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What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. Each week, Anne Bogel, of the blog Modern Mrs Darcy, interviews a reader about the books they love, the books they hate, and the books they're reading now. Then, she makes recommendations about what to read next. The real purpose of the show is to help YOU find your next read. To learn more or apply to be on the show visit whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com.
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The Book Review

The New York Times

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The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more and join out monthly Book Club on Facebook.
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Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six(ish) year mission to read every Terry Pratchett novel – not just the Discworld ones! They’ll read one a month, and discuss them with special guests, puns and footnotes. Episodes released on the 8th of each month (Australian time); check pratchatpodcast.com and the end of each episode for notice of the next book, and send in questions to us via social media! The explicit tag represents a fairly average Australian level of coars ...
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The Bookstore

Awkwardly Social Media

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It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.
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Celebrity memoirs aren’t like normal books—they’re fun! Join comedians Steven Phillips-Horst (@gossipbabies) & Lily Marotta (@lilyblueyez) as they rifle through the diaries of drug-addled starlets, oddly obsessive restaurateurs, brass-knuckled female realtors, and boring gay politicians’ even more boring gay husbands, finding fertile ground for searing cultural insights and juicy gossip. Martinis not included.
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Quantum Book Club is about reviewing Best-selling Books that help the mind to expand. With techniques provided, listening in as a panel of well-qualified professionals discuss each chapter, helps you to retain the vital information that will bring great results.
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Two buddies try to make sense of popular books with obscure observations, jokes and their 8th grade reading abilities. Join us and read along as we have fun with our untraditional book club. --> www.BuddyBookClub.com
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Join comedians and authors Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd in their Weirdos Book Club - a space for the lonely outsider to feel accepted and appreciated. Assisted by their comedian and writer friends, each week they’ll discuss a book that is special, stimulating and y’know – weird. Welcome to your new book club! Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to pre-order here. Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is p ...
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Has the Percy Jackson series been slept on by society? Join Mike Schubert as he journeys through the Riordanverse for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over the Greek mythology throughout. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever yo ...
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Prosecco N Prose is a monthly virtual book club. Literature is lit with entertaining English teachers Wendy and Amy as they dive deep while deconstructing prose and downing Prosecco. It's the quiz-free English class you never knew you needed.
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After months of pestering YouTuber Dominic Noble to start a podcast, Reginald has up and disappeared! Luckily guests from far and wide have been more than happy to fill in and join Dom to talk about their favorite books.
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Football Book Club

The Football Book Club

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Like your books less Dickens, more Dickov? Football Book Club gets stuck into the true classics of the literary world - footballers’ autobiographies. As recommended by BBC Five Live, The Athletic, The Sunday Times and named one of Esquire's best comedy podcasts around right now. Described as “pretty funny” by Darren Huckerby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Welcome back, Goblins! The Esoteric Book Club reviews books on the supernatural, the magical, and the strange. New episodes are released on the Full Moon and the New Moon and alternated between a book review and a special topic discussion or interview.
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Mean Book Club the Podcast: Four ladies (UCB-NY, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) read, discuss & make fun of NYT bestselling books with little literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute? New podcast every Tuesday!
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Smut, erotica, and romance, oh my! Whatever you call it, we got it. Welcome to the book club you didn‘t ask for but secretly always wanted. Where we pick some of the most outrageous pieces of sexy literature out there and give you our unsolicited two cents.
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Join world-renowned economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs for lively conversations with the authors of scintillating, inspiring and remarkably important books about history, social justice, and the challenges of building a decent world. Learn more and get involved at bookclubwithjeffreysachs.org. The Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs is brought to you by the SDG Academy, an initiative of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Produced by Karena Joslin. Audio editing ...
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The Sword and Laser

Tom Merritt and Veronica Belmont

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Read along with the Sword and Laser book club! From classic science fiction to the latest gritty fantasy, we cover it. Subscribe for book discussions, author interviews, hot releases, and news from the genre fiction world!
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A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.
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The Book Club Review

