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Required Reading

Erin Bowles

Required Reading revisits the most impactful books from our childhood with a new guest every week.

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32:01

Regarding the Fountain with Elle Potruch

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2024/12/11

Talent manager Elle Potruch of EP Talent joins me to discuss Kate and M. Sarah Klise's 1998 epistolary novel Regarding the Fountain. And I somehow managed to bring up Monica Lewinsky. Classic. Eccentric artist Florence Waters designs a new water fountain for Dry Creek Middle School while Sam N's 5th grade class uncovers a secret lurking just beneath the school...Follow Erin!Support the podcast!

54:23

Into the Wild with Dylan Adler

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2024/12/04

Comedian Dylan Adler joins me to discuss Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild about the life and death of Christopher McCandless. And also Wicked. Follow Dylan!Follow Erin!Support the podcast! (Please...please)

57:31

The Princess Bride with Madeline North

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2024/11/27

Book influencer Madeline North joins me to discuss William Goldman's The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version from 1973 and, yes, of course, the movie adaptation.Follow Madeline!Support the podcast! Follow Erin!

59:22

Sweep: Book of Shadows with Taylor Ortega

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2024/11/20

Actually this could be a coven meeting right now...Fellow Welcome to Flatch cast member Taylor Ortega joins me to discuss the first book of the Sweep series from 2001: Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan!Seventeen-year-old Morgan thinks witchcraft is laughable when her best friend Bree drags her to a meeting of the Cirrus Coven. But during a cermony led by new kid Cal, Morgan feels a shock. Morgan doesn't want to get involved with witchcraft--but she feels like witchcraft is choosing her. (Google

35:08

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with Niles Abston

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2024/11/13

This episode was recorded November 4 2024Comedian and writer Niles Abston joins me to discuss Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, often referred to as America's first (and greatest?) novel.Young Huckleberry Finn escapes his abusive father and embarks on an adventure down the Mississippi. Beside him is the escaped enslaved person Jim.Follow Niles!Watch Niles' Huckleberry Finn joke!Read James by Percival EverettFollow Erin!Support the podcast - this is our 50th episode!

67:40

Wuthering Heights with Olive Lorraine

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2024/11/06

Actor and writer Olive Lorraine joins me to discuss a perfect misanthropist’s heaven: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë from 1847.Summary: Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: of the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and her betrayal of him. As

50:43

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride with Adriene Vento

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2024/10/30

This might be the most I've ever laughed in an episode? Slay.Adriene Vento joins me to discuss several entries into the Mercy Watson series written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. We cover Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (book 2) and Mercy Watson Fights Crime (book 3), a series about a pig who loves toast and the people who love her.Check out an excerpt of the book! To see the illustrations! Listen to Adriene's music!Support the podcast!Follow Erin!

70:43

The Last Lecture with Rishi Mahesh

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2024/10/23

Rishi Mahesh joins me to discuss Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture from 2008. Carnegie Mellon computer science professor Randy Pausch delivered a "last lecture" of life lessons for his young children in the months preceding his death due to pancreatic cancer.I'm really eager to hear thoughts on this episode! Follow RishiFollow ErinSupport the podcast!

46:45

Jurassic Park with John Paul Sarni

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2024/10/16

John Paul Sarni of Stampede Ventures and the Page and Screen podcast joins me to discuss Michael Crichton's 1990 staple: Jurassic Park! Listen to Page and Screen!Support the podcast! Follow Erin!

61:09

Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie...

