Episodes

  • #34 – Outsider by Brett Popplewell
    Mar 28 2024

    Music in this episode: "Tree Fever" by Tha Silent Partner, from the album "Capsule Two: Plates For Nujabes (Another Platters Intermission)"
    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    The main review for this episode is "Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past" by Brett Popplewell. I read 8 other books between the last episode (Unreconciled) and this one. They are:

    • The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson) - 3/5
    • The Cartographers (Peng Shepherd) - 2/5
    • Skin and Other Stories (Roald Dahl) - 3/5
    • Moon of the Crusted Snow (Waubgeshig Rice) - 4/5
    • Spider-Man: Life Story (Chip Zdarsky, Mark Bagley) - 4/5
    • Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Brian Daley) - 1/5
    • Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (Roy Thomas, Stan Lee) - 1/5
    • Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red (Various) - 3/5

    You can read my thoughts about all of these books on my Storygraph page.

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    18 mins
  • #33 – Unreconciled
    Oct 13 2023

    In today's episode, I talk about Jesse Wente's memoir Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance (Goodreads, Storygraph). Content warning: some discussion of racism.

    Music in this episode: "8" by Kahwe, from Library Beats (CC BY 3.0)

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    15 mins
  • #32 – Epileptic
    Sep 29 2023

    In today's episode, I review the graphic novel omnibus "Epileptic" by David B (Goodreads, Storygraph).

    Music in this episode: "10" by Kahwe, from Library Beats (CC BY 3.0)

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    10 mins
  • #31 – The Big Bang Theory
    Sep 15 2023

    Back for the Fall! I read and reviewed The Big Bang Theory: An Oral History by author Jessica Radloff. I enjoyed this book and gave it 4 stars. Listen to hear more!

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    Music used in this podcast episode:

    • Mozart's Sonata No.11 performed by OnClassical (CC-SA-NC-BY)

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    16 mins
  • #30 – Red Team Blues
    May 12 2023

    In this episode, I review Cory Doctorow's latest novel Red Team Blues, Kliph Nesteroff's We Had A Little Real Estate Problem, and some comments on my current read, Isaac Asimov's Asimov's Mysteries. Music in this episode is A Night on the Town by Stefan Kartenberg - CC-BY-NC-ND.

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    17 mins
  • #29 – The Caves of Steel
    Mar 17 2023

    For this episode I read "The Caves of Steel" by Isaac Asimov. "Caves" is a murder mystery sci-fi story, though the mystery aspect is second fiddle to the science fiction background. This was a fun book to read and I am glad Josh Wetenkamp (https://twitter.com/wetjosh, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/science-fiction-shorts/id1466031504) recommended this to me last year.

    Cory Doctorow's article about "time tax": https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-time/#like-water-down-the-drain

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    • Mozart's Sonata No.11 performed by OnClassical (CC-SA-NC-BY)

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    31 mins
  • #28 – The Spare Man
    Feb 3 2023

    Welcome to 2023! In this episode I do a quick wrap of 2022 and declare my favourite book from last year, and review 4 books - including The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal.

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    26 mins
  • #27 – Dracula & Other Books
    Nov 8 2022

    In today's episode I cover 5 books (4 rated, one I did not finish) starting with the most recent finished book, Bram Stoker's Dracula. This crop of books turned out to be very good.

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    16 mins