The Bookening
By Church of the King
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Emily, The One And Only
Sep 19, 2019
I discovered this podcast while writing an essay criticizing Jane Eyre, and it provided exactly the Christian perspective I needed. As a reformed Christian, a great reader, and someone who also tries to write upon occasion, I thoroughly enjoy 'The Bookening'. This show is a rare combination of literary analysis, Christian worldview, and humor (especially when the host tries to sing Broadway).
Apr 27, 2019
Description
3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.
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Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Proust Preview
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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The 39 Steps
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Dominic by William Steig
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Jane Austen's Emma (Redux)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Jesus' Son
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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All the Pretty Horses
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Romeo and Juliet
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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The Green Mile
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Bonus: Sherlock Holmes
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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What happened to Brandon?
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Moby Dick
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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A Farewell to Arms/The Stranger
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May 04, 2022 |
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Fathers and Sons
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Bridge to Terabithia/The Little Prince
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Pride and Prejudice Redux
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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State of the Show/2022 Booklist/Ender's Game Trial
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Ender's Pre-game
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Ender's Game Context
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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A Room with a View, Part 2
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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A Room with a View, Part 1
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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28 books to give this Christmas (even for really difficult people)
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Gender inclusive language and other threats to modern literary style
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Hamlet, Part 4
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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The Call of Cthulhu
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Hamlet, Part 3
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Hamlet, Part 2
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Hamlet, Part 1
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Hamlet: Prelude
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Rebecca, Part 2
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Rebecca, Part 1
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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The Book of the Dun Cow, Part 2
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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The Book of the Dun Cow, Part 1
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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The Book of the Dun Cow (Prelude)
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Howl's Moving Castle, Part 2
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Howl's Moving Castle, Part 1
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Watership Down, Part 4
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Watership Down, Part 3
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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State of the Show!
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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John Updike, Norman Mailer, David Foster Wallace, Dennis Johnson: A tangent
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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A Watership sidebar on anthropomorphic animal stories
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Watership Down, Part 2: Great Watership Down Podcast
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Watership Down, Part 1
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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The once and future King Arthur podcast
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Audiobooks!
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Nathan stinks
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Le Morte d'Arthur, Part 1
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May 26, 2021 |
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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May 19, 2021 |
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King Arthur, Part 1
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May 12, 2021 |
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12 books that will make you rich
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May 05, 2021 |
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Eventually we talk about 'Invisible Man'
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Invisible Man, Part 3
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Invisible Man, Part 2
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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Invisible Man, Part 1
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Klara and the Sun
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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Should I read a bad book for class?
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Part 2
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Part 1
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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Jane Austen Redux of Awesomeness
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Northanger Abbey, Part 2
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Northanger Abbey, Part 1
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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The Brothers Karamazov, Part 3
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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The Brothers Karamazov, Part 2
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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The Brothers Karamazov, Part 1
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Ready Player You
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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Redux 2020, Part 2
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Redux 2020, Part 1
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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Christmas with Brandon
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Booklist 2021
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Dune, Part 2
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Dune, Part 1
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Help us out this Giving Tuesday
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Thanksgiving + Support Brandon's Poetry
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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1984, Part 3
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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1984, Part 2
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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1984, Part 1
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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When the Fleet was in at Mobile (Patricia Highsmith)
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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Singing My Sister Down (Margo Lanagan)
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (Fritz Leiber)
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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The Packerhaus Method (Gene Wolfe)
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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The Tell-tale Heart
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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October Spooky Stories Intro
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Literary theory 2: Structuralism, Deconstruction, and more, hooray!
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Teaching literature, Part 2
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Teaching literature, Part 1
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Literary theory: the good, the bad, and the incomprehensible (Part 1)
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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The Return of the King, Part 2
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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The Return of the King, Part 1
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Never Let Me Go, Part 2
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Never Let Me Go, Part 1
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses, Part 3
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses, Part 2
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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The Hollow Crown: War of the Roses, Part 1
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Was Tolkien a racist?