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2024/09/25

Sometimes mosquitos get in the pancakes and you have to eat them anyway. Writer Emily Schmidt walks me through one of the most popular and traumatizing series of the late 90s/early 00s: Dear America and in particular its Oregon Trail diary Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie from 1997 by Kristiana Gregory.Summary: After the death of her 2 sisters, 13-year-old Hattie and her family make for a fresh start on the Oregon Trail. Hattie's diary chronicles the hardships of such a harrowing journey, but

51:08

Ella Enchanted with Bailey Benningfield

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2024/09/18

I wouldn't have predicted that I would ever say the phrase "acquiescence mushrooms," but here we are. Bailey Benningfield joins me to discuss Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted. And yes we discuss the movie, don't you know my passion for Anne Hathaway?Synopsis: At her birth, Ella of Frell was the unfortunate recipient of a foolish fairy's gift - the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it's hopping on one foot for a day and a half, or chopping off her own head! But

45:15

The Nightmare Before Christmas with Jess Woodworth

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2024/09/11

What's this? A bonus episode? This week Jess Woodworth returns to discuss a seasonal staple that I had never seen before: THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS from 1993. The film tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town", who stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and schemes to take over the holiday. It was directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. Support the podcast! Follow Erin!

60:11

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick with Delaney Circe

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2024/09/04

It's a picture book - with lore. Delaney Circe joins me to discuss Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick from 1984. In an encounter between a children's book editor named Peter Wenders and an author and illustrator named Harris Burdick – who says he has 14 stories that he has written – Burdick brings one picture from each story with a caption. He leaves with a promise to deliver the complete manuscripts if the editor chooses to buy the books. The next day, Burdick did not show up

55:32

Inkheart with Shelby Copple

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2024/08/28

Shelby Copple joins me to discuss a book about lovin books: INKHEART by Cornelia Funke.The story follows bookish twelve-year-old Meggie, who learns that her bookbinder father Mortimer or 'Mo' has a special gift: he can bring fictional characters to life.Read Shelby's newsletter!Support the podcast!Follow Erin!

47:14

Macbeth with Kylie Brakeman

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2024/08/21

Get your freak on theater kids, we're doing Shakespeare. Kylie Brakeman joins me to discuss William Shakespeare's immortal classic: Macbeth. Listen to Kylie's podcast Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists! Support the show! Follow Erin!

56:59

Wayside School is Falling Down! with Kevin T Porter

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2024/08/14

Kevin T Porter joins me to discuss the second book in Louis Sachar's Wayside series: Wayside School is Falling Down! Our original Wayside episode with Jenny Cavallero! Listen to Kevin's podcast Good Christian Fun! Support the podcast! I'll send you MAIL!! Follow Erin!

74:12

Uglies with Natalie Ortega

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2024/08/07

Natalie Ortega (Wicked!!!) joins me to discuss Scott Westerfeld's 2005 library staple: UGLIES. Also, a movie of this 19 year old book is coming to Netflix in a few weeks. That's called serendipity, baby.Uglies is a 2005 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a future post scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is considered an "ugly," but then turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery when they reach the age of 16. (Wikipedia)Follow Natalie! Support the podcast! NEW: include

63:47

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill...

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2024/07/31

Grace Bahler joins me to discuss the first book in Ally Carter's Gallagher Girls series: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You from 2006! The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school—that is, if every school teaches advanced martial arts in PE, chemistry always consists of learning about the latest in chemical warfare, and everyone breaks CIA codes for extra credit in computer class. So in truth, while the Gallagher Academy might say it’s a

75:26

The Tale of Despereaux with Jess Woodworth

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2024/07/24

Jess Woodworth joins me to discuss Newbery Medal winner The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (one of only 6 authors to win 2 Newberys!) The main plot follows the adventures of a mouse named Despereaux Tilling, as he sets out on his quest to rescue a beautiful human princess from the rats. (Wikipedia)Support the podcast!Follow Erin!

59:49

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Chelsea Pope

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2024/07/17

Chelsea Pope joins me to discuss Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey! Trigger warnings for discussions of mental health, institutionalization, suicide, and more.The book is narrated by Chief Bromden, a gigantic half-Native American patient at a psychiatric hospital, who presents himself as deaf, mute, and docile. Bromden's tale focuses mainly on the antics of the rebellious Randle Patrick McMurphy, who faked insanity to serve his sentence for battery and gambling in the hospital

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