TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, suicide, genocide, sexual abuse, rape, psychological and physical trauma, religious extremism, and religious persecution. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guests, Sheree Baxter McLaughlin and Daniel Palmer, as we have a real deep discussion around religious extremism, beautiful prose structures, and dive into one of the hardest (and most relevant) topics yet with The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

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Andor created by Tony Gilroy

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Pluribus created by Vince Gilligan

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright

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Music composed and produced by Abek

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Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, war, death, brutality, drug usage, substance abuse, PTSD, animal abuse, racial injustice, hate crimes, and racism. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my frequent flyer guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we dive real deep into the past to talk about classic Greek themes, wacky mythos, and how in the heck does it tie into the Great Depression (that don't make no sense!) in The Odyssey by Homer.

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Lucifer, the Devil in the Middle Ages by Jeffrey Burton Russell

Blood Orange: The Dracula Duet Book 1 by Karina Halle

Black Rose: The Dracula Duet Book 2 by Karina Halle

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Music composed and produced by Abek

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Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, war, murder, death, brutality, animal abuse, and body gore. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest (and renown author!), Dan Rector, as we redeem ourselves by diving back into the classic sci-fi realm to nerd out over beautiful world building, the complexities of culture, and have a good ol' squeal about cute space puppies in A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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And A Health To The Widow by D.G.P. Rector featured in BattleTech: Shrapnel, Issue #23 (now on pre-order!)

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Last Podcast on the Left - Vampire The Masquerade by Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, & Ed Larson

Apostle directed by Gareth Evans

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Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, emotional abuse, and physical abuse. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Meghan Palmer, as we have a massive scream into the void to unpack the major differences between stellar writing and fever dream creation in Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.

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Delicious in Dungeon written by Ryoko Kui

Delicious in Dungeon directed by Yoshihiro Miyajima

Ever After directed by Andy Tennant

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Music composed and produced by Abek

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Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, sexual abuse, non consensual sex, war, war crimes, and body gore. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Dan Rector, (now a famous author!) as we come back for yet another hot mess in the adaptation world to rant about character flaws, the nonsense that was the early 2000's cinema style, and lament over the lack of cinematic plot in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 1 written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill.

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The Exile by D.G.P. Rector

The Last Scion written by D.G.P. Rector

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Leviathan Wakes: Book 1 of The Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey

The Expanse created by Daniel Abraham, Mark Fergus, & Ty Franck

Lost Gods by Brom

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Music composed and produced by Abek

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Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, murder, death, sexual abuse, non consensual sex, psychological trauma, and body gore. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my dynamic duo guests, Julie McCulloch-Francis and Daniel Palmer, as we face plant into yet another Eldritch horror vibe of terrifying body snatcher tropes, crazy head canon theories, and just a full melt down of how this is possibly considered an adaptation of The Thing on the Doorstep by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Baldur's Gate 3 created by Larian Studios

The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse

Talk To Me directed by Michael & Danny Philippou

Black Sheep directed by Jonathan King

Slotherhouse directed by Matthew Goodhue

Predator: Killer of Killers directed by Dan  Trachtenberg & Micho Rutare

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Music composed and produced by Abek

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Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, physical and mental abuse, death, murder and war. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my guest, Dan Rector, for round 2 of Dune where we dig deeper into the character development, the intrigue, and finally compare the adaptation to the original Dune by Frank Herbert.

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The Last Scion Game written and created by DGP Rector on Steam!

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Wild Cards by George R.R. Martin

Dexter directed by James Manos Jr.

Stranger Things directed by Matt & Ross Duffer

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Podcast production by Erin Palmer

My beautiful spectacular fam! Just like that, another year done and we are getting into season 5! Y'all are astounding and I continue to be impressed with everyone's participation and support. Thank you for joining me on this nerdy journey and here's to the next crazy year!

Erin

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around violence, physical and mental abuse, death, murder and war. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my returning guest, Dan Rector, as we have a part 1 dive into the beauty of classic Sci-Fi, nerd out over the incredible intricacies of world building, and just a full on rant about everything Denis Villeneuve in Dune by Frank Herbert.

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The Last Scion Game on Steam!

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Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode covers content around mental abuse, toxic relationships, loss of identity, and sexual assault. Please be advised.

Welcome back to another episode of Did You Read The Book? ! Join me and my one and only best guest, Julie McCulloch-Francis, as we lose our minds over why this is a crowd favorite, the perplexities of problematic relationships, and tie it off with squealing over the dream that is Health Ledger (RIP) in Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare.

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Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe (Webtoon)

A Knights Tale directed by Brian Helgeland

The Help directed by Tate Taylor

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If you like Did You Read The Book?, don't be shy and share with your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you see fit! You can also follow me on Bluesky, Threads, Facebook, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iTunes, Tune In/Alexa, Spotify, and Pandora!

About The Show

Music composed and produced by Abek

Cover art created by Jared Stokes

Banner art and background design by IndigoLink

Podcast production by Erin Palmer