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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The Two Towers, Part 3
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Dangerous Laughter
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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The Two Towers, Part 2
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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The Two Towers, Part 1
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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T.S. Eliot + 200th Ep Cats-iversary
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 4
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 3
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 2
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May 27, 2020 |
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1
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May 20, 2020 |
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The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 3
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May 13, 2020 |
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Waiting for Godot
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May 06, 2020 |
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The Moon and Sixpence
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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The Trumpet of the Swan
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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The Fellowship of the Ring, Part2
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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The Fellowship of the Ring, Part 1
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Johnny Tremain
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Sense and Sensibility, Part 3
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Coronavirus update
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Sense and Sensibility, Part 2
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Sense and Sensibility, Part 1
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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The Hobbit, Part 3
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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The Hobbit, Part 2
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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An episode about genre fiction
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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The Hobbit, Part 1
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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An unexpected podcast
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Tolkien Begins
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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War and Peace, Part 4
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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War and Peace, Part 3
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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War and Peace, Part 2
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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War and Peace, Part 1
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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Russian Christmas stories
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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Fantasy Draft, Part 2
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Booklist 2020 and Fantasy Draft, Part 1
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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Top 7 Things about Narnia
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Midnight's Children, Part 3
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Midnight's Children, Part 2
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Midnight's Children, Part 1
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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The Crucible + A Streetcar Named Desire
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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The Willows
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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The Outsider (Lovecraft)
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Sredni Vashtar
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Young Goodman Brown
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Masque of the Red Death
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Henry V
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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The Last Battle
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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The Magician's Nephew
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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The Horse and His Boy
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Richard II
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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The Hollow Crown (Shakespeare)
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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Little Women
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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The Silver Chair
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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Prince Caspian
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia, Part 2
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Chronicles of Narnia, Part 1
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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Revenge of the poetry
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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Top ten summer reads
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Do women like poetry? Also, what IS poetry?
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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Bonus ep: Poetry at Brandon's House
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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The Witness for the Prosecution
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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Why we do what we do
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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The Old Man and the Sea, Part 2
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May 29, 2019 |
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The Old Man and the Sea, Part 1
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May 22, 2019 |
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Sanity at the Movies - Avengers: Endgame
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May 15, 2019 |
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Of Mice and Men, Part 2
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May 08, 2019 |
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Of Mice and Men, Part 1
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May 01, 2019 |
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Catcher in the Rye, Part 2
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Catcher in the Rye, Part 1
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Jane Eyre, Part 4
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Jane Eyre, Part 3
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Jane Eyre, Part 2
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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Jane Eyre, Part 1
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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Alice in Wonderland
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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No new episode today
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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Persuasion, Part 3
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Persuasion, Part 2
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Persuasion, Part 1
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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How to read, Part 2
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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How to read, Part 1
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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The Great Gatsby (2013 film)
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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The Great Gatsby, Part 2
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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The Great Gatsby, Part 1
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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Redux 2018 and Booklist 2019
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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121. Bleak House, Part 3
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Dec 26, 2018 |
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120. Bleak House, Part 2
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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119. Bleak House, Part 1
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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118. King Lear, Part 3
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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The Phantom ruins everything
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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117. A Good Man is Hard to Find, Part 2
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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116. Good Country People (w/ David Kern)
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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115. A Good Man is Hard to Find, Part 1
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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114. Frankenstein (1931 film)
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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113. Frankenstein, Part 2
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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112. Frankenstein, Part 1
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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111. King Lear, Part 2
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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110. Bookening Live Show!
