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Reading Glasses

Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara

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Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish their To-Be-Read piles, get pointers on organizing their bookshelves and hear reviews on the newest reading gadgets. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on bookish problems. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the ...
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Anthology Anthology

Brea Grant & Ed Dougherty

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We're making a horror anthology called GRIND, and we're gonna talk about the process with too much honesty! Along the way we'll talk to filmmakers who have worked on horror anthologies and watch some horror anthologies too. Is it Project Greenlight for podcasts?! Is that interesting?! Maybe?! I don't know! But it's definitely going to be an Anthology Anthology.
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Mystic Party

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The world's premiere cryptopsychology podcast. We help normal people deal with paranormal problems. Hosted by Brea and Zane Grant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Getting to sleep can be difficult sometimes. Now you can achieve that urgently needed rest by taking advantage of our most precious natural resource: celebrities. Each week on the slyly humorous and reassuring Sleeping with Celebrities, host John Moe talks with a different guest from the world of entertainment about something they know a lot about. The conversation is guaranteed to be just interesting enough to draw your attention away from your own swirling anxieties but never interesting e ...
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Jordan, Jesse, GO!

MaximumFun.org

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What is the dumbest show you can imagine? This award-winning show may be dumber. It has no content. No format. Yet it's going on ten years of delighting hundreds of thousands of people. It's been an iTunes editors choice, and Rolling Stone picked it as one of the world's best comedy podcasts. It's light in the dark, comfort in the cold and a penguin in the pants (long story). Join hosts Jesse Thorn (NPR's Bullseye) and Jordan Morris (Comedy Central's @Midnight) and a celebrity guest on a rau ...
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Video Palace

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When video collector Mark Cambria watches a mysterious VHS tape, he begins talking in his sleep in a language that doesn't exist. Mark and his girlfriend Tamra set out to investigate the tape's origin and find themselves caught up in a web of conspiracy, occult, and dread surrounding a legendary video store with a sinister purpose beyond imagining. Video Palace was created by Nick Braccia and Mike Monello, directed by Ben Rock, written by Ben Rock & Bob DeRosa and stars Chase Williamson and ...
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Hosted by horror icon Adrienne Barbeau, SHE KILLS explores horror through a female lens with conversations from women in front of and behind the camera – including Karyn Kusama, Dee Wallace, Jennifer Tilly, Illeana Douglas, Polyanna McIntosh and more. Join these maidens of mayhem while they traverse titillating topics like Sex by Death, Damsel’s in Distress, Final Girls, Rape/Revenge and Nunspoloitation.
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You might know our guests, Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant, from their podcast Reading Glasses, their new podcast Reading Smut (debuting on Valentine’s Day), or from their overloaded physical and digital bookshelves that groan to support all that literary knowledge. Brea and Mallory share with us, in tones dulcet and sleep-inducing, how to sort thro…
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On this week's episode, we welcome back Brea Grant & Mallory O'Meara (Reading Glasses) to chat monkey puns, announce their new podcast, spout Looney Tunes facts, and more. Celebrate their new book, The No-Pressure Book Journal, and get a copy if you’re in Los Angeles at Skylight Books on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 at 7:00pm. Follow Reading Glass…
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Brea and Mallory tick off the first box on the 2025 Reading Glasses Challenge: sign up for a library newsletter! Plus, they solve a problem about picky readers and finding new authors similar to your favorites. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Pair Eyewear www.paireyewear.com…
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On this week's episode, we welcome back comedian and podcaster, Jackie Kashian, to chat about tour stays, Super Smash Bros, dream covens, prop Xena swords, and more. See Jackie perform in a town near you (Spokane and Cincinnati among others)! Listen to the Jackie and Laurie Show! Listen to The Dork Forest! Want your Capybara roasted? Send to our In…
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Matt Glass (12 HOUR SHIFT, GHOSTS OF THE OZARKS, YOU CAN'T KILL DAVID ARQUETTE) might be one of the most well-rounded filmmakers we've ever met. He can write, direct, produce, edit, pull off crazy VFX, and compose music (including the theme to this podcast!) Brea was promoting her new book* this week so I sat down with Matt alone to figure out how …
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Brea and Mallory talk about how to write a good book review! Plus, they review a projector for ebooks, and recommend books where the protagonist is part of a weird subculture. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - GreenChef www.greenchef.com/GLASSESFREE CODE: GLASSESFREE Links - R…
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On this week's episode, we welcome comedian, Vivian Martínez, to chat about brujeria stores, negative Airbnb experiences, doