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Unfortunately Required Reading
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Review and relive the books that made you cringe in school, but now with cocktails and sass.
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Antisemitic Fan Fiction (Ivanhoe)
3w ago02:07:05Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria do an unnecessary deep dive into Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott and discuss how he created Scottish tourism.
Transcribe →Unfortunate Fan Fiction (Boy in the Striped Pajamas)
Jan 2401:19:37Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss the massive historical inaccuracies of John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and real-life drama.
Transcribe →Don't Make Fun of a God's Mom (The Bacchae)
Dec 2101:27:56Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss the god Dionysus and the play The Bacchae by Euripides.
Transcribe →Keep Your Friends Close, Vampires Closer (The Vampyre by John Polidori)
Oct 2501:22:26Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss the novella The Vampyre by John Polidori (NOT LORD BYRON), and how it helped create the vampire genre we know today.
Transcribe →Another Book That Was Clearly a Cry for Help (Dicey's Song)
Sep 2001:25:00Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss another book that probably should have been a trauma indicator, Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight...also Anime Horse Girls
Transcribe →Episode 124: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Italy (The Aeneid)
Jul 2701:53:52Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss the epic poem by Virgil (or Vergil), The Aeneid. Also, our weird obsession with bunt cakes.
Transcribe →The Book Club
Jun 8, 202501:43:14Tap to summarizeWelcome to our first "Book Club" episode, as Amanda and Victoria discuss Sinners, Conclave and the atrocious Lilo and Stitch live action. Fair warning: there's no outline, no script, and plenty of tangents. Back to our regularly scheduled programming in July!
Transcribe →Episode 123: Not a Single Woman of Color Was Involved or Asked (The Second Sex)
Mar 22, 202502:06:44Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria explore Simone de Beauvoir's exploration of women, The Second Sex, and discuss intersectionality and a whole blend of modern-day f**kery.
Transcribe →Isn't this An Episode of Family Guy (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
Feb 22, 202501:54:38Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss Uncle Tom's Cabin and its enduring (and destructive) legacy.
Transcribe →Tocqueville's American Travel Vlog (Democracy in America)
Jan 19, 202501:59:00Tap to summarizeThis week Amanda and Victoria discuss the possible series finale of the US by talking about Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America and his accurate, and not so accurate, talking points.
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