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A guided tour through the stories that have shaped our culture and the world we live in.Whether you’re a literature nerd, a romance aficionado, or just Not That Into Books, there’s no denying that the “great works” of literature have played a part in influencing everything from public policy to superhero movies. If you’ve ever wanted to know whether that pretentious guy on Twitter is correct in referring to news stories as “Orwellian,” wondered what stories inspired shows like Bridgerton, or just

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70:05

Farmers and Forgotten Radicals: Susan Glaspell's...

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2025/02/09

Send us a text Everything old is new again! Join us and special guest Cat Baab (https://poecansaveyourlife.substack.com/) as we explore the quiet radicalism in the life and works of Susan Glaspell, starting with her classic short story, "Pollen." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3 -Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com -Thankf...

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88:17

Tattoos, Starving Artists, and Being Eaten by the...

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2025/02/02

Send us a text We're talking about the age-old tensions between fine art, needing to eat, and deciding whether selling out is worth it as we discuss Roald Dahl's 1952 short story, "Skin." If you would like to find more of Jess's work, check her out on Instagram! You can find her and her art @JessVersus **NOTE: In the episode I refer to both Chaim Soutine and a character based on him as being from Russia, when in fact, Soutine was from Belarus, which was part of the Russian Empire at the...

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91:37

True Crime and Spouse Disposal: Anthony Shaffer's...

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2025/01/26

Send us a textInfidelity! True crime obsessions! Mistaken identities! David Timberline joins us to discuss Anthony Shaffer's "Murderer," the consequences of getting too into true crime, and more! If you enjoyed David, you can find him on his podcast, "Chasing Phantom," about the longest running Broadway shows in history. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on I...

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75:48

Part Two - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Chivalry...

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2025/01/19

Send us a textPart Two!We're BACK in the swing of things with resident Medievalist gal-about-town, Toni, to take a ride through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--and to discuss the, ah, somewhat polarizing A24 adaptation. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Clu...

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70:55

Mud, Chivalry, and A24: Sir Gawain and the Green...

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2025/01/12

Send us a textWe're BACK in the swing of things with resident Medievalist gal-about-town, Toni, to take a ride through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--and to discuss the, ah, somewhat polarizing A24 adaptation. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use...

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58:01

They Can't All Be Classics: Smilin' Jack and the...

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2025/01/05

Send us a text2025 is here and we are not! Ready! So join us on a meandering adventure through "Smilin' Jack and the Daredevil Girl Pilot," an extremely silly bit of WW2 propaganda for kids. Nazis! Planes! Dames! What more could you ask for? As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com-Thankful to ...

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Another Holiday Haunt: "A Christmas Meeting," by...

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2024/12/29

Send us a textOur second Holiday Haunt! A woman spending Christmas alone has a rather unexpected visitor in Rosemary Timperley's sweet-but-spooky holiday ghost story. See you in the new year!XOXOSupport the show

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49:42

Holiday Haunt: "The Man Who Came Back," by Margery...

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2024/12/22

Send us a textHappy Holidays and a Festive Winter Season to all! For our first Holiday Haunt, we're reading Margery Lawrence's "The Man Who Came Back," in which a Christmas party takes a sudden turn when a medium is invited to perform a seance--and all the guests may not be as innocent as they appear.Regular episodes will resume in the new year!XOXOSupport the show

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56:29

Going on Strike for Christmas: Maeve Binchy's "This...

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2024/12/15

Send us a textWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Beloved friend of the pod Leigh is back to talk about moms hitting the wall, the Ethels we all have in our lives, and how truly insulting a gift can really be as we discuss Maeve Binche's "This Year It Will Be Different." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting ...

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54:10

Daddy Issues and Festive Shafts: L.P. Hartley's...

