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Ep 400 - The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What better way to celebrate a milestone episode than to make a bunch of teenagers fight each other to the death? Join us as we discuss the first entr...
Ep 399 - The Wind Done Gone, by Alice Randall
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Febuwary! This week’s episode is a follow-up of sorts to Episode 291, in which Andrew read Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind. The ...
HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy miniseries - Episodes 7 & 8
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another installment of HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jea...
Ep 398 - Wool, by Hugh Howey
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the future, all of mankind will be confined to an underground silo, wondering when and if the world outside will ever be habitable again. But if th...
Ep 397 - Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots (Bailey School Kids #1) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Jones (w/ Alli from SSR)
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids commence with a new teacher who just MIGHT be a vampire! It's time to get to the undead bottom of this...or i...
Ep 396 - The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To put it mildly, a lot of stuff has happened since we released our episode on The Handmaid's Tale back in 2014. Among that stuff is the release of Th...
Ep 395 - The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is better to be feared than loved. The ends justify the means. King Louis sucked. These are the (clearly) famous quotes from Machiavelli's classic ...
Ep 394 - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore (Bonus Episode)
04 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by the raunchy humor and biblical events of Christopher Moore's take on Jesus, we recorded a rowdy bonus episode with our rollicking Patreon ...
Ep 393 - The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Mists of Avalon is a seminal work of fantasy fiction that centers the women of Arthurian legend such as Morgan Le Fay. Its author was a terrible p...
Ep 392 - Home for Hanukkah (Sexy Sylvie #1), by Celine Banks
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Book one in the one-book Sexy Sylvie series isn’t about a sexy Hanukkah miracle where one night’s worth of personal lubricant lasts for eight nigh...
Ep 391 - The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Eyre Affair is the book that you would get if Ready Player One were about literature instead of the 1980s, and also if Ready Player One was more e...
Ep 390 - The Cricket in Times Square, by George Selden
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
George Selden wrote a charming story about a charming cricket named Chester who just charms the pants right off everyone living in New York City - inc...
Ep 389 - The Secret River, by Kate Grenville
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew's got the week off so Craig's wife Laura joins the show again to talk about Kate Grenville's award-winning novel The Secret River.The story is ...
HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy miniseries - Episodes 5 & 6
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another installment of HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jea...
Ep 388 - The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elements of Ayn Rand's Objectivist worldview hold a lot of sway in conservative American politics, so we go back to one of Rand's most significant wor...
Ep 387 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey (w/ The Librarian Is In)
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're joined once again by Gwen and Frank from the New York Public Library's The Librarian Is In podcast, this time to talk about Ken Kesey...
Ep 386 - On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What's up, daddio? Dig this, you cool cats: a podcast, burning with the soul of American individualism and the poetry of the open highway. Kerouac's l...
Ep 385 - James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl (w/ Natasha from UNSpoiled!)
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James Henry Trotter has a hard life. He's suffered loss. He's been mistreated. But things start looking up when a giant peach and a menagerie of bug f...
Ep 384 - The Nightmare Before Christmas, by Tim Burton (Bonus Episode)
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Halloween. This is Halloween! Halloween. Halloween.Join us for a bonus episode that includes a frightening chat, horrifying drawings, and a sp...
Ep 383 - Psycho, by Robert Bloch
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stop me if you've heard this one: a strange man who runs a motel with his mom (maybe) commits several murders before people get wise to him. At least ...
Ep 382 - Penpal, by Dathan Auerbach
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Come on into our spooky kitchen and let us cook you up a big steaming bowlful of creepypasta! This week's book began life as a series of Reddit posts ...
Ep 381 - The Ghost Bride, by Yangsze Choo
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wanted to marry a ghost? Then boy do we have a book for you! Spooktober continues with Yangsze Choo's debut novel about a young woman in late 19t...
Ep 380 - From Hell, by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We rip our way into Spooktober 2019 with From Hell, a 90s graphic novel from writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell about Jack the Ripper. The bo...
Ep 379 - Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Please, sir, I want some more podcast! Dickens' classic novel about a lovable urchin named Oliver Twist is equal parts social novel, mystery, and bild...
HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy miniseries - Episodes 3 & 4
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! We're continuing our journey through Robert and Jean Hollander's tran...
Ep 378 - The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The God of Small Things is about family, and loss, and India, and the caste system, and all of its disparate plot lines and character arcs come togeth...
Ep 377 - Lysistrata, by Aristophanes
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"What if women ended the Peloponnesian War, am I right?" asks Aristophanes in his classic comedy Lysistrata. Famous for its depiction of a sex strike ...
