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Unfortunately Required Reading episodes
- Accidentally Aptly Timed (The Lord of the Flies)
Today we discuss William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the nature of fear, misinformation, and Navy Grog.
1 hr 12 min - Are We Dead or Just Resting? (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead)
This week we sip Darjeeling Milk punch while discussing Tom Stoppard's play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
1 hr 13 min - To Read or Not To Read (is that even a question, Hamlet?)
This week, Amanda and Tori tackle the epic plat Hamlet by William Shakespeare. We drink a sweet poison, eat havardi, and the fight me bread comes back as we delve into the text.
1 hr 3 min - Not-So-Quiet Aunt Jane (Pride and Prejudice)
This week we discuss the Jane Austen work Pride and Prejudice, while drinking a cocktail named in her honor and chowing down on scones while discussing class structure.
1 hr 16 min - Withering Interest (Wuthering Heights)
This week we discuss the Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights and do our best not to go off the rails with discussing Heathcliff and sipping Lavender French 75's.
1 hr 11 min - The 2019 Unfortunate Retrospective
We answer listener questions, share our biggest "ooops" moments and discuss our love for literature. Happy 2020, all.
1 hr 2 min - Ambrose Bierce Crosses The Line (or a Bridge)
This week's episode is on the Ambrose Bierce short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." We drink a Brandy based cocktail and discuss why Bierce was known as "Bitter Bierce."
59 min - Only Women Get Punished for Sex (The Scarlet Letter)
We finish out Pain Month with The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
1 hr 20 min - Claret Out of Spite (Ethan Frome)
Welcome to Pain Month! For our one year anniversary (yeah, we made it a year) each host has picked a book of loathing. This week we are discussing Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.
1 hr 2 min - Episode 22: It's Franken-Steen
This week we discuss Mary Shelley's genre changing work Frankenstein, while drinking a cocktail of the same name and discussing that weird party in Geneva. Bonus, there will be a video floating around of us doing this in Halloween costumes.
1 hr 2 min
About Unfortunately Required Reading
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Review and relive the books that made you cringe in school, but now with cocktails and sass.