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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109. King Lear, Part 1
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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108. Blood Meridian (or not)
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Sep 19, 2018 |
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107. Harry Potter, Part 7
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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106. J. K. Rowling's detective fiction
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Sep 05, 2018 |
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105. Harry Potter, Part 6
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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104. Harry Potter, Part 5
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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103. Harry Potter, Part 4
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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102. Harry Potter, Part 3
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Aug 08, 2018 |
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101. Harry Potter, Part 2
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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100. Harry Potter, Part 1
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Jul 25, 2018 |
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99. The Big Sleep (Humphrey Bogart movie)
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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98. The Big Sleep, Part 2
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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97. The Big Sleep, Part 1
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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100th Episode Important Announcement
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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96. The Odyssey, Part 3
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Jun 27, 2018 |
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95. The Odyssey, Part 2
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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94. The Odyssey, Part 1
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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93. C.S. Lewis and Epic Poetry
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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92. Fahrenheit 451 (HBO Movie)
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May 30, 2018 |
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91. Fahrenheit 451
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May 23, 2018 |
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90. Charlotte's Web, Part 2
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May 16, 2018 |
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89. Style, The Elements of
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May 09, 2018 |
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88. Charlotte's Web (Part 1)
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May 02, 2018 |
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87. Remains of the Day (Movie)
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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86. Remains of the Day, Part 2
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Apr 18, 2018 |
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85. Remains of the Day, Part 1
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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84. Ready Player One (Movie)
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Apr 04, 2018 |
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83. ON TRIAL: Ready Player One
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Mar 28, 2018 |
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82. Ready Player One (Part 1)
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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81. Wrinkle in Time (Movie)
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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80. A Wrinkle in Time (Book)
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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79. Jane Austen and Parenting (Mansfield Park, Part 4)
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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The Mysterious Phantom Vs. Jane Austen (Bonus)
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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78. The Genius of Jane Austen (Mansfield Park, Part 3)
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Feb 21, 2018 |
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77. Don't Hate Fanny Price (Mansfield Park, Part 2)
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Feb 14, 2018 |
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76. Mansfield Park, Part 1 (Overview)
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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75. Shadowlands (CS Lewis Movie)
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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74. Year in Review 2017, Part 2
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Jan 24, 2018 |
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73. Year in Review 2017 (Part 1)
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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72. CS Lewis's Till We Have Faces, Part 2
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Jan 10, 2018 |
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71. CS Lewis's Till We Have Faces, Part 1
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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70. Happy Xmas (Star Wars is Over)
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Dec 27, 2017 |
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69. Booklist 2018
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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68. Dubliners, Part 2
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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67. Dubliners, Part 1
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Dec 06, 2017 |
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66. Murder on the Orient Express (Kenneth Branagh movie)
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Nov 29, 2017 |
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We're Taking Thanksgiving Off But Here's Some Content
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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65. Martin Dressler, Part 2
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Nov 15, 2017 |
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64. Martin Dressler, Part 1
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Nov 08, 2017 |
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63. Ray Bradbury Short Stories (Part 2)
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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62. Ray Bradbury's Short Stories (Part 1)
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Oct 25, 2017 |
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61. Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 3
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Oct 18, 2017 |
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60. Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 2
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Oct 11, 2017 |
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59. Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 1
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Oct 04, 2017 |
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58. GK Chesterton, Part 2 + Writing Style
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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Episode 57: GK Chesterton, Part 1
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Sep 20, 2017 |
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Episode 56: My Antonia, Part 2
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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Episode 55: My Antonia, Part 1
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Sep 06, 2017 |
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Episode 54: Apologies + Wonder Woman
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Aug 30, 2017 |
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Episode 53: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Part 2
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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Episode 52: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Part 1
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Aug 16, 2017 |
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Episode 51: Should Christians Read Fiction?
