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(Re)Read

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(Re)Read episodes

  • Episode 55: The Nightmare Before Presidents' Day

    It's that time of the year when we get together as friends and family to watch our favorite Presidents' Day film--#TimBurton's #NightmareBeforeChristmas.


    Show Notes:

    "A Musical Conspiracy Theory: The Finale to Nightmare Before Christmas" by Sideways

    "My Monster Boyfriend" by Lindsay Ellis

    "The Nightmare Before Christmas writer says she thinks the movie's villain Oogie Boogie is racist and 'looks like a Klu Klux Klansman'" by Jacob Sarkisian

    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 54: The VoYAWN of the Amber Spyglass, Pt. 2

    "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, [read the #HisDarkMaterials trilogy] like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things." -- 1 Corinthians 13:11


    Show Notes:

    "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman

    "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller

    1 hr 10 min
  • Episode 53: The VoYAWN of the Amber Spyglass, Pt. 1

    It's time for the (allegedly) epic conclusion of the #HisDarkMaterial trilogy: #TheAmberSpyglass by #PhilipPullman. Will the book redeem the mistake that was #TheSubtleKnife, or is it doomed for the abyss, to be forgotten forever?


    Show Notes:

    "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman

    "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller

    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 51: The Subtle Knife and Its Boy, Pt. 1

    Where there's a Will, there's a way ... right? We continue our (re)read through the #HisDarkMaterials saga with #TheSubtleKnife by #PhilipPullman. Will the sequel of #TheGoldenCompass remain a cut above the rest? Let's find out.


    Show Notes:

    "The Dark Side of Narnia" by Philip Pullman

    "Far From Narnia" by Laura Miller

    1 hr 6 min
  • Episode 47: All the Things Fall Apart, Pt. 1

    During his years in high school, Casey was assigned only a handful of books by Black authors for his English classes*. #ThingsFallApart by #ChinuaAchebe was one of those books. Let's see how it holds up.


    *Morgan's high school assigned her ZERO books by writers of color.


    Show Notes:

    John Green's Crash Course Literature series: Things Fall Apart

    1 hr
  • Episode 46: Let There Be Twilight, Pt. 2

    "Teenage boys are teenage boys," said Morgan and Casey. "Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. But if I’m to choose between a Nice Guy™ in the making who sometimes turns into a werewolf and a controlling, possessive 104-year-old stalker who cosplays as a high school student, then I prefer not to choose at all."


    Show notes:

    Lolita Podcast by Jamie Laftus

    "Forced Seduction": The Trope of Non-Consensual Romantic Fiction by Kayleigh Donaldson

    1 hr 20 min

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Welcome to (Re)Read, the podcast where we look back at the books from our youth and find out if they hold up under the cold, harsh light of adulthood.