Ep 376 - The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks (w/ Jillian Getting)
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to play some games! Craig's sister Jillian read Iain M. Banks' The Player of Games, one of several entries in his Culture series that explor...
Ep 375 - The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials #3) by Philip Pullman
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we attempt to bring Pullman's epic god-fightin' trilogy to a close! We start with a brief recap of the first two books, and then we dive in...
Ep 374 - Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer (Bonus Episode w/ Christina Tucker)
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Friend of the show Christina Tucker (Unfriendly Black Hotties, PCHH, her new newsletter, etc.) joins us to chat about Jeff VanderMeer's novel Annihila...
Ep 373 - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers (w/ The Worst Bestsellers)
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Renata and Kait from The Worst Bestsellers to talk about Becky Chambers' first entry in the Wayfarer series: The Long Way to a Sm...
Ep 372 - Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The titular Tarzan of the titular Apes is a lot more than "Me Tarzan. You Jane." And Edgar Rice Burroughs is here to tell you all about how and why it...
Ep 371 - Siblings Without Rivalry, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish (w/ Appointment Television)
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew's Appointment Television co-hosts Kathryn VanArendonk and Margaret H. Willison join us for a chat about siblings, rivalry, and this classic of ...
Ep 370 - Knights of the Round Table (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Ellen Kushner
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's time to make some more choices! Thanks to a benevolent small business owner, we've been transported back to the time of Arthurian legend and must...
Ep 369 - The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2), by Philip Pullman
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Pullman followed up The Golden Compass with The Subtle Knife, the adventure of Lyra and Will on their quest to uncover the secret of Dust and (...
HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy miniseries - Episodes 1 & 2
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to HELLBOYS, a Divine Comedy podcast from the boys here at Overdue! On our newest show-within-a-show, we're reading Robert and Jean Hollander'...
Ep 368 - Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The horror, the horror! It's time to talk about colonialism, y'all. Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness has inspired plenty of stories about a dude divi...
Ep 367 - Behind Closed Doors, by B.A. Paris
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Behind Closed Doors is about a relationship that seems too perfect to be true - except that instead of arguing about the “right” way to load the d...
Ep 366 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"What if the Napoleonic Wars but with magic?" is a great elevator pitch for Susanna Clark's sprawling novel, but it only scratches the surface of what...
Ep 365 - Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
CW: This week’s book revolves around sexual assault, which we discuss in the episode. We don’t read the specific passage and we try to be as gener...
Ep 364 - Overdue Q&A #3 (Bonus Episode)
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, instead of a book we read YOUR questions! Topics range from the five characters you'd meet at an Overdue dinner party to what makes a gr...
Ep 363 - The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michel Faber's 2002 novel The Crimson Petal and the White has been hailed as a Dickensian novel with a saucy, modern narrator. How exactly does he pul...
Ep 362 - Vicious, by V.E. Schwab
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we talk about the very nature of what makes a superhero (or an anti-hero, or a supervillain) a superhero (or anti-hero, or sup...
Ep 361 - A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lorraine Hansberry's classic play A Raisin in the Sun endures for its insightful portrait of a black family in Chicago fighting for a better life. Ins...
Ep 360 - We Have Always Lived In The Castle, by Shirley Jackson
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In The Castle shares some qualities with her best-known short story The Lottery; both feature small New England...
Stop! Homer Time, a miniseries on the Odyssey - Episode 13
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our voyage ends with Book 24, which includes one more amazing Odysseus lie and a heaping serving of deus ex machina. Then it's time to reflect on our ...
Ep 359 - Drowning Ruth, by Christina Schwarz
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Caveat lictor: this episode contains mild spoilers for Drowning Ruth.Christina Schwarz's debut novel weaves together three main threads: historical fi...
Ep 358 - Circe, by Madeline Miller
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Madeline Miller's Circe is a great chaser for Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey, and it's an excellent exploration of a mythological character...
Stop! Homer Time, a miniseries on the Odyssey - Chatting with Emily Wilson
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're almost at the end of our long journey, but before we wrap up with Book 24 and our closing thoughts, we took some time to sit down with Emily Wil...
Ep 357 - 11/22/63, by Stephen King
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Look...if you had one shot (or one opportunity) to undo everything Lee Harvey Oswald ever wanted - in one moment - would you capture it or just let it...
Ep 356 - Middlemarch, by George Eliot
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off May by looking back to the middle of March, courtesy of George Eliot's brick of a novel about an insular English community. Discussion top...
