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CodEX Machina

Wonder what the team behind Strange Land Books has been thinking about and talking about? CodEx Machina is where we spill the beans. Join Laura, Natalia, Bethany, and our guests as we discuss reading, publishing, and all things books!

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01:07:21

Reading in New Spain, Inquisition, and Literacy...

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2025/11/10

In this episode, we talk to Andrea Reyes Elizondo, a PhD candidate at the University of Leiden, about her research in the history of reading, which focuses on influences on reading in various social groups in New Spain in the eighteenth century. We discuss the answer to “what is reading” then vs. now, and how it relates heavily on access to resources, connections to power and positions in society, and how сritical understanding complex texts is to literacy.We continue to talk about readers during

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01:11:12

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2025/11/01

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00:56:12

Banned Books research (feat. Dr Jennifer Gouck)

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2025/10/09

This week, Dr. Jennifer Gouck joins us to unpack one of the most pressing issues in American literary culture today — book bans. What exactly are book challenges? Who’s behind them? And what might these bans mean for readers, educators, and publishers in today’s political and cultural climate?Join us as we dig into the complex world of censorship, libraries, and the fight to keep stories accessible — and, as always, to remind everyone to read more books!Resources and works mentioned:📘 Unbecoming —

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00:42:57

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume -...

CodEX Machina ·

2025/09/22

Let's talk about banned books!On this episode we discuss a novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (1970) by Judy Blume. It is a story of an 11 year-old-girl and her experiences with physical and spiritual changes, which is what led to the book being banned in some schools in the United States since its publication.This is episode 6 in our Strange Land Book Club series.Follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠TikTok ⁠⁠for more pictures and videos of all things books that we discuss

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00:48:39

The Quine Report (feat. Dr Christina Neuwirth)

CodEX Machina ·

2025/09/08

In this episode, Natalia, Bethany and Laura continue their discussion with Christina Neuwirth. We ask questions about their research of gender inequality in the Scottish literary scene, the culmination of which is the Quine Report, a public document that outlines the data used in their research, along with relevant insights. Findings include datapoints such as “from 1919-2024, 12 Scottish literary prizes were won by men nearly twice as often as women” and “Scotland-based publishers published male

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00:38:18

SLBC 5: Amphibian (feat. the author Christina Neuwirth)

CodEX Machina ·

2025/08/25

Imagine you come to work one day and find your office flooded. Author Christina Neuwirth joins us in this discussion to disclose some secrets of their writing process and talk about writing, reading, and hydrating in the office!Find Christina here.Books mentioned: The Distance of the Moon by Italo CalvinoThe Distance of the Moon read by Liev Schreiber The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinFollow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠YouTube ⁠and ⁠TikTok ⁠for more pictures and videos of all things books that we discuss in

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00:32:14

Community of Memories with Literary Journal TXT

CodEX Machina ·

2025/08/11

Chief editors of TXT Celine Kock and Lena Ryzhova joined us today to discuss their upcoming publication. On this episode we discussed what it's like to work on the journal and why community of memories is the topic for this years publication. Visit this site to learn more about TXT!Books mentioned: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Enola Holmes Mysteries by Nancy Springer A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Series by Bonnie McBirdDrive Your Plow Over the Bones

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00:38:17

Strange Land Books 4: The Tower of Babylon by Ted Chiang

CodEX Machina ·

2025/07/28

How high are you ready to climb to knock on heaven's door?On this episode Laura, Natalia and Bethany discuss Ted Chiang's short story The Tower of Babylon (1990). Time stamps:Visit us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/codexmachina/?hl=en YouTube www.youtube.com/@CodEXMachina-u1t or TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@codexmachinapodcastIntro music by Leonardo Granados

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00:41:13

Thessaloniki Book Fair 2025

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2025/07/13

On this episode, Bethany and Laura discuss their experiences at the 2025 Thessaloniki Book Fair. Highlights include: a panel discussing the challenges of translating gender and queerness into smaller languages AND a visit to the Estonian booth, where they are celebrating 500 years since the first book was printed in the Estonian language. We include a short interview with Priit-Hendrik Kaldma, a scholar and translator who works on Estonian-Greek-Estonian translations. On Making Book History, we

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00:29:41

Strange Land Book Club 3: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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2025/06/30

From Merlin to mansions…the CodEX Machina crew discusses Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (quite exuberantly) on the latest installment of Strange Land Book Club. In Making Book History, we discuss the discovery of a fragment of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin (a contemporaneously popular 13th century French telling of the King Arthur saga) in, of all things, the binding of a 16th century archival registry. Hey, when you need paper, you grab the closestbook, right? Modern Magic UnlocksMerlin’s Medieval

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00:34:05

Serialization and Wattpad (feat. Swara Shukla)

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2025/06/16

Is serialization a thing of the past? Did authors and publishers indulge in publishing serialized novels only in Victorian times? How does digital world embrace serialized publications? Our guest Swara Shukla will take us on a journey across her research subject of Wattpad and serialized publications. Stay tuned!Follow Swara here.Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠YouTube⁠ for more pictures and videos of all things books that we discuss in the podcast!Intro music by Leonardo Granados

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00:37:26

Strange Land Book Club 2 with Swara Shukla

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2025/05/26

In this episode we talk to our first guest Swara Shukla about books she is reading. In the next episode Swars will share her research nto Wattpad and contemporary serialization! In this episode: I want to die but I want to eat tteokbokki (Baek Se-hee), How to Kill Your Family (Bella Mackie), What Readers Do (Beth Driscoll), The One Month Boyfriend (Roxie Noir), Out (Natsuo Kirino) and some others!Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠YouTube⁠ for more pictures and videos of all things books that

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00:53:35

Unfinished book series - Are you still waiting?

CodEX Machina ·

2025/05/12

How do you feel when your favourite book series stops coming out? The story isn't finished and you might have to wait for years. Even this wait might be in vain. What can a reader do in such a desperate situation? Listen to find out.Visit us on Instagram, YouTube or TikTokIntro music by Leonardo Granados

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00:34:05

Serialization (with Swara)

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2025/05/01

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00:53:30

Unfinished Book Series

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2025/05/01

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00:28:08

Strange Land Book Club 1: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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2025/04/27

This episode features our rubric Making Book History (some AI shenanigans from Inkitt) and of course a discussion of Piranesi - a novel that touched us deeply and irrevocably. Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube for more pictures and videos of all things books that we discuss in the podcast!Intro music by Leonardo Granados

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00:48:32

Frankfurt Book Fair 2024

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2025/04/21

We begin this podcasting journey with one of the biggest bookish events of the year - Frankfurt Book Fair! In this episode in our rubric Making Book History we talk about Margaret Atwood and mainsplainers of Twitter.We share our impressions of the book fair (we tried to keep it short, I swear!) and compile some highlights of our visit.Join Laura, Bethany and Natalia on this bookish journey!Intro music by Leonardo GranadosFollow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠YouTube⁠ for more pictures and videos

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Trailer

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2025/04/21

Welcome to Codex Machina, where we talk about book history, book publishing, and reading experiences!Intro music by Leonardo GranadosFollow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠YouTube⁠ for more pictures and videos of all things books that we discuss in the podcast!

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