Slow Readers

By Daniel Gonzalez

Daniel Gonzalez and Gabriel Mara tempt fate by discussing books, reading, and trying to read in today's busy world. For the book lovers, the light readers, the speed readers, and for those who show up... more

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How many episodes does Slow Readers have?

The podcast currently has 202 episodes available.

Slow Readers episodes:

February 02, 2020 "Replacements" by Lisa Tuttle
The boyos take a shot in the dark and select this speculative fiction from an award winning author they didn’t really know about! Plus: a game is played!
30:36 A Literary Game
42:16 Final Thoughts
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53min
January 27, 2020 Stranded! In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
STRANDED! returns with this true crime pioneer! The boyos gab about the Philip Seymour Hoffman movie, veracity, and true crime podcasts while sort of discussing the nonfiction novel! Also: a Philip Seymour Hoffman game is played!
39:51 A Literary Game
48:32 Final Thoughts
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1h 5min
January 20, 2020 Chambermaids: "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter
New subseries! We go bluebearding for the titular story in this classic 20th century fairy tale collection! Also: a game is played! And “octopodes” and The Whiparound podcast is briefly discussed…
31:07 A Literary Game
46:37 Final Thoughts
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1h 2min
January 13, 2020 "The Great Silence" by Ted Chiang
The boyos delve into one of Obama’s favorite books of 2019 (Exhalation: Stories) for the shortest story they’ve done for a single episode! Plus a game about birds is played!
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43min
January 06, 2020 Bewitchered: "A Grain of Truth" by Andrzej Sapkowski
We’re celebrating the new Netflix The Witcher show by returning to the Witcher stories! This is a short from the first book: The Last Wish! Plus: a game about The Witcher is played!
33:30 A game is played
42:07 Final thoughts and The Witcher show
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1h 4min
December 30, 2019 Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (with Katie 'KAK' Kametz)
It’s cross over week! Slow Readers meets Watchmen: On the Clock, as the gang discusses the legendary graphic novel that the lousy HBO show is based on! Much merriment is had! Then: a creative exercise is played!
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1h 28min
December 23, 2019 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
We’re continuing the sub-series (ugh) STRANDED! Where we slowly chew through all 80 books in the reader-favorited Strand 80 list! We throw ourselves under the wheels of this big ole Russian classic!
41:29 A Literary Game
56:02 Final Thoughts
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1h 26min
December 16, 2019 "The Cheater's Guide to Love" by Junot Diaz
We read a story from Diaz’s This Is How You Lose Her. So yeah, the author’s history is complicated. We talk about that a lot.
44:24 - A Game!
58:24 - Final Thoughts
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1h 23min
December 09, 2019 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
What’re we talking about this week? We’re talking about three Carver stories: “Why Don’t You Dance?”, “The Bath,” and “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Have too many drinks and join us! Also: A game is played!
50:00 A Literary Game
01:02:29 Final Thoughts
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1h 24min
December 02, 2019 STRANDED! The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Part Two)
All roads lead to this! We return to the (horrible) sub-series Stranded! and the (kinda great) acclaimed novel by Barbara Kingsolver! Also: a (not) literary game is played!
50:30 A (Non) Literary Game
1:10:00 Final Thoughts
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1h 24min

FAQs about Slow Readers:

How many episodes does Slow Readers have?

The podcast currently has 202 episodes available.