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Your Words Against Mine

Thomas Dempsey & Elizabeth Conner

A competitive reading podcast between two siblings. Over the course of 2023, Thomas Dempsey and Elizabeth Conner will assign each other various reading challenges, all the while vying to see who can read the most words overall.

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All Episodes

42:34

A Lowcountry Podcast (S2E11 - 5/23/22)

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2022/05/23

Your hosts are still recuperating from last week's shop-a-thon, so enjoy this low-key episode about Covid, roof maintenance, vet visits, and the quirks and issues with southern romantic fiction.

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43:04

Bonus Episode - Riding "The Broken Spine" (S2B1 -...

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2022/05/16

On a long anticipated episode, Thomas and Elizabeth hit the road to Atlanta for an all-out book shop-a-thon. Join your hosts as they struggle to beat the heat, grapple with world-class arthouse cinema, and come out the other side with their sanities (and wallets) intact. Get ready to journey along "The Broken Spine!"

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59:11

Defund the Chicken Police (S2E10 - 5/9/22)

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2022/05/09

Elizabeth & Thomas hit the hard streets of Clawville in this episode's visual novel-based reading challenge. There's also talk of phones, cats, moms, and some big plans for the near future!

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64:04

The Joy Luck Book Club (S2E9 - 4/26/22)

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2022/04/26

After cabin retreats, bird attacks, and some good old fashioned spring cleaning, we return with a new episode discussing Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. This tees us up surprisingly well for further discussions of an impending Mother's Day episode, as well as a recent hit Kung Fu film!

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40:02

Head Out on the Lincoln Highway (S2E8 - 4/10/22)

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2022/04/10

Summer may be a ways off yet, but we're in the road-trip spirit on YWAM this week, discussing Amor Towles latest novel as well as television adaptations, engrossing puzzle games, and more!

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56:18

'Your Ad Could Go Here' (S2E7 - 3/27/22)

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2022/03/27

This week we're discussing Ukrainian author Oksana Zabuzhko's 2014 short-story collection. Rounding things out is a healthy side of video game talk and musings about the declining relevance of an Oscars telecast in the internet age.

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62:12

Reading Comprehension with Aubrey and Maturin (S2E6 -...

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2022/03/13

Our hosts reminisce on their school days while discussing Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed historical fiction series. There's also romantic space dragons, because come on, you know what show this is by now.

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48:48

Elden Ring & Shuffling (S2E5 - 2/27/22)

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2022/02/27

While big game launches loom over more mundane affairs, there's still the great new work from acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead to keep our heads in the page, not to mention sprawling sci-fi romances and Hungarian lit-fic.

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49:29

Into the Metaverse (S2E4 - 2/13/22)

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2022/02/13

This week we jack into the metaverse for a discussion of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. Other books discussed include Kira Jane Buxton's Feral Creatures and the Maze of Shadows series by Kathryn Ann Kingsley.

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53:18

An Otherworld Bites the Dust (S2E3 - 1/31/22)

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2022/01/31

As the winds of winter abate, your hosts take a dive into virtual reality fiction with Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller's young adult sci-fi novel. There's also some health updates and a fearsome serial killer series begging for an adaptation.

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54:24

The YWAM Winter Special (S2E2 - 1/15/2022)

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2022/01/16

Winter is finally rearing its head in the south, as talk turns to romantic ice giants and videogame journalism. Plus, with a new year comes new numbers, as Elizabeth and Thomas start to compare their current reading stats with last year's. A whole new reading race is under way!

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58:05

It's Over! Start It Over! (S2E01, 1/1/22)

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2022/01/01

May old word totals be forgot? NOT SO FAST! A new season of YWAM brings a mysterious new abbreviation with which to contend. There's plenty to deal with before we get to that, however, including some recent book hauls and our picks for best reads of 2021! Thanks for coming along with us this past year; you better believe the best is yet to come!

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56:11

Bookstores of Yore (Episode 26 - 12/20/21)

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2021/12/20

This final episode of season 1 is all about looking forward... to the start of season 2, where we'll look back on the last season in its entirety. Speaking of looking back, a surprise trip down bookstore memory lane rounds out a discussion of toothsome cats, gingerbread romantic leads, and a page-turner of a non-Russian Russian novel. (Did that last sentence track? If this year's taught us anything, it's that we here at YWAM are more than willing to make things unnecessarily complicated.)

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54:47

Tree Trimming and Read Skimming (Episode 25 - 12/5/2021)

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2021/12/06

The holiday season is in full swing with the end of another year, and our first reading contest, just around the corner. For as locked in as things may seem, surprises still lay in wait, along with discussion of Christmases' past, challenges' present, and podcast seasons' future.

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56:43

The Calde-Cat Medal (Episode 24 - 11/25/21)

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2021/11/25

A new addition to the family makes for an extra thankful (and extra late) episode, one where we dive into award winning children's books & fantastical romance stories. With the issuing of the final reading challenge of 2021, we enter the final phase of the competition!

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53:45

The Seven Dead Husbands of Hugo Hardcastle (Episode...

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2021/11/08

With all the sports hubbub going on, I'm amazed we got this episode out at all. As the end of the year looms, your hosts discuss the ways that we engage with the works of problematic artists. (trigger warnings: emotional abuse & sexual assault)

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46:55

The Fang-Girl Chronicles (Episode 22 - 10/24/21)

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2021/10/25

A positively "dreadful" episode... but like in a good way? Okay, so it's not an especially fitting episode for Halloween, but rather one where we talk about Metroid, sports, and high school romance (that last thing can be pretty scary though).

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53:12

In a Spiral of Ants (Episode 21 - 10/9/21)

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2021/10/09

With the Halloween season upon us, Elizabeth recounts her horror-themed reading challenge all while dealing with a terrifying home invasion. There's also a lot of Kingdom Hearts / SSBU talk, which, while not seasonal, is certainly topical.

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54:51

As I Lay Dying in a Giant Robot (Episode 20 - 9/27/21)

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2021/09/27

While the battle of word totals is all but over, the war against the whims of fate and alien hoards is only beginning! This week we discuss Xiran Jay Zhao's debut novel, a series of Scottish romances, and an indie game sensation.

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51:26

'A Touch of Darkness' (Episode 19 - 9/12/21)

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2021/09/12

From 9/11 to violent bike gangs and underworlds both mythic and alien, we tread around some dark subject matter this week. To that end, rest assured there's pontificating on diet sodas & console loyalty as well to help lighten the mood.

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