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Aug 09, 2017 |
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Episode 50: Murder on the Orient Express, Part 3
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Aug 02, 2017 |
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Episode 49: Murder on the Orient Express, Part 2
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Jul 26, 2017 |
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Episode 48: Murder on the Orient Express, Part 1
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Jul 19, 2017 |
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Episode 47: Heart of Darkness, Part 3
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Jul 12, 2017 |
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Episode 46: Heart of Darkness, Part 2
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Jul 05, 2017 |
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Episode 45: Heart of Darkness, Part 1
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Jun 28, 2017 |
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Episode 44: Our kids talk Boys of Blur
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Jun 21, 2017 |
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Episode 43: How Not to Redeem the Culture Through Art
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Jun 14, 2017 |
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Episode 42: Newbery Awards and Good Kid Books
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Jun 07, 2017 |
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Episode 41: Boys of Blur, Part 2
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May 31, 2017 |
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Episode 40: Boys of Blur, Part 1
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May 24, 2017 |
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Episode 39: Winnie the Pooh
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May 17, 2017 |
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Episode 38: As I Lay Dying, Part 2 of 2
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May 10, 2017 |
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Episode 37: Handmaid’s Tale, Stephen King’s It and The Dark Tower
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May 09, 2017 |
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Episode 36: As I Lay Dying, Part 1 of 2
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May 03, 2017 |
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Episode 35: That Hideous Strength, Part 3
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Apr 19, 2017 |
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Episode 34: That Hideous Strength, Part 2
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Apr 12, 2017 |
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Episode 33: That Hideous Strength, Part 1
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Apr 07, 2017 |
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Episode 32: Emma, Part 2 of 2
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Mar 08, 2017 |
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Episode 31: Emma, Part 1 of 2
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Mar 01, 2017 |
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Episode 30: Poetry, Part 2 of 2
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Feb 08, 2017 |
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Episode 29: Favorite Poems, Part 1 of 2
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Feb 01, 2017 |
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Episode 28: Anna Karenina
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Episode 27: Season 1 Redux, Part 2 + 2017 Book List
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Dec 28, 2016 |
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Episode 26: Season 1 Redux, Part 1 of 2
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Dec 21, 2016 |
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Episode 25 : A Christmas Carol, Part 2 of 2
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Dec 14, 2016 |
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Episode 24: A Christmas Carol, Part 1 of 2
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Dec 07, 2016 |
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Episode 23: Gilead, Part 2 of 2
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Nov 09, 2016 |
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Episode 22: Gilead, Part 1 of 2
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Nov 02, 2016 |
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Episode 21: Dracula, Part 2 of 2
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Oct 12, 2016 |
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Episode 20: Dracula, Part 1 of 2
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Oct 05, 2016 |
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Episode 19: Macbeth, Part 2 of 2
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Sep 17, 2016 |
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Episode 18: Macbeth, Part 1 of 2
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Sep 07, 2016 |
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Episode 17: Beowulf, Part 3 of 3
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Aug 17, 2016 |
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Episode 16: Beowulf, Part 2 of 3
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Aug 10, 2016 |
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Episode 15: Beowulf, Part 1 of 3
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Aug 03, 2016 |
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Episode 14: Huck Finn, Part 3 of 3
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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Episode 13: Huck Finn, Part 2 of 3
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Jul 13, 2016 |
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Episode 12: Huck Finn, Part 1 of 3
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Jul 06, 2016 |
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Episode 11: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Part 2
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Jun 08, 2016 |
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Episode 10: For Whom The Bell Tolls, Part 1
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Jun 01, 2016 |
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Episode 9: Top 5 Childhood Books, Part 2
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May 18, 2016 |
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Episode 8: Top 5 Childhood Books, Part 1
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May 11, 2016 |
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Episode 7: The Jungle Book
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May 04, 2016 |
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Episode 6: East of Eden, Part 3
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Apr 20, 2016 |
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Episode 5: East of Eden, Part 2
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Apr 13, 2016 |
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Episode 4: East of Eden, Part 1
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Apr 06, 2016 |
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Episode 3: Pride and Prejudice, Part 3
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Mar 16, 2016 |
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Episode 2: Pride and Prejudice, Part 2
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Mar 09, 2016 |
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Episode 1: Pride and Prejudice, Part 1
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Mar 03, 2016 |