The Dark Academicals
By Sarah Purnell & Sophie Waters
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Episodes: 85
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Jul 21, 2025
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The podcast where we delve into the mythos of dark academia one book at a time.
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Episode 13.5: ‘An Arcane Inheritance’ by Kamilah Cole
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Episode 13.4: ‘Rottenheart’ by Kat Dunn
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Episode 13.3: ‘The Rabbit Club’ by Christopher J Yates
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Announcing The Dark Academia Journal - we wrote a book (journal)!
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Episode 13.2: ‘When We Were Monsters’ by Jennifer Niven
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Episode 13.1: ‘Bound’ by Ali Hazelwood
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Episode 12.6: ‘The Library at Hellebore’ by Cassandra Khaw
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Episode 12.5: ‘The Incandescent’ by Emily Tesh
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Episode 12.4: ‘Boys With Sharp Teeth’ by Jenni Howell
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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Episode 12.3: ‘The Monk’ by Matthew Lewis
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Episode 12.2: ‘We Love You, Bunny’ by Mona Awad
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Episode 12.1: ‘Katabasis’ by RF Kuang
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Episode 11.6: ‘And He Shall Appear’ by Kate van der Borgh
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Episode 11.5: ‘Spoilt Creatures’ by Amy Twigg
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Episode 11.4: ‘Voice Like a Hyacinth’ by Mallory Pearson
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Episode 11.3: ‘Arcana Academy’ by Elise Kova
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Episode 11.2: ‘Northanger Abbey’ by Jane Austen
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Episode 11.1: ‘Blood Over Bright Haven’ by ML Wang
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Episode 10.7: In Conversation with Kat Dunn, author of ‘Hungerstone’
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Episode 10.6: ‘The Coven’ by Harper L Woods
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Episode 10.5: ‘Vita Nostra’ by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 10.4: ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ by Joan Lindsay
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Episode 10.3: ‘Hungerstone’ by Kat Dunn
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Episode 10.2: ‘An Academy for Liars’ by Alexis Henderson
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Episode 10.1: ‘Darkly’ by Marisha Pessl
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Episode 9.7: In conversation with M L Rio (Graveyard Shift, If We Were Villains, Hot Wax)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Episode 9.6: ‘A Great and Terrible Beauty’ by Libba Bray
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Episode 9.5: ‘The Four’ by Ellie Keel
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 9.4: ‘Foxglove’ by Adalyn Grace
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Episode 9.3: ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Episode 9.2: ‘The Centre’ by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Episode 9.1: ‘Immortal Dark’ by Tigest Girma
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Episode 8.6: ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt - Revisited!
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Episode 8.5: ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ by Patricia Highsmith
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Episode 8.4: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Episode 8.3: ‘Stoner’ by John Williams
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode 8.2: ‘Bacchae’ by Euripides
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 8.1: ‘Black Chalk’ by Christopher J Yates
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May 28, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode: Fate and Destiny with Katy Hays, author of ‘The Cloisters’
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 7.6: ‘I Have Some Questions for You’ by Rebecca Makkai
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Episode 7.5: ‘An Education in Malice’ by ST Gibson
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Episode 7.4: ‘Prep’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 7.3: ‘Belladonna’ by Adalyn Grace
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Episode 7.2: ‘Curious Tides’ by Pascal Lacelle
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Episode 7.1: ‘A Deadly Education’ by Naomi Novik
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode: ‘Gilmore Girls’
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Episode 6.6: ‘A Study in Drowning’ by Ava Reid
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Epsiode 6.5: ‘Summer Sons’ by Lee Mandelo
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Episode 6.4: ‘She is a Haunting’ by Trang Thanh Tran
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Episode 6.3: ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ by Shirley Jackson
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Episode 6.2: ‘Gothikana’ by RuNyx
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Episode 6.1: ‘The Magicians’ by Lev Grossman
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Episode 5.6: ‘How We Fall Apart’ by Katie Zhao
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 5.5: ‘The Cloisters’ by Katy Hays
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Episode 5.4: ‘Brideshead Revisited’ by Evelyn Waugh
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode 5.3: ‘The Ruins’ by Phoebe Wynne
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Episode 5.2: ‘Hell Bent’ by Leigh Bardugo
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Episode 5.1: ‘Babel’ by RF Kuang
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May 30, 2023 |
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Episode 4.6: ‘My Dearest Darkest’ by Kayla Cottingham
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 4.5: ‘The Things We Do to Our Friends’ by Heather Darwent
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Episode 4.4: ‘Interview With the Vampire’ by Anne Rice
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Episode 4.3: ‘Mexican Gothic’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Episode 4.2: ‘A Lesson in Vengeance’ by Victoria Lee
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Episode 4.1: ‘The Whispering Dark’ by Kelly Andrew
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Episode 3.6: ‘The Swallows’ by Lisa Lutz
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Episode 3.5: ‘Vicious’ by VE Schwab
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Episode 3.4: ‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Episode 3.3: ‘A Lesson in Thorns’ by Sierra Simone
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 3.2: ‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Episode 3.1: ‘Ninth House’ by Leigh Bardugo
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Episode 2.6: ‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 2.5: ‘The Mary Shelley Club’ by Goldy Moldavsky
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Episode 2.4: ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Episode 2.3: ‘The Maidens’ by Alex Michaelides
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Episode 2.2: ‘Sleepwalking’ by Meg Wolitzer
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Episode 2.1: ‘The Atlas Six’ by Olivie Blake
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Episode 1.7: ‘Catherine House’ by Elisabeth Thomas
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Episode 1.6: ‘Ace of Spades’ by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Episode 1.5 ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Episode 1.4: ‘Madam’ by Phoebe Wynne
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Episode 1.3: ‘If We Were Villains’ by ML Rio
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 1.2: ‘The Secret History’ by Donna Tartt
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Episode 1.1: An Introduction to Dark Academia
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Podcast Trailer and Intro!
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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Coming Soon…
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Oct 25, 2021 |