Episodes

  • 18. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
    Nov 20 2024

    We solve the 9/11 ending of Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • 17. Fight Club
    Oct 9 2024

    Loved, despised, and maligned, we discuss Fight Club, the book (and movie) that everyone is convinced everyone else misunderstands.

    Also, Kennedy had a cold while we recorded this and you can hear it. Sorry.

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • 16. The Secret History
    Sep 24 2024

    Is the history really secret if you tell Richard Papen about it? Rebecca and Kennedy tackle the Donna Tartt's beloved first novel, The Secret History.

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    2 hrs and 2 mins
  • 15. Play It As It Lays
    Aug 28 2024

    We cover Joan Didion's classic, Play It As It Lays.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • 14. Less Than Zero
    Aug 13 2024

    Rebecca and Kennedy get mopey and nihilistic with a book about grim, emotionless reality of being....rich? Saddle up for Bret Easton Ellis's debut classic, Less Than Zero.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • 13. Bridget Jones's Diary
    Aug 5 2024

    Kennedy and Rebecca discuss Helen Fielding's hilarious and beloved Bridget Jones's Diary. V.G.

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    1 hr and 46 mins
  • 12. Americanah
    Jul 15 2024

    Rebecca and Kennedy re-read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2013 classic, Americanah. From Nigeria to America and England and back to Nigeria, our hosts discuss the journey from home to home.

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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • 11. The Sellout
    Jun 6 2024

    This time, Kennedy and Rebecca are talking about Paul Beatty's 2017, Man Booker Prize winning novel, The Sellout.

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    1 hr and 17 mins