressing onward in the story. We also touch on how best to subvert the comic code, American Movie Classic, and how far is far too far when depicting taboo behavior.
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Ep 179 - 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami
30 mei 2016 · 1 uur 8 min
It's alternate universes, murderous plots, and ghostwritten novels all the way down this week—1Q84 is Andrew's first Haruki Murakami novel, and there's a lot of good stuff here even if the book could stand to shed a couple hundred pages. Lees meer
Come for the book talk, stick around for references to Highlights For Children, the Tostitos Bowl, and the usual nonsense.
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Ep 178 - The Call of the Wild, by Jack London
23 mei 2016 · 59 min
Get in touch with your inner wolf-dog and answer The Call of the Wild by Jack London! Lees meer
We apologize that our Murakami episode will take another week, but we didn't want to leave you in the literary lurch. So we take a trip on the Yukon trail with one heck of a dog named Buck.
It's time to talk instinct, dog names, oyster pirates, and Calvin & Hobbes and John Locke from LOST.
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Ep 177 - Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
16 mei 2016 · 1 uur 2 min
There are dinosaurs! Lots of dinosaurs! And they rule Jurassic Park! Lees meer
Michael Crichton's techno-thriller classic Jurassic Park kicked off a generation's dinomania. But it's also a chilling tale of science run amok. A story about what happens when advancement for advancement's sake breaks the rules of nature.
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Ep 176 - Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell
9 mei 2016 · 57 min
It's wall-to-wall horse talk this week, starting with a blow-by-blow analysis of the Kentucky Derby and moving on to Anna Sewell's classic Black Beauty. Lees meer
Andrew wasn't expecting this tale to be told by a horse in the first-person perspective, but that's what Black Beauty is. As a warning against the dangers of horse abuse and drinking alcohol, it's actually quite effective.
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Ep 175 - The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper
2 mei 2016 · 1 uur 3 min
News at 11! The Dark is Rising! We repeat: the Dark IS Rising! Lees meer
The second (and titular) entry in Susan Cooper's award-winning The Dark Is Rising sequence turns out to have been a perfect book for Children's Book Week. It's a young adult fantasy novel about a boy named Will Stanton who embarks on an epic quest to fight against the Dark with the powers of the Light.
It leads us to ask, why do kids gravitate towards stories with black-and-white morals? And why do people keep entrusting the fate of the universe to tweens?
Of course, we also find time to talk terrible movie adaptations, time tourists, Old Old things, and the trials of having holiday-adjacent birthdays.
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Ep 174 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
25 april 2016 · 59 min
We're dipping back in the Victor Hugo well this week with his other best-known book The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Did you know that the book and the Disney movie don't end the same way? Lees meer
Also on tap: road trips, games of tag, revisiting the poverty question from last week, and talking about Hugo's views on architecture vs. the printing press.
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Ep 173 - Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Bonus episode)
21 april 2016 · 59 min
For this month's bonus episode, Suzannah and Laura (wives of Andrew and Craig, respectively) go on an extended overseas vacation to find themselves. At least, they try to do so vicariously through Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love.
Along the way, they talk about the movie Coyote Ugly, their discomfort with the sort of "priv-lit" that Eat Pray Love has been accused of being, and where they would go and what they would do to find themselves if given the money and time. Lees meerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ep 172 - Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo
18 april 2016 · 1 uur 5 min
Do you hear the podcast sing?/Singing the song of Hugo's book?/It is a book about some people who are sad and live in France! Lees meer
It took us a while to finish Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Misérables, but that doesn't mean it wasn't worth it! Join us this week for a discussion of the book's inception and its lasting appeal.
Other talking points include zoo cuisine, D&D alignments and soul-crushing poverty. Uplifting, huh?
