Required Reading

By Erin Bowles

Required Reading revisits the most impactful books from our childhood with a new guest every week.

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The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.

Required Reading episodes:

August 12, 2026 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with Jess Woodworth
Jess is back for a fourth time with one of the most famous children's books of all time!
Listen to Jess' past episodes on The Tale of Desperaux, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Host!
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1h
August 05, 2026 Return to Oz with Kevin T Porter
It's a movie episode! Kevin T Porter returns to discuss horrifying 80s classic Return to Oz!
Listen to Kevin's episode on Artemis Fowl!
Listen to Kevin's episode on Wayside School is Falling Down!
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Listen to Kevin's Good Christian Fun (Erin's been on a few episodes, oooo....)
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58min
July 20, 2026 The Hardy Boys: The House on the Cliff with Kyle Selig
You can hear me smiling in this episode! The magical Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch...ever heard of it?) joins me to discuss book two in The Hardy Boys series, The House on the Cliff! Gosh, golly, this is a good one!
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55min
July 14, 2026 The Odyssey with Madeline North
Just in time for the new movie - Madeline North returns to discuss The Odyssey!
Check out The Iliad with Zannah Schorer or Madeline's past episodes covering The Princess Bride, Eragon, and Jane Eyre!
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1h 16min
July 06, 2026Goosebumps: One Day at Horrorland!
Sam Walt Jones returns to discuss the 16th Goosebumps book ONE DAY AT HORRORLAND by RL Stine from 1994.
Listen to Sam's first episode covering The Golden Compass!
Listen to more Goosebumps episodes!
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood
Say Cheese and Die
The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
Welcome to Camp Nightmare
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47min
June 29, 2026 Bunnicula! with Phillip Iscove
Writer and podcaster Phillip Iscove joins me to discuss the 1979 vampire classic, BUNNICULA by James and Deborah Howe, a rabbit tale of mystery about a dog who can eat chocolate, a well-intentioned well-read cat, and a Snoopy-like bunny that drains vegetables of color. Today vegetables, tomorrow the world!
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42min
June 06, 2026 The Island of Blue Dolphins with Lizzie Logan!
Lizzie Logan returns to discuss Scott O'Dell's Newbery Award winning book THE ISLAND OF BLUE DOLPHINS.
Based on a true story, when Karana's entire village leaves their island to escape raiders, she is left to fend for herself for over a decade.
Listen to Lizzie's podcast Hoax!
Listen to Lizzie's first episode of the podcast about Rachel Cohn's POP PRINCESS!
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48min
May 23, 2026 Goosebumps: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
It's RL Stine's world and we're just living it. I'm back on another solo Goosebumps episode covering book 5 of the original series.
Check out some of our previous Goosebumps episodes:
The Horror of Camp JellyJam
Stay Out of the Basement
Welcome to the Dead House
Monster Blood
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34min
May 16, 2026 The Iliad with Zannah Schorer
Zannah Schorer returns to discuss one of the oldest stories ever told: THE ILIAD! And yes, there will be an episode about the Odyssey soon.
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Listen to their episodes about The Tail of Emily Windsnap and Fablehaven!
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1h 11min
April 29, 2026 The Mouse and the Motorcycle with Josh Corey
Writer and podcaster Josh Corey (Welcome to Flatch) joins me to discuss literary legend Beverly Cleary and her novel THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE.
The story? Well, it's really very simple: boy meets mouse, and they both love motorcycle.
Check out Josh's new podcast FROM WRITER TO FIGHTER!!
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57min

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How many episodes does Required Reading have?

The podcast currently has 120 episodes available.

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