Podcast Episodes

The Great Gatsby: Q&A Episode

As always, you had plenty of great questions about our current book and on this episode we did our best to answer a bunch of them. Thanks for tuning …

11 months, 1 week ago

The Great Gatsby: The Final Chapters

It’s a bit late, but better late than never, right? Apologies for the delay! The upload speeds weren’t great in the English countryside. All the same…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4-6

Welcome back to our series on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, in which we discuss his best novelistic skills, including his ability to deal in subtext w…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1-3

Welcome to a new series of episodes on another wonderful book. It’s our first re-read here on Close Reads and it’s timely, too, since The Great Gatsb…

1 year ago

A Mailbag Episode

We’re in between books so we answered as many of your questions as we could—which is to say, this is one of those wide-ranging episodes on a variety …

1 year ago

Piranesi: Q&A Episode

You had questions; we did our best to answer them. It’s the Piranesi Q&A episode. Happy listening!

Up next: An ask-us-anything mailbag episode, then …

1 year ago

Piranesi: To the End

We’ve come to the end of Susannah Clarke’s novel, which means it’s time to discuss whether the somewhat controversial ending is ultimately satisfying…

1 year ago

Piranesi: Chapters 4 and 5

Wikipedia rabbit holes. Peacefulness or lack thereof in the world of Piranesi. The source of human goodness and morality. Sudafed fever dreams. These…

1 year, 1 month ago

Piranesi: Parts 2 and 3

Welcome back to our ongoing conversation on Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. This week we’re discussing the book’s genre-bending nature, Clarke’s extremely…

1 year, 1 month ago

Piranesi: Part 1

Welcome to a new series! It’s time to dig into Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, a book that’s been requested many times since its release in 2020. In this …

1 year, 1 month ago