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Ep 171 - Mr. Peanut, by Adam Ross
11 april 2016 · 56 min
Adam Ross’ Mr. Peanut is a novel about marriage and murder with a warped sense of time and reality, but it’s also a book where the whole is a bit less than the sum of its parts. Individual threads have interesting things to say about marriage and interpersonal relationships, but these threads don’t quite form into a cohesive whole. Lees meer
We also chat a bit about our own marriages (including Craig’s, which is hot-off-the-presses), Timbits, and how we feel when authors tell readers how clever their work is instead of just showing us.
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Ep 170 - Star Wars: Aftermath, by Chuck Wendig (Bonus Episode)
7 april 2016 · 1 uur 2 min
For March's bonus show, friend of the show Eric Van Tassell swings by to chat about Chuck Wendig's novel Star Wars: Aftermath. Eric's staggering knowledge of all things Star Wars helps us talk about the colossal job handed to Wendig - namely, to write a compelling novel designed to generate excitement about all things Star Wars while also ignoring thirty years of "Expanded Universe" fiction. Naturally, the episode veers in and out of a discussion about the challenges inherent to writing companion fiction, such as balancing the expectations of a rabid fanbase. Also, Andrew attempts to sum up 7 Star Wars movies in just over 90 seconds. Buckle up! Lees meer
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Ep 169 - Flowers in the Attic, by V.C. Andrews (hosted by Two Bossy Dames)
4 april 2016 · 1 uur 9 min
This week's episode is something a little different: Andrew and Craig were off writing the Two Bossy Dames newsletter last week, so Margaret H. Willison and Sophie Brookover are taking over the show this week! Lees meer
The Dames read V.C. Andrews' Flowers in the Attic, which is apparently MUCH more about incest than the books we normally read! But they handle it ably, answering questions like: is this supposed to be titillating? IS it titillating? Why is our culture so bad at exposing young women and girls to sex in a healthy, non-creepy way? And more!
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Ep 168 - The Rover, by Aphra Behn
28 maart 2016 · 1 uur
Aphra Behn's The Rover debuted in 1677 to great acclaim. King Charles II loved it, and audience demand led to Behn writing the sequel: The Rover II. Lees meer
This week, we talk about why a play about the sexual adventures of British exiles in Naples might have done so well at the 17th-century box office. We then talk about what might make it a little problematic for a modern audience.
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Ep 167 - Statue of Liberty Adventure (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Ellen Kushner
21 maart 2016 · 1 uur 8 min
It's time to choose our adventure and celebrate the arrival of Spring with a trip to the Big Apple in Ellen Kushner's Statue of Liberty Adventure. Lees meer
This week's choices include quantum pants, Coffee Boy, and Dick Van Dyke's Worst Charlie Bit My Finger Impression (TM).
The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are uniformly terrible. Any identification with actual persons, places, buildings, and products is purposeful because otherwise we wouldn't know what voices to use.
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Ep 166 - When Women Were Birds, by Terry Tempest Williams
14 maart 2016 · 59 min
Terry Tempest Williams' When Women Were Birds is about the power of words, the power of nature, the power of women, and the power of silence. It's not always fun to read, but it's always got something to say. That's not always the case for Andrew and Craig at parties, though. Lees meer
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Ep 165 - Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
7 maart 2016 · 56 min
You've seen the movie(s). You've seen the play/musical. But have you read the novel of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan? It's chockablock with mommy wives, nanny dogs, and more adventures than you can shake a pretend stick at. Lees meer
Join us as we poke fun at and point out problematic elements of a classic children's story, revel in the power of the imagination, and catalog the myriad inspirations for Peter Pan.
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Ep 164 - Speedboat, by Renata Adler (Bonus Episode w/ Sophie Brookover)
4 maart 2016 · 59 min
For February's bonus show, friend of the show and co-Two Bossy Dame Sophie Brookover (@sophiebiblio) joins us to talk about Speedboat, Renata Adler's first novel. Lees meer
This is one of those episodes where the author threatens to overshadow the book itself - Adler is an outsize figure with a long career, and she's never been shy about telling people exactly what she thinks. And that's true even though her prose is EXTREMELY on point.
