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Thumbsucker
Season 5 Episode 28
It's disaffected middle class white boy problems as Brenna and Joe tackle Walter Kirn's 1999 novel Thumbsucker and Mike Mills' directorial debut from…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mailbag 7: Translation (Again) & Percentage of Access
Episode 7
Brenna and Joe are making it up to listener Jane, who we neglected to mention had previously written in about translated texts.
We're continuing the c…
3 years, 2 months ago
Apple: Skin To The Core (Book Club)
Season 5 Episode 27
It's time for another book club and we have three listeners (Tea, Books, and Chocolate, Victoria, and Addie) who contributed their thoughts on Eric G…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mailbag 6: Translation & Cultural Structures
Episode 6
On this week's mailbag, Joe and Brenna go deep on a line in listener Laura's email pushing back on the challenges of reading a translated text.
After…
3 years, 2 months ago
Emil and The Detectives
Season 5 Episode 26
We're headed to Berlin thanks to listener Alma's suggestion to check out famed German author Erich Kästner's Emil and the Detectives (1929), as well …
3 years, 2 months ago
Mailbag 5: Dahl Edits, Culture Wars and Authors Entering Review Spaces
Episode 5
This week we're responding to listener Kaetlyn's email about Roald Dahl's books being edited, why this isn't censorship, and how the culture war outr…
3 years, 2 months ago
Plan B (2021)
Season 5 Episode 25
We've been good for too long, so it's time for some raunch courtesy of Natalie Morales' 2021 girls gross out comedy Plan B (seriously heed that R rat…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mailbag 4: Why Do You Like YA?
Episode 4
This week's we're tackling listener Keith's question: why do you like YA? Bonus: the question spins us into a bit of a tangent as to why we also like…
3 years, 2 months ago
Monkey Beach
Season 5 Episode 24
Brenna and Joe are checking out another Eden Robinson text: her award-winning 2000 novel Monkey Beach, along with Loretta Todd's 2020 adaptation.
Whil…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mailbag 3: Reese's Book Club & Forever Teas
Episode 3
We're circling back to listener Victoria's email about A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow being chosen as a Reese's Book Club selection, Joe ma…
3 years, 2 months ago