Resistance Reads
Episodes
Resistance Reads Podcast E17 Let the Right One In
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to exist outside every category society offers? Michael Kilman and Matt Wellstrom explore Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqv...
Resistance Reads Podcast E16 Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night follows an American playwright who becomes one of the most effective Nazi propagandists of World War II — while secretl...
Resistance Reads Podcast: Episode 15: James by Percival Everett
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Resistance Reads, Michael Kilman and Matt Wellström discuss Percival Everett’s novel James, a powerful retelling of Adventures o...
Resistance Reads Podcast Episode 14: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode dives into We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, a pioneering dystopian novel that helped define the genre. We examine the author’s life, the politic...
Resistance Reads Podcast Episode 13: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive deep into Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, unpacking its powerful exploration of colonialism, genocide, Indigen...
Resistance Reads Podcast: Episode 12 Heavenly Tyrant
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Resistance Reads, we dive deep into Heavenly Tyrant, the highly anticipated sequel to Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. This is not jus...
Resistance Reads Podcast Episode 11: Babel by R.F. Kuang
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 11 we discuss the powerful themes in R.F. Kuang’s Babel and share our critique of Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein. We e...
Resistance Reads Episode 10: Frankenstein by Mary Shelly (1818 edition)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In their 10th epsiodes, Michael and Matt take a fresh look at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (the 1818 edition) and why this classic story still matter...
Episode 9 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 we looked at power and resistance in the 2021 novel Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. The novel is a mecha reimagining of the rise of China’...
Episode 8 Black Empire by George S Schuyler
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 8 we cover the early Afrofuturist novel Black Empire. The plot is essentially, what would it be like to have Marvel's Killmonger/A James Bo...
Episode 7 It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 covers Sinclair Lewis's 1935 Dystopian political novel, It Can't Happen Here. The book is about the rise of a fascist dictator in America an...
Episode 6 Zorro by Isabel Allende
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6 swashbuckles its way into the 2005 novel Zorro written by the legendary Isabel Allende. This book is a kind of Zorro origin story and covers...
Episode 5 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our 5th Episode we will discuss the novel, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Published in 1939 The Grapes of Wrath is a novel about life durin...
Episode 4 Passing by Nella Larsen
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4, Michael Kilman and Matt Wellstrom discuss the book Passing by Nella Larsen. Originally published in 1929 the book tells the story of two...
Episode 3 Ministry for the Future
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our third episode, Michael Kilman and Matt Wellstrom tackle the experimental fiction of Kim Stanley Robinson as he tackles near future clifi (a sub...
Episode 2 V for Vendetta
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode, Michael Kilman and Matt Wellstrom explore the themes of power and resistance in Alan Moore's and David Lloyd's graphic novel V ...
Episode 1 1984 by George Orwell
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our inaugural episode, Michael Kilman and Matt Wellstrom explore the themes of power and resistance in George Orwell's famous novel 1984. We explor...