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Ep 163 - Disgruntled, by Asali Solomon
29 februari 2016 · 56 min
Disgruntled, Asali Solomon’s debut novel, is simultaneously ambitious and accessible. It’s a coming-of-age novel that grapples with questions of race, identity, and family, all heavy topics. But it’s always clear and direct and it’s often funny, and Solomon has a gift for making complicated feelings easy to understand. Lees meer
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Ep 162 - A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
22 februari 2016 · 1 uur 2 min
We are doomed to remember a podcast about a book about a boy with a wrecked voice. John Irving's seminal bildungsroman A Prayer for Owen Meany weaves together themes of American disillusionment and religious destiny into a fable about little Owen, who changed the world of everyone that knew him. Lees meer
Join us as we find excuses to talk about Seinfeld, prayers for war robots, and strange dads.
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Ep 161 - It, by Stephen King
15 februari 2016 · 1 uur 6 min
Stephen King's It deserves most of the praise it gets - it's an incredibly long, incredibly detailed book that tells two long intertwined stories and a bunch of short ones besides, and in one section it made Andrew physically uncomfortable. Mission accomplished, Stephen! Lees meer
But it's not all good; the book is longer than it probably needs to be and it lingers on certain aspects of pre-teen sexuality just a BIT more than seems advisable.
Anyway, come on down and enjoy this week's episode! We all float down here.
And you'll float, too.
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Ep 160 - Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe (w/ Jake Hurwitz)
8 februari 2016 · 57 min
Special guest Jake Hurwitz (of Jake and Amir, If I Were You, and Headgum fame) joins us this week to talk about Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, one of the very earliest examples of the modern novel. Along the way, we discuss the ins and outs of being stuck on a desert island, the many ways in which this years-old story is pretty racist, and just how long the REAL title of the book is. Lees meer
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Ep 159 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and The Forbidden Words of Margaret A (Bonus Episode)
5 februari 2016 · 58 min
For January's bonus episode, we put together a sci-fi double feature: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin and The Forbidden Words of Margaret A. by L. Timmel Duchamp. Both are short stories of speculative fiction, and both are incredibly clever bummers. Lees meer
When not despairing at the states of humanity and journalism, we lighten the mood with some horrifying mouth noises, David Brooks articles, and Andrew's campaign for Sexiest Man Alive.
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Ep 158 - Beloved, by Toni Morrison
1 februari 2016 · 57 min
Widely regarded as one of the best, and most important books, of the last half-century, Toni Morrison's Beloved is an unflinching examination of how the past can enslave just as painfully as a yoke or a whip can - and how our inability to wrestle with the past begets wrongdoing for generations to come. Lees meer
Listen in as we discuss full-contact sports, the myth of the well-meaning slave-owner, hauntings, and Craig's quest to find #achairformyandrew.
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Ep 157 - The Bees, by Laline Paull
25 januari 2016 · 1 uur 2 min
This week's book manages to combine eerily accurate biology with a Margaret Atwood-esque dystopia, a potent mixture that you need to read to believe. Lees meer
We also dive deep into our mailbag, discuss the recent blizzard, and put some basketball jokes in the place you would LEAST expect.
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Ep 156 - A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
18 januari 2016 · 1 uur 9 min
In A Canticle for Leibowitz, the 1959 post-apocalyptic classic by Walter M. Miller, Jr., a secluded order of monks have dedicated themselves to preserving knowledge that predates an apocalyptic event several centuries prior. But what to do when people come asking for it? Is mankind doomed to repeat its mistakes forever? Lees meer
This week we're doomed to chat about cyclical history, the first rule of improv, space monks and desert priests, and Casey Kasem's Roaring 20s.
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Ep 155 - Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
11 januari 2016 · 1 uur 1 min
Good Omens was written by a sort of science fiction supergroup, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It's one of those books where it's as fun to chew on the turns of phrase as it is to find out what happens, which is pretty amazing since it's literally about the end of the world. Lees meer
Join us for a chat about humanity's innate goodness and evilness, a moratorium on Serial jokes, and some sleepy giggles.