The Book Club Review

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Discussion, debate, even a little dispute – expect it all on The Book Club Review. Every month hosts Kate and Laura bring you a new episode. That could be Book Club where we chat about the book read most recently by one of our book clubs. It could be Bookshelf, an episode dedicated to the books we’re reading outside of book club – the ones we get to pick and choose. Or it could be an interview with a book club, bookshop or book lover. Whatever the topic, every episode features lively and fra ...
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Nerdette

WBEZ Chicago

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Nerdette is a weekly interview show that helps you unwind with fun conversations, inspiring ideas, and delightful recommendations. And join us every month for the Nerdette Book Club!
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Bookworm

Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson

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Bookworm is dedicated to doing more than just reading books. Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson read a book every two weeks and discuss ways to apply the authors lessons to their lives.
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Join in each month to hear from some of your favorite bird-related authors about their current and upcoming books! Host is Hannah from Hannah and Erik Go Birding and Women Birders (Happy Hour).
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The place where young readers meet to talk about books. The show includes a celebrity reader and an interview with the author. The host is award winning public radio journalist Kitty Felde. Book Club won the California Library Association Technology Award and the DC Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Humanitites. Named one of the top 10 podcasts for kids by THE TIMES of London.
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Alison Jones, publisher and book coach, explores business books from both a writer's and a reader's perspective. Interviews with authors, publishers, business leaders, entrepreneurs, tech wizards, social media strategists, PR and marketing experts and others involved in helping businesses tell their story effectively.
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Books and Boba

