For our Season 2 finale, we do a round of roasts and toasts. Hear us dunk more on the readership of The New Yorker, marvel at the dipshit failsonery of Horace Walpole, wonder why the f*ck Hester Prynne was so hot for Arthur Dimmesdale, and much much more! We still disagree sharply about how much one might cry while reading Little Women and not be embarrassed about it (don’t listen to Megan -- there’s no such thing as too much crying in the sentimental novel), but we very much agree that Billy Budd is extremely dope. Ships! Butts! Herman Melville!

You’ll also want to listen for details on how to get some awesome Better Read than Dead swag if you leave us a review. And we say happy birthday to us! The pod is a year old!

Stay safe, comrades. We’ll be back with you mid-September.

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