Podcast Episodes

Ep 720 - Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell

Perhaps Elizabeth Gaskell’s best-known work, Cranford chronicles the lives of some Victorian era LMMs (Ladies of Modest Means). Their customs and relevance may be waning as Industrialization advances…

Published on 8 hours ago

Ep 719 - The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi

For anyone who’s ever loved a movie or TV show where people in silly outfits pretend to be giant city-crushing lizards and/or robots, this week’s book plays around in a pretty entertaining space. If …

Published on 1 week ago

Ep 718 - The Four Million, by O. Henry

The name O. Henry is synonymous with more than just a candy bar. It's become shorthand for a brief, punchy tale that ends with a magical little twist. And this collection, his second published, conta…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 02 - Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club #2)

The Club has been humming along for two months until a spat of terrifying phone-based burglaries have our sitters sittin' scared! Also, it's Claudia time! Between gigs, she must repair her relationsh…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ep 717 - Bad Summer People, by Emma Rosenblum

As a reader, you cannot get upset if you read a book called "Bad Summer People" and it's filled with terrible people and all the stuff that they do to each other over the course of One Fateful Summer…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Ep 716 - An Extraordinary Union (Loyal League #1), by Alyssa Cole

The secret Union organization Elle Burns spies for swears by the four Ls: Loyalty. Legacy. Life. Lincoln. But what about…Love? Enter Malcolm MacCall, a brash but lovable Scot posing as a Confederate …

Published on 4 weeks ago

Ep 715 - Mrs. Caliban, by Rachel Ingalls

We've all heard this story before—giant fish man escapes secret laboratory, giant fish man takes up with unfulfilled housewife, fish man and housewife have deeply meaningful affair, lots of people di…

Published on 1 month ago

Ep 714 - Jaws, by Peter Benchley

The first blockbuster movie started with a blockbuster book about a fish busting up blocks in a small seaside town. Anyone familiar with Steven Spielberg's movie will recognize the basic plot of Benc…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Ep 713 - Bonjour Tristesse, by Françoise Sagan

You know how sometimes you just want to bro out with your cool hot dad? How sometimes you just need to concoct a scheme where you encourage your casual boyfriend and your dad's casual ex-girlfriend t…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ep 712 - The Trial, by Franz Kafka

He is Franz Kafka! Franz Kafka! He wrote The Trial. It’s a book about byzantine bureaucracy bearing down on lil old Josef K. Less of it takes place in a courtroom than you’d think.

This episode is spo…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago