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- Episode 33: Terry Pratchett's "The Fifth Elephant"The fifth installment of our Remedial Readlong has arrived. Join us as we venture out of the familiar confines of Ankh-Morpork and into the wild unknowns of Uberwald, full of waring races, lessons on the fat economy, and existential dread caused by false binaries.Talking Points: Pratchett doing Pratchett things, aka sliding in deep psychological questions amid Jokes Galore; how characters are revealed once taken out of their usual environment; the importance of varied female characters; the comfort of seeing love in middle age; the false dichotomies that plague society; how things become things; the fury of good men; and, hey, maybe we don't need to become what we were made to be.1 hr 4 min
- Episode 33: Terry Pratchett's "The Fifth Elephant"The fifth installment of our Remedial Readlong has arrived. Join us as we venture out of the familiar confines of Ankh-Morpork and into the wild unknowns of Uberwald, full of waring races, lessons on the fat economy, and existential dread caused by false binaries.Talking Points: Pratchett doing Pratchett things, aka sliding in deep psychological questions amid Jokes Galore; how characters are revealed once taken out of their usual environment; the importance of varied female characters; the comfort of seeing love in middle age; the false dichotomies that plague society; how things become things; the fury of good men; and, hey, maybe we don't need to become what we were made to be.1 hr 4 min
- Episode 32: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"This week we come to you from the year without a summer, as well as everyone's high school reading list, to bring you a tale of monsters and storms and Romantic woe. Believe us when we say that the opinions were flowing fast and loose this episode! #JusticeForElizabethTalking Points: Victor Frankenstein's unhealthy coping mechanisms; the bonds between creator and created and how they mimic those of parents and their children; way too many Jeff Goldblum references; the Russian Nesting Doll theory of unreliable narration; how poorly the internet prepared Hannah to read this book; the nature of monstrosity and what it teaches us; the scientific adventures of a punkass undergrad; and, hey, why does no one talk about Elizabeth?51 min
- Episode 32: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"This week we come to you from the year without a summer, as well as everyone's high school reading list, to bring you a tale of monsters and storms and Romantic woe. Believe us when we say that the opinions were flowing fast and loose this episode! #JusticeForElizabethTalking Points: Victor Frankenstein's unhealthy coping mechanisms; the bonds between creator and created and how they mimic those of parents and their children; way too many Jeff Goldblum references; the Russian Nesting Doll theory of unreliable narration; how poorly the internet prepared Hannah to read this book; the nature of monstrosity and what it teaches us; the scientific adventures of a punkass undergrad; and, hey, why does no one talk about Elizabeth?51 min
- Episode 31: Netflix's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"Sliding in a bit late, but we're still kicking. This episode we discuss the frankly delightful story of Lara Jean and her journey to find love off the pages of letters and romance novels alike.Talking Points: the state of modern romance; the neverending question of if genre readers need to be challenged; gender bending expectations of emotionally blindness; the importance of letting people live in their own stories; if we want to experience the joys of life, we must submit ourselves to the terror of being seen; our emphatic support of the fake-dating subgenre; and, hey, you're a sexy little Rubik's cube.53 min
- Episode 31: Netflix's "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"Sliding in a bit late, but we're still kicking. This episode we discuss the frankly delightful story of Lara Jean and her journey to find love off the pages of letters and romance novels alike.Talking Points: the state of modern romance; the neverending question of if genre readers need to be challenged; gender bending expectations of emotionally blindness; the importance of letting people live in their own stories; if we want to experience the joys of life, we must submit ourselves to the terror of being seen; our emphatic support of the fake-dating subgenre; and, hey, you're a sexy little Rubik's cube.53 min
- Episode 30: Deborah Harkness's "A Discovery of Witches"We return from our holiday break refreshed and full of opinions, ocassionally even ones that are relevant to the episode we're recording! Today we discuss the magical, indulgent, and, at times, confounding world of creatures found in the first book of the All Souls trilogy.Talking Points: vampire romance and the female gaze; the intertwining of science and magic; world-building and the need for internal sense; women as a discrete audience; sometimes it doesn't pay to read the book before the television show; why characters like Matthew Clairmont appeal to female power fantasy; the unequal scrutiny of female-generated media; and, hey, maybe don't excuse your boyfriend's murder habits all the time?47 min
- Episode 30: Deborah Harkness's "A Discovery of Witches"We return from our holiday break refreshed and full of opinions, ocassionally even ones that are relevant to the episode we're recording! Today we discuss the magical, indulgent, and, at times, confounding world of creatures found in the first book of the All Souls trilogy.Talking Points: vampire romance and the female gaze; the intertwining of science and magic; world-building and the need for internal sense; women as a discrete audience; sometimes it doesn't pay to read the book before the television show; why characters like Matthew Clairmont appeal to female power fantasy; the unequal scrutiny of female-generated media; and, hey, maybe don't excuse your boyfriend's murder habits all the time?47 min
- Episode 29: 2018 Year in ReviewHi robots! Another year, another wrap-up of the media we enjoyed most while experiencing that particular unit of time. The fact that we've made it to a second-annual anything is, frankly, astonishing, and we thank you for hanging in there with us. No matter how big or small, we love knowing you're there.Talking points: spooky houses and the nature of ghosts; Japanese workplace anime ft. heavy metal; genre flexibility in science fiction audio drama; novels of family devotion and dementia; monster girls and readers who love them; science as philosophical and cultural touchstone; why we needed to go to Wakanda; post-apocalyptic fantasy for the geologically active; a break-down on the toxic culture behind stand-up; one chapter in the battle of robots vs fairies; and, hey, happy holidays!1 hr
- Episode 29: 2018 Year in ReviewHi robots! Another year, another wrap-up of the media we enjoyed most while experiencing that particular unit of time. The fact that we've made it to a second-annual anything is, frankly, astonishing, and we thank you for hanging in there with us. No matter how big or small, we love knowing you're there.Talking points: spooky houses and the nature of ghosts; Japanese workplace anime ft. heavy metal; genre flexibility in science fiction audio drama; novels of family devotion and dementia; monster girls and readers who love them; science as philosophical and cultural touchstone; why we needed to go to Wakanda; post-apocalyptic fantasy for the geologically active; a break-down on the toxic culture behind stand-up; one chapter in the battle of robots vs fairies; and, hey, happy holidays!1 hr
About Remedial Studies
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Remedial Studies is a podcast by two nerdy ladies who just want to make the world listen to our academic opinions on the most nonacademic subjects. No media form is off limits! Books people call…
trash? Absolutely! Albums from artists you never heard of (or heard too much of)? You betcha! Movies that never got their box office due for being "too niche?" Where would we be without them! Television that you stayed up way too late to watch? We're right they're with you! Games that would have gotten you made fun of as a kid that are kind of cool now? We're your one stop shop! Join us, Hannah and Rachel, as we work through all the pop culture we can get our hands on and do our best to stay on topic along the way. New episodes every other Tuesday.