Ep 355 - John Dies at the End, by David Wong (Bonus Episode)
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just a heads up - this one has explicit language!David Wong's John Dies at the End is a slacker comedy-slash-cosmic horror adventure that may not be f...
Ep 354 - Fungus the Bogeyman and Dragons Love Tacos (Children's Book Week 2019)
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This year's Children's Book Week - on the eve of the podcast's first child, no less - is about Raymond Briggs' weirdly existential and British Fungus ...
Ep 353 - The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Lynch's 2006 debut novel is a "sword and sorcery crime novel" about a gang of thieves who get caught up in a power struggle for the fate of thei...
Ep 352 - The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ironically, running out of time to read George Eliot's Middlemarch gave us the time to get to H.G. Wells' foundational sci-fi novella The Time Machine...
Ep 351 - Twilight: Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our journey through Stephenie Meyer's world of werewolves, vampires, and teens has come to a close! We wrap up the story of Bella, Edward, and Jacob w...
Ep 350 - Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut uses surprising humor and sci-fi wit to portray one man's experience of the horrific bombing of Dresden. But don...
Stop! Homer Time, a miniseries on the Odyssey - Episodes 11 & 12
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here we go! We're closing in on the end, talking about Books 20-23 of Emily Wilson's Odyssey translation.Odysseus and Penelope pray before the Suitor ...
Ep 349 - Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force Book 1), by Craig Alanson
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's book takes us up to space, where the human race fights sentient lizards and hamsters and befriends a fast-talking all-powerful AI. It's so...
Ep 348 - Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Truman Capote
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It may not be that classic Audrey Hepburn joint, but Truman Capote's novella Breakfast at Tiffany's quite the fun, poignant portrait of a young social...
Ep 347 - What To Expect When You're Expecting (Part 1), by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our SECRET SURPRISE BOOK this week is related to a SECRET SURPRISE LIFE EVENT for one of your co-hosts! Which one? You'll have to listen to find out!!...
Ep 346 - Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor (Bonus Episode)
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nnedi Okorafor's magical teen story Akata Witch centers on a young woman named Sunny who discovers that she has magical powers. She then enlists in an...
Ep 345 - NOS4A2, by Joe Hill
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if kids could live in a world where it was Christmas every day? What if the only way to get there was in a creepy car driven by a deathless vampi...
Ep 344 - Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is a book all about empathy, which is occasionally odd given that its author has had Some Issues extending empathy to certain people over the yea...
Ep 343 - How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You want to be popular? You want your ideas to be heard? You want to get a great job? Then Dale Carnegie has the tips for you! His best-selling self-h...
Ep 342 - Native Son, by Richard Wright
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Wright's Native Son has been called a "pamphlet" or "protest novel" by writers like James Baldwin, and while there are sections of the book th...
Ep 341 - Dawn, by Octavia Butler
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Octavia Butler's Dawn imagines a future where humans are a rung lower on the food chain than usual. And after nearly extinguishing itself in nuclear f...
Ep 340 - The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's book, which can be enjoyed by kingkillers and non-kingkillers alike, manages to be filled with meta-references to fantasy fiction without ...
Stop! Homer Time, a miniseries on the Odyssey - Episodes 9 & 10
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Odysseus is still old and Telemachus still wants to help kill suitors! In these episodes of our show-within-a-show, we cover books 16-19 of Emily Wils...
Ep 339 - The Round House, by Louise Erdrich
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Louise Erdirch's National Book Award-winning novel The Round House is the story of a thirteen-year-old boy seeking justice for a terrible crime commit...
Ep 338 - Twilight: Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you can't stand how hot these werewolves are, get out of the kitchen! This week we head back to Forks for the third of the four main Twilight books...
Ep 337 - The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1), by Philip Pullman
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Golden Compass (aka The Subtle Knife) has cute soul-Pokémon, multiple universes, and armored battle bears, so what's not to like?See Privacy Poli...
Ep 336 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera (Bonus Episode)
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How is sex different than love? Is privacy a necessity for human identity? For political identity? DOES GOD POOP?With the help of Milan Kundera, we at...
Ep 335 - Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov (w/ guest Sophie Brookover)
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're joined by friend of the show (and one half of the hit newsletter Two Bossy Dames) Sophie Brookover to talk about Vladimir Nabokov's ep...
Ep 334 - A Dangerously Sexy Christmas, by Stefanie London
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The whole team at Overdue wishes you and yours a very horny Christmas and a sultry New Year with Stefanie London's A Dangerously Sexy Christmas, a boo...
Ep 333 - The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen (Live from NELA in Rhode Island)
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode is a recording of our live episode from the New England Library Association in Rhode Island in October. We talk about Hans Christi...
