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Didn"t Read It

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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98:59

Bedrot and the Rest Cure: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's...

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2025/10/19

Send us a text It's spooky season, and this year the tradwife life is the most haunted house of all! Join us as we explore "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's immortal, haunting tale of entrapment, madness, and marriage. 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 a...

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89:44

Nobody Loves Edwardian Farce Anymore: P.G. Wodehouse...

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2025/09/21

Send us a text Please note: Zach would like everyone to know that he KNOWS Wodehouse's lovely wife was named ETHEL, not EDITH, and he misspoke! Forgive him, if you'll be so kind. We're indulging in a little Edwardian farce with the best to ever do it--humorist and all-around funny guy P.G. Wodehouse! Join us and cartoonist/author/also all-around funny guy Zach Weindersmith as we take a jaunt through the life and works of the creator of the immortal Jeeves and Wooster. As alwa...

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93:10

Kid Lit and Preparing to Die: John Newbury's "The...

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2025/08/03

Send us a text Season 2 finale! OMG!! If you want to keep up with us, go and subscribe at https://gracetodd.substack.com/ to stay in the loop!! 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 didntreaditpod.com -Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) ...

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104:03

Christmas Pride in July: "My Visitation," by Rose Terry

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2025/07/20

Send us a text Pride month never ends at Didn't Read It, and we're cruising into July with another "they definitely weren't roommates" literary classic--Rose Terry's haunting short story "My Visitation." New pal of the pod Kat Ray joins us to discuss when men deserve their snaps, whether the straights are okay, and the eternal allure of the lavender marriage. 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...

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53:31

"His America," by Susan Glaspell

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2025/07/06

Send us a text It's the 4th of July, and we're feeling real weird about it! 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 -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0" -Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Bullets and Bayonets" Support the show

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71:39

More Marriage, More Problems: The Fifth Fragment of...

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2025/06/22

Send us a text Toni, our resident medievalist gal about town, has returned to give us more of that sweet sweet Chaucer content!! In the Fifth Fragment, we're talking about storytelling, promises you shouldn't have to keep, and even more Terrible Medieval Husbands. 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 applicatio...

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75:20

Extravagant Morals & Hat Bribery: Katherine...

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2025/06/08

Send us a text Spring is bleeding into summer and we're attending a perfectly innocent garden party where nothing bad happens to anyone! Join us as we explore Katherine Mansfield's complex little tale of Edwardian New Zealand and try to decide which articles of clothing, exactly, would convince us to abandon our sense of decency. 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 @didntread...

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98:47

Vintage Smut With Things to Say: Eliza Haywood's...

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2025/05/25

Send us a text It's a holiday weekend and we're celebrating by diving into more oldey-timey raunchy literature! Join us and new friend of the pod Kathleen Lubey, author of What Pornography Knows, as we dive into Eliza Haywood's racy and transgressive novella "Fantomina"! If you'd like to hear more from Kathleen, you can find her at https://www.kathleenlubey.com/ or on Instagram @kathylubey. Go check out her book! It's really cool! As always, we are: -Asking with all the...

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82:44

100 Years of Fiction: Happy Birthday to the New Yorker!

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2025/05/11

Send us a text The New Yorker turned 100 this year, and so we're taking a trip through the archives to explore the first (not so great) year of fiction published by the magazine, discuss the legacy of early fiction editor Katherine White, and more! 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 -...

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67:41

Imaginary Mammal Algorithms: Tove Jansson's "The...

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2025/04/27

Send us a text Pal of the pod Ty Phelps is back to take us on a tour through Tove Jansson's short fiction, wax rhapsodic about the Moomin books, and decide whether we're all just the figments of a squirrel's imagination. 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 Jess Versus (o...

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57:58

Creepy Janitors & Perfect Apartments: Richard...

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2025/04/20

Send us a text Something's rotten in this apartment building! Join us as we explore Richard Matheson's unsettling sci-fi classic "Shipshape Home" and dive into housing anxiety, risking a lobotomy to prove a point, and the eternal dismissiveness of 1950s husbands. 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@gm...

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52:29

We're All Crazy Here: Shirley Jackon's "Colloquy"

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2025/04/13

Send us a text IS everyone crazy but me??? We're exploring Shirley Jackson's incredible (and unfortunately relatable) short story "Colloquy"--join us as we commiserate over the state of the world, talk about the Bad Old Days, and decide if we've actually lost it after all. 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 d...

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94:17

Male Friendship & Cornish Shipwrecks: "The Roll Call...

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2025/04/06

Send us a text We're diving into the bonds between military men, enticing accents, and the dangers of the high seas with Jake Phillips from The Cultured Bumpkin! Join us as we explore Arthur Quiller-Couch's "The Roll Call of the Reef," Manfluencers, Boulder-Tumbling Weather, and more. If you'd like to see more of Jake's work, check him out at The Cultured Bumpkin on YouTube, Instagram, & Tiktok! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a r...

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63:48

Didn't Read It Throwback: Jane Rice's "The Refugee"

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2025/03/30

Send us a text We've had technical difficulties! This is a re-post of an old episode to buy us time to vanquish the computer gremlins. Wish us luck and enjoy this throwback episode!! With love and panic, XOXO, The DRI Team Support the show

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87:17

Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," Part Two!

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2025/03/23

Send us a text Gumshoes! Dead chauffeurs! Fake bookstores! We're diving into the noir world of Raymond Chandler as Marilyn Drew Necci takes us on a journey through "The Big Sleep." You can find Drew's weekly column at The Auricular: https://www.theauricular.com/ or you can find her on BlueSky at @annihilatethisweek.bsky.social 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 ...

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78:29

Dizzy Dames & Private Eyes: Raymond Chandler's "The...

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2025/03/16

Send us a text Gumshoes! Dead chauffeurs! Fake bookstores! We're diving into the noir world of Raymond Chandler as Marilyn Drew Necci takes us on a journey through "The Big Sleep." You can find Drew's weekly column at The Auricular: https://www.theauricular.com/ or you can find her on BlueSky at @annihilatethisweek.bsky.social 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 ...

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95:03

From Victoriana to Tech Billionaires: Nosferatu,...

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2025/03/09

Send us a text We're diving into Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897), F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922), and Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu" (2024) to look at the translation of the OG vampire from page to screen to screen--from the peak of the British Empire, through the Weimar Republic, to whatever the hell it is we're living through now. 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 @didntread...

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94:26

Part Two: Solzhenitsyn, the American Right Wing, &...

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2025/03/02

Send us a text Part Two! We're finishing "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and talking about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's life, his time in the United States, and how censorship does and doesn't work today--join us and new pal Goad Gatsby as we finish our march through the steppes. If you'd like to see more of Goad, you can find him on Bluesky @goad.bsky.social or subscribe to his newsletter at https://goad.ghost.io/ As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts th...

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99:03

Who Doesn't Love a Gulag? "One Day in the Life of...

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2025/02/23

Send us a text We're diving into the cheerful, cheerful world of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and his classic novel of the Soviet gulags, "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"--join us and new pal Goad Gatsby as we meditate on the importance of lunch and not licking other people's leftovers. If you'd like to see more of Goad, you can find him on Bluesky @goad.bsky.social or subscribe to his newsletter at https://goad.ghost.io/ As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts ...

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79:03

A Smutty Valentine's Day Spectacular: Anne Rice's...

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2025/02/14

Send us a text 50 Shades of Spanking! Join us for our Valentine's Day Spectacular as we explore the thrills of Anne Rice's naughty riff on the famous fairy tale, as well as censorship, fantasy, and a little V-Day game. 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 Jess Versus (on In...

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