The Summer Reading Podcast

The copy gets easier with practice. Uh. Oh, yeah. My friends--this is Jack again, btw--my friends, I got this book for Marty for Christmas and we just had to talk about it. You know how it is. Zevin's amazing. This book's amazing. Just listen.

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Hey there! It's Jack again for this one. Crap, Marty's so good at the copy. Alright, folks, you're in for a good one today. Hurston! She's one of THE American writers. This is one of THE American books. We're talking LOVE and PASSION and SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE and COMMUNITY and, uh, DIALECTICS. We've got it all!

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Hoo boy. Jack's writing the copy for these episodes, so bear with us. Okay so, this episode we, uh, oh jeez, we talk about Feminist writings, the infantilization of women, and Gilman's history of being a eugenicist. Okay! Copy that.

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Jack and Marty dive into the madness of Voltaire's most famous work. The hard-hitting questions are answered, like - when was this book actually published? What's the deal with El Dorado? Does this remind anyone else of college? :-[

Join Jack and Marty as they discuss the classic, Candide by Voltaire!

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Jack and Marty CAN'T STOP talking about Meyer's conclusion. Bonus episode for listeners who CAN'T STOP too ;)

And just when you thought things couldn't get more vampiric, we have Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in the Twilight series. Hear Marty's take on vampire birth, Jack's experience reading Breaking Dawn while on a weekend away with his Dad, and both podcasters' general disdain for the Twilight franchise. Are we done here? Who even knows. 

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Ooof. Revisit Terabithia with Jack and Marty as they discuss friendship, bonding as outcasts, and processing grief and loss. Paterson certainly knows how to pack a punch. It's possible one of the hosts was weeping over lunch at this one... listen to find out who!

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Coon hunting, American exceptionalism, and masculinity abound. The dogs are pretty great, and the quarter bag of candy. And trophies are always fun... but does there *really* have to be so much hunting??? Join Jack and Marty as they discuss that oft-assigned classic, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. 

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It's ALIVE!!! Imagine being a fly on the wall when Shelley came up with this story. Discussions of the creature's eloquence and Dr. Frankenstein's idiocy (and asshole-ery). What on earth were they thinking in pretty much every film adaptation? Do we even get into Mel Brooks or Frankenstein's bride? Listen now to hear Jack & Marty's take on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

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Capitalism, Christmas cheer, the Muppets and Mr. Magoo - that's right, we're talking A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! So grab some cocoa or mulled wine, sit in front of a roaring fire and be ready to be visited by the ghosts of Jack and Marty. Bah, humbug!

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