Ep 332 - Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver successfully melds and renews a whole stack of classical fairytales in a story that is anchored by women and deals with ...
Ep 331 - Minecraft: The Island, by Max Brooks
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Minecraft, one of the most popular games on the planet, has lots of lessons to teach us! Lessons about persistence, about ingenuity, about punching tr...
Stop! Homer Time, a miniseries on the Odyssey - Episodes 7 & 8
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The boys are back in town! Odysseus and Telemachus make it home to Ithaca in this episode of our show-within-a-show, which covers books 12-15 of Emily...
Ep 330 - The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Wheel of Time turns, and we release a new podcast episode. This week, we close out Remember November with a look at the first book in a, um, fourt...
Ep 329 - Passing, by Nella Larsen
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Travel with us back to the Jazz Age and meet Irene and Clare, two women who practice "passing" to get by in New York City. The tragic characters of Ne...
Ep 328 - The Indian In The Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When we talk about judging books by the standards of their time, we’re usually dealing with books that have been written many many decades ago, but ...
Ep 327 - A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Remember November commences with us revisiting John Knowles' A Separate Peace. This book about a broken leg boy bored Craig to peaces in high school, ...
Ep 326 - Terror on the Titanic (Choose Your Own Adventure) by Jim Wallace (Bonus Episode)
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's spookier than doing a CYOA book with a live bonus episode audience? CHANGING THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY! Actually, this adventure wasn't TOO s...
Ep 325 - Hell House, by Richard Matheson
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we revisit a classic Spooktober trope, the haunted house! Richard Matheson's Hell House definitely does not belong in the upper echelon of h...
Ep 324 - Hex, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (w/ the Unfriendly Black Hotties)
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode, on Thomas Olde Heuvelt's English-language debut novel, is a good reminder: don't accuse a woman of being a witch, kill her, and t...
Ep 323 - Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die! by R.L. Stine
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
R.L. Stine's Goosebumps series has been spooking tweens since 1992, selling millions of copies and spawning numerous offshoots and film projects. This...
Ep 322 - The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What's scarier than an authoritative government that censors and corrupts its artists? The literal devil! This week we're talking about The Master and...
Ep 321 - Carrie, by Stephen King
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Spooktober 2018! Our first book this year is Carrie, Stephen King’s first published novel. Even if you know what happens—and you have p...
Stop! Homer Time, a miniseries on the Odyssey - Episodes 5 & 6
29 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After reading a whole bunch of books, we’ve finally gotten to the odyssey part of the Odyssey! Giants, dead people, sort-of-goddesses—these books ...
Ep 320 - Twilight: New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Just like Bella can't resist her vampire beau Edward, we couldn't resist returning to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. So we sharpened our fangs and...
Ep 319 - Gravity's Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What can be said about Thomas Pynchon's postmodern classic Gravity's Rainbow? Well, it's nearly a thousand pages long so what CAN'T be said, am I righ...
Ep 318 - The Walking Drum, by Louis L'Amour
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Louis L'Amour's The Walking Drum, a historical novel set circa the 12th century in Europe and the Middle East, is less concerned with being an adventu...
Ep 317 - Suffer the Children, by Craig DiLouie (Bonus Episode)
08 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How far would YOU go for your kids? asks Craig DiLouie in Suffer the Children. Would you listen to a whole podcast about KIDS WHO EAT BLOOD?!This epis...
Ep 316 - Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes (w/ Natasha from Unspoiled)
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Tremain is sort of Revolutionary War fan-fiction and sort of World War II propaganda, but it nevertheless remains a part of the canon because i...
Ep 315 - Behold the Dreamers, by Imbolo Mbue
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to relive the 2008 financial crisis, this is the book for you! Behold the Dreamers is the story of the crash through the eyes of immigrant...
Ep 314 - Love Story, by Erich Segal (w/ Two Bossy Dames)
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
NOTE: This episode does contain explicit language. Welcome back to our good friends Margaret and Sophie! They're here to tell you all about Erich Sega...
Ep 313 - The Hardy Boys #1: The Tower Treasure, by Franklin W. Dixon
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we solve a mystery with the Hardy Boys, the indistinguishable sons of a famous detective. They’ll conquer men in wigs, slightly worse dete...
Ep 312 - The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Diary of a Young Girl, frequently referred to as The Diary of Anne Frank, chronicles the author's time hiding with her family during the German oc...
Ep 311 - The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
30 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad is slave fiction with just a hint of magical realism mixed in to heighten the stakes. Whitehead uses a sli...