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2024/12/08

Send us a textComedian Hannah Land joins us to talk about L.P. Hartley, daddy issues, Santa Claus, and why we spend so much time trying to kill Daddy Santa as we discuss Hartley's ghostly Christmas short story, "Someone in the Lift"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com-Thankful to Black Iris Soc...

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75:15

Part Two! Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey": A Little...

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2024/12/01

Send us a textWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!PART TWO! The holidays are nearly here, and the world is maybe ending, we're not sure! Either way, things are getting kind of stressful!!With that in mind, we're diving into a little escapism, as a treat--take a break from the world and hang out with us in Austen's first-ever novel, "Northanger Abbey"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend ...

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88:32

A Bit of Escapism, As A Treat: Jane Austen's...

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2024/11/24

Send us a textWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!The holidays are nearly here, and the world is maybe ending, we're not sure! Either way, things are getting kind of stressful!!With that in mind, we're diving into a little escapism, as a treat--take a break from the world and hang out with us in Austen's first-ever novel, "Northanger Abbey"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show ...

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75:12

"F*ck Your Truth": Farley Mowat, Ironic Wolf...

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2024/11/17

Send us a textTy Phelps is with us again, and we're getting to the bottom of 90's ironic wolf tees, what nonfiction really means, and the works & career of controversial Canadian Farley Mowat!We HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at didntr...

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78:50

Mawwiage Story: The Fourth Fragment of "The...

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2024/11/10

Send us a textToni, our resident medievalist gal about town, has returned to give us more of that sweet sweet Chaucer content!! In the Fourth Fragment, we're talking Mawwiage: What Bwings Us Togevver, and what tears us apart. Wily Wives and Horrific Husbands abound!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at didnt...

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59:16

The Nerd and the Succubus: "Amore Dure: Passages from...

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2024/11/03

Send us a textWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Pod bestie Will is back to tell us about Vernon Lee's tale of Italian succubi and academics with no sense of self-preservation! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com-Accepting academic scrutiny at...

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62:24

Italian Witchcraft and a Mad Madonna: Alicia Ramsey's...

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2024/10/27

Send us a textWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Beloved of the show Jessica Camilli (@Rapid.Eyes , https://rapideyes.art/) returns for a tale of witchcraft, transformation, and feminine revenge! Join us as we explore Alicia Ramsey's spellbinding 1919 short story, "A Modern Circe."As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram &am...

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58:17

Uterine Fury and Bloodlust: "The White Maniac," by...

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2024/10/20

Send us a textWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!It's a bloody good time with our official Vampire Correspondent, Galen, as we help ourselves to Mary Helene Fortune's delicious tale of forbidden appetites and uterine fury, "The White Maniac." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis appli...

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69:42

Undead Trad Wives: "The Nature of the Evidence," by...

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2024/10/13

Send us a textWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Frisky flappers and undead trad wives abound in May Sinclair's "The Nature of the Evidence"--join Grace & new pal of the pod Benjamin Braman as they explore this tale of ghostly marital trouble and a hauntingly bad time in bed. If you'd like more of Benjamin, check him out on Instagram @drjamin!! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tel...

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98:52

Volume Three - Mary Shelley's Prophetic Apocalypse:...

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2024/10/06

Send us a textWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Mary Shelley: the gothic queen of our hearts, the immortal creator of Frankenstein herself. But what about the time she decided to end the world? Join Grace and Maddie Wood as they explore VOLUME TWO of Mary Shelley's "The Last Man," the first piece of modern apocalypse fiction and a wild ride of betrayal, politics, and plague!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you le...

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85:15

Part Two - Hamster Wheel of Doom: Mary Shelley's "The...

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2024/09/29

Send us a textWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Mary Shelley: the gothic queen of our hearts, the immortal creator of Frankenstein herself. But what about the time she decided to end the world? Join Grace and Maddie Wood as they explore VOLUME TWO of Mary Shelley's "The Last Man," the first piece of modern apocalypse fiction and a wild ride of betrayal, politics, and plague!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you le...

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