Potluck Podcast Collective

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Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.
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Welcome to The Readheads Book Club, your new favorite book club and podcast! Hosted by The Morning Toast’s Jackie Oshry, and co-hosted by some of her best friends, each month they'll choose a new book to read, dissect, and chat about here on The Readheads Book Club.
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In chapter 16 of 1 Samuel, the Lord tells Samuel to stop mourning over Saul and to get up and move forward to anoint the next man, the Lord has for the king. Samuel obeys and goes to Bethlehem to give a sacrifice. He told the town he was there in peace, and he asked the elders and Jesse's family to come join him. Samuel thought the next king would …
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A late contender for best book title of the series, this week we're reading former Aston Villa, Leicester and Coventry City forward Julian Joachim's 2023 autobiography 'You Must Be Joachim'. Featuring the ups and downs of a career which sampled the Premier League to the Gibraltar National League, Julian causing a stink in the dressing room (literal…
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I’m just back from an exhausting, exhilarating few days at London Book Fair. My ears are still ringing slightly, my feet hurt, I need to spend a few days on my own in a darkened room and I can’t even tell you how many follow-up actions are on my to-do list – in other words, it was a great Fair. But what does that mean? As publishers, we at Practica…
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Frantz Fanon was an anticolonial theorist and psychiatrist from Martinique, who wrote The Wretched of the Earth (1961) as an account of colonialism in Algeria. In it, he describes the therapeutic potential of violence and the psychology of the colonisers and colonised. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION Jack has published a novel! Amazon: https://www.amazo…
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Feral, Flaming, and Flourishing, oh my! Here’s the deal. You suggest a book. We’re gonna read it…and forget who suggested it. This week on Mikayla’s Therapy Session Elle Kennedy is comin in hot with The Deal. Raise your voice and blow my whistle cause this soapy dick has one more brain cell left and Dharma’s gonna cry about it while swinging that b…
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Pa’Ris’Ha and her international panel of co-hosts begin their summary of Dr Robert Lanza's "Biocentrism." Listen as Pa’Ris’Ha and the co-hosts share their impressions and impacts of Lanza’s concepts that challenge biology’s and quantum physics’s theories of life and how we create our experiences.Join Pa'Ris'Ha and co-hosts Geraldene Dalby-Ball, Syd…
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ADAM SANDLER IS IN SPACE Y'ALL! Netflix Book Club number 196 is the Netflix original Spaceman! Join the usual suspects @dennisrooney7 and @_miketoohey as they chop it up with guest and fellow comedian @willpurpura! Follow the pod to see the upcoming schedule @netflixbookclubpodcast!By Every week we watch a movie that's streaming on Netflix
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On this special episode of Drunken Book Club we celebrate a birthday with a fishing adventure book. But I couldn't find any fishing adventure books so I went with the next best thing, a quest book to find Atlantis. Follow the linktree here and find where you can listen to us and follow us!https://linktr.ee/drunkenbookclubSupport us on Patreon.com/d…
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This week's book guest is Chapters by Tim Key. In a special live recording of the podcast from the British Library, Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian and poet Tim Key to discuss Fat Face, Trains, Pret A Manger, Sylvia Plath, John Kearns and more! Chapters is published by "Utter" & Press and is available to buy now. The audiobook is also availa…
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What did our podcast book club make of Mild Vertigo, Japanese author Mieko Kanai's 1997 novel, recently translated into English by Polly Barton. A 'modernist masterpiece' written in sentences that go on for pages with hardly any paragraph breaks might not seem like an obvious book club winner; listen in to find out if we were won over. To discuss i…
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This week's Book Club podcast sees me speaking to the critic and novelist Lauren Oyler about her first collection of essays, No Judgment: On Being Critical. Lauren and I talked about the freedoms and affordances of the essay form; about how making and criticising art has been changed – and hasn't – by the advent of the digital age; why it's weird w…
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On April 29th, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, a town just north of Los Angeles, did not convict four LAPD officers for the beating of an African American motorist named Rodney King. Within hours, rioting broke out across the city. A particular target was liquor and convenience stores owned by Korean immigrants. The event is at the heart of actor and …
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Death is the only true constant of our world. It's all around us, haunting us, a constant reminder of our own mortality. Some endeavor to explore its mysteries through science or religion. Some, like the author of this month's book, go right to the source. Join us as Rory leads the crew, and special guests Nicole and Noelle of the Quite Unusual Pod…
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When you get married people often say, “what’s mine is yours” and if that’s true, your spouse’s experiences and stories are your experiences and stories therefore Linda Thompson has hella experiences and stories. The ex-girlfriend of Elvis Presley and Ex-wife of a pre-Kardashain Caitlin Jenner and a pre-Yolanda David Foster Linda Thompson has been …
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Esoteric Footnotes 4.9 – Backdrop People Background people, backdrop people, NPCs. All of these terms are used by various groups to describe 'lesser' people in society. Sure, it's gross, but it's also far more sinister than you may think. Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericb…
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We're BAAAACCCCCKKK! And this week we read NYT 2023 bestseller Happy Place by Emily Henry. A bunch of words so generic we kept forgetting what we were supposed to be reading. Thanks to Emily Fidago (listener, friend of the pod) for suggesting it, saying "this is the perfect Mean Book Club book because it is absolutely intolerable... my fury propell…
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The Buddies take their 3rd and final crack at the ‘epic’ Shōgun by James Clavell. It’s been a long journey reading this 1,000+ page book, but if you followed along you’re now ready to dive into the new FX show. In their final installment the Buddies topics were very militaristic: ninjas, sacrificing pawns, pitched battles, and the dangers of pillow…
