All My Friends Are English Majors

All My Friends Are English Majors

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All My Friends Are English Majors episodes

  • "people we meet on vacation"
    it's week two of old flame month and tuck and emma are taking on people we meet on vacation by emily henry. we discuss vasectomies, snuggling, and the difference between a rom com and women's fiction. join us next week for "love and other words" by christina lauren

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    1 hr 15 min
  • "beach read"
    it's old flame month!! tuck and emma talk about emily henry's beach read. important topics are discussed such as if we could have sex next to a cult in the woods where everyone died in a horrific fire (spoiler: no) and emma's credentials to be on the pod. next week is people we meet on vacation! see y'all there!

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    1 hr 16 min
  • hateful coworker month conclusion
    it's the end of the month! tuck and sam discuss the tropes we saw throughout these three books: the good, the bad, and the illegal! you can look forward to sam coming back to the pod in december. next month is old flame month, starting with beach read. see y'all next week!

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    1 hr 15 min
  • "the spanish love deception"
    tuck and sam discuss the spanish love deception on this weeks pod! we talk about the importance of an editor (a continual theme of this podcast), what an engineer even does, and if a man is allowed to be creepy if he's handsome enough (no). tune in next week for our comparison contrast episode to finish out the month!

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    1 hr 9 min
  • "the ex talk"
    it's week 2 of hateful coworker month and tuck and sam are back to review another compelling piece of literature! this week we read the ex talk, a book about... you guessed it... podcasting!! side discussions include sam's attempts at a good moustache, the cw's izombie, and if public radio employees are allowed to unionize!

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    1 hr 9 min
  • "the love hypothesis"
    it's a new month and that means a new guest! welcome tuck's bf sam, who suggested reading his favorite genre, hateful coworker romances for this months pod. this week's episode we read the 2021 phenomenon "the love hypothesis" by ali hazelwood. we talk about the importance of understanding what is allowable in fiction vs real life, how sam doesn't listen to the pod, and how BIG adam driver is. next week we'll read the ex talk if you're listening and reading along!

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    1 hr 11 min
  • dystopia month conclusion
    it's the end of the month! tuck and lydia discuss the importance of the movie ever after, our hatred of titling things as "speculative fiction", and much more! it's our last week discussing the patriarchy in depth so get your kicks in now! many thanks to lydia for taking on a heavy month with me. no new ep next week, tuck is tired of editing and we've already done our 4 weeks for this month. see y'all in april!

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    1 hr 15 min
  • "the grace year"
    good news everyone!! we finally read a booktok book this month!! this week, tuck and lydia take on "the grace year" by kim liggett. spoiler alert!!! we really liked it!! there are new and smart things you can write in female specific dystopias! margaret atwood didn't invent and finish the genre with handmaid! asides include, once again, a convo abt gossip, what it would be like to trip on shrooms for 365 days straight, and how the main character of this book has definitely seen a cell phone! rate and review please!

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    1 hr 17 min
  • "the power"

    important questions are asked this episode: is absolute power bad? who is awarding books big prizes? and most importantly, has naomi alderman considered looking up the word "nuance" and attempting to apply it to her writing? tuck and lydia take on alderman's "the power" this week! if you've ever wanted to be an electric eel, this is the episode for you!


    trigger warning: this book has graphic descriptions of rape and we do discuss it!

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    1 hr 3 min
  • "the handmaid's tale"
    new month new guest! this month tuck and lydia are taking on female specific dystopia month. to start, we're talking about the handmaid's tale, one of marge's most famous works. it's our first episode with an english major! we talk about what it's like to be taught this book in a class, the importance of remembering that there are so many traditionally female characteristics that aren't just being downtrodden by the patriarchy, and y/n fanfiction.

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    1 hr 10 min

About All My Friends Are English Majors

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What's the difference between a good book and a book that makes us feel good? All My Friends are English Majors is a literature podcast that attempts to answer this question. Hosted by Emily Tucker…