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Unfortunately Required Reading episodes
- Furry Mr. Nihilism
In which we discuss Grendel by John Gardner, relive the depressing goth days of our high school youth and decide we like mead without added pepper, thank you very much.
44 min - A Scandinavian Warrior Walks Into A Mead Hall
Today's episode is about the epic poem Beowulf, how much we love Mead, how terrible the 2007 movie version of this epic poem is, and Beowulf's mom, Sheila.
1 hr 20 min - A Really Sh**ty Island Vacation
In which we discuss Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys, and the dangers of drinking only the rum layer of a Dark and Stormy.
1 hr 3 min - 55 min
- Victory Gin and Rats to the Face
In which we struggle to survive George Orwell's 1984 with a single shot of Victory Gin, quietly consume a cheese plate off mic, and tell you about The Spanish Civil War and British Colonialism.
47 min - That Time Being Gay Ruined a Perfectly Good Dinner
Episode 4 discusses Tennessee William's play The Glass Menagerie, while we sip Ramos Gin Fizzes and contemplate Southern parenting.
53 min - The Toxic Masculinity Also RisesIn which we drink absinthe, help you write your paper on The Sun Also Rises by telling you about Paris and Spain as characters, and discuss Hemingway and the original tell-all novel.1 hr 6 min
- The Not-So-Great GatsbyIn which we analyze not only Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, but also help every AP English student required to write a paper on the book.53 min
- Episode One: Watership Man DownWelcome to the first episode of Unfortunately Required Reading. We learn Lapine and drink the cocktail Watership Down as we discuss the Richard Adams book of the same name.35 min
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Review and relive the books that made you cringe in school, but now with cocktails and sass.