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Hi hi hi! Calling all Cat People! Is it ever okay to use someone else's real-life experiences as inspiration for your writing? We're asking the big questions today on Stranger Than Fiction! Join Eilish Gilligan and Rhiannon Joyce as they discuss Cat Person, the short story from The New Yorker that went unfathomably viral - and the wild, kind-of "tr…
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It’s not often that the Academy Awards give the publishing world any gristle to chew on. But at this year’s Oscars ceremony — taking place on Sunday evening — one of the Best Picture contenders is all about book publishing: Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” is adapted from the 2001 novel “Erasure,” by Percival Everett, and it amounts to a scathin…
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Our Monstrous Regiment episode won’t be ready until later in the month, but we didn’t want to let International Women’s Day pass without some kind of comment. So here’s a mini episode in your feed recommending some other Pratchett and Discworld podcasts hosted by women and non-binary folks. Here’s a list of the Discworld podcasts Ben mentioned: The…
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You've read the book, now watch the film! It's the second half of a double dose of Empire-y goodness, now with Irvin Kershner in the mix, and a movie that looks like it was made by someone with some years under their belt! But is this REALLY one of the greatest films of ALL TIME? And what does it have to say about Star Wars as a whole? Join Alex, D…
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Book club discussion of Max Thrax's 'God Is a Killer'. Read it here: https://amzn.to/3V0dkaRNEW FROM TOOKY"S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: https://amzn.to/3V6LUA5Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.substack.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FzMJeB...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po…
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Welcome Back Readheads! This episode of The Readheads is all about The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, a historical fiction novel set in post-revolutionary war Maine. The girlies are sharing all of their thoughts on the book and breaking down the biggest storylines. The next book is Dana's choice and she chose Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering. The overal…
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Wendy and Amy discuss The Maid by Nita Prose, a locked-room mystery with an intriguing cast of characters. We loved Molly, were repulsed by Rodney (one of us, anyway!), and enamored with the fabulous setting. Which characters got a kiss, a ring, or a knife through the heart this time? Pop a cork to one underestimated, but brilliant Maid! Book: The …
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This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Dark Fantasy! We talk about horror, grimdark, violence, amoral protagonists, epic fantasy vs small scale fantasy, the importance of tone, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode A…
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Nerdette Book Club’s March selection is ‘Martyr!,’ the first novel from poet Kaveh Akbar. Our team chose it because it is vibrant, incisive and the perfect combination of devastating and funny. Listen to this spoiler-free conversation and read along with us! Then, send us a voice memo with your thoughts on the book. We’ll be back on the last Tuesda…
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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and political and media analyst Norman Solomon as they discuss Solomon’s important new book, War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Listen in as Solomon and Sachs explore the intricate interplay between the mainstream media and powerful political forces that promote America’s disas…
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Welcome to Ratchet Book Club, where we read Good Classics and Hood Classics alike. In this episode, I continue Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz. You can purchase Life Expectancy on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3SYOabaVoicemail number: 916-633-1537 Thoughts or Questions? Email us at WretchedAndRatchet@Gmail.com. Twitter: @RatchetBookClub, @Rashanii Leave…
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Don't get too lost in the gamer experience Reginald! Ah well, at least we have Calluna here to talk about Vivian Vande Velde's Heir Apparent! This podcast, like Dom’s videos, sometimes touches on the foul language, violence, assaults, and murders in the books we read. Treat it like a TV-14 show. For the full episode with video, and bonus content, c…
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Multi award-winning novelist Ann Patchett will be discussing The Dutch House. A dark modern fairytale set against the very real world of post-WWII Philadelphia, tracing the love between a brother and sister, their vanishing mother, distant father and jealous stepmother. Ann Patchett tells the story of a family over five decades with a finely balanc…
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Jordan Spalding's Black-throated Blue Warbler looks into the life of a female black-throated blue warbler throughout a single breeding season, from migration to migration. It is an exploration of the natural environment and a celebration of the tenacity of life. As well as delving into where the natural sciences meet the natural world and the impac…
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In this episode, Peter Verra returns for a discussion on the new Batman comics released in February. Hear us review: -The Joker: Year One arc that was released in the Batman title -How Black Label Batman continues its hot streak with the finale of Christian Ward's "City of Madness" -If World's Finest stuck the landing in its revisit to Kingdom Come…
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We’re so excited to discuss Good Material by Dolly Alderton! This one gave us mixed feelings, which means a great discussion is ahead. We talk about how reading from a man’s point of view impacted our reading experience, our favorite funny parts, what we thought of the relationship dynamics in the book, and MORE! The article that we thought of whil…
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Bzzzz! Bzzzz! Guest host Drew Campbell joins the bookclub gang this week! Check out our awesome listener feedback, some fun recommendations and our thoughts on the audiodrama, "Hellboy: A Plague of Wasps!" I'm a man made out of bees! Bzzz! 03:16 - Listener Feedback 29:42 - Whaddya See, Whaddya Say? 41:09 - Hellboy: A Plague of Wasps Listen to "Hell…
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Helen Zaltzman is the guest for this dissection of the first green penguin. Until 26:43, the discussion is free of major spoilers. At that point, as you will hear us say, we enter the spoiler zone and you can expect spoilers until the end. Helen's podcast The Allusionist is available wherever you are listening to this or at theallusionist.org My ne…
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