Podcast Episodes

Book: My Lady Jane (2016)

Season 7 Episode 39

Brenna and Joe gallop through Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows's My Lady Jane (2016). Our final revisionist text concerns England's nine day …

4 months ago

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Film: Rosaline (2022)

Season 7 Episode 38

This week Joe and Brenna find ourselves in uncharted waters. Rosaline (2022) is most definitely NOT an adaptation of When You Were Mine (if anything,…

4 months, 1 week ago

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Book: When You Were Mine (2010)

Season 7 Episode 37

Brenna and Joe's revisionist theme continues with author Rebecca Serle's When You Were Mine (2012).

This contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet is f…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Film: Catherine Called Birdy (2022)

Season 7 Episode 36

Brenna and Joe turn their attention to writer/director Lena Dunham's 2022 adaptation of Catherine Called Birdy.

Starring Bella Ramsey and Andrew Scott…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Book: Catherine, Called Birdy (1994)

Season 7 Episode 35

Brenna and Joe get a head start on the new year with a slightly tweaked weekly format.

This week we're talking about Karen Cushman's award-winning nov…

5 months ago

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Book Club: Whiteout (2022)

Season 7 Episode 34

Our annual holiday episode is on the collaboratively written novel Whiteout (2022). Featuring an all-star line-up that includes Dhonielle Clayton, Ti…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Mailbag 47: 'I Wish You All The Best' Non-Binary Discussion & Heated Rivalry

Episode 47

Brenna and Joe respond to non-binary listener Kai's thoughtful feedback about the nuance we missed in our discussion of I Wish You All The Best, as w…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Skam Season 1 (2015)

Season 7 Episode 33

As promised, Brenna and Joe return to finish the remainder of S01 of Skam.

Obviously we're appreciative of listeners' demands we do so because we *lov…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 feat. Jenny Nulf

Season 7 Episode 32

It's time for another Twilight saga as guest Jenny Leigh joins Brenna and Joe to once again discuss a Stephenie Meyer text.

This time it's a wedding, …

6 months, 1 week ago

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I Wish You All The Best

Season 7 Episode 31

Thanks to a recommendation from listener Andrew, we're checking out non-binary author Mason Deaver's 2019 book I Wish You All The Best and transwoman…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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