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Ep 154 - The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Emma Orczy
4 januari 2016 · 57 min
Odd's fish! It's time to reveal the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the hero of Baroness Emma Orczy's 1908 novel. (No seriously, we're going to tell you who he or she is.) Lees meer
Other spoilers during our Reign of Terror include what finally tipped the public against Robespierre, some truly terrible accents, and secret identities stretching from Batman to Zorro.
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Ep 153 - The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton (Bonus Episode)
31 december 2015 · 57 min
This month, first-ever patron guest host Asma walks us through Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, a story about upper-class people of marriageable age in 19th century New York City. Lees meer
It's not the harshest criticism that Wharton ever wrote about the upper crust (that would be The House of Mirth, published earlier), but the book still isn't overly kind to these people and their rigid hierarchies.
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Ep 152 - The Cuckoo's Calling, by Robert Galbraith (w/ Margaret H. Willison)
28 december 2015 · 58 min
What exactly IS a Cormoran Strike? Did J.K. Rowling's publisher leak her pen name to make big big bucks? To answer these questions and more, we invited on friend of the show Margaret H. Willison to talk The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling.) Lees meer
Other mysteries solved include the origins of Godbucks, the power of Reddit detectives, and how much Andrew likes Bones.
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Ep 151 - Home Alone, by Todd Strasser
21 december 2015 · 1 uur 2 min
Welcome to the wild world of movie novelizations! This week, we read Todd Strasser's (mostly) faithful novelization of the hit 1990 family comedy Home Alone. Lees meer
Join us for an occasionally musical discussion of Krampus, taking ideas from the page to the screen and back again, the realities of being hit in the head with an iron, and the Wet Bandits' branding issues.
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Ep 150 - Fifty Shades Freed, by E.L. James
14 december 2015 · 1 uur 18 min
We're back to finish the fight - this week we take on the third and final book in EL James' Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy.
It's not that a book about a BDSM relationship (complete with graphic sex scenes) can't be good, it's just that THESE books are intensely frustrating. The repetitive prose and awkward sex end up back in our crosshairs, but this time around we pay especial attention to Ana and Christian and just how frustrating they are as characters. Lees meerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ep 149 - Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne
7 december 2015 · 1 uur 2 min
This week we're going around the world -- in 80 days, no less! Well, actually, Andrew read Jules Verne's classic globetrotting adventure Around the World in Eighty Days, but we still TALK about a lot of places even if we don't go there. Lees meer
Other travel tips include cultural broad strokes. fast food pranks, and scientific romance.
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Ep 148 - Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe (Bonus Episode)
4 december 2015 · 59 min
Our belated bonus episode for November tackles Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, a seminal work of Nigerian literature and a look at the bad things that can happen when cultures clash. Lees meer
Join us for a treatise on present wrapping, discussions of colonialism and yams, and a tiny, disturbing sneak peek into our next 50 Shades of Grey talk.
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Ep 147 - Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
30 november 2015 · 1 uur 4 min
War...war never changes. But it does get more and more absurd the deeper you dive into Joseph Heller's Catch-22.
Join us for a discussion of potato tips, alternate podcast titles, double binds and logic traps, and the celebrity resemblance of one Major Major Major Major. Lees meerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Ep 146 - A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories, by Flannery O'Connor
23 november 2015 · 1 uur 4 min
Flannery O'Connor was a master of the Southern Gothic short story. Her characters are vivid, her turns of phrase equal parts memorable and chilling. These stories make you laugh, make you cringe, and sometimes make you wish you could forget how they end. Lees meer
This week we chat about two or three collected O'Connor stories, including the renowned A Good Man is Hard to Find. Other topics include desktop deodorant, the science of smooching, the good old days, and the ultimate fate of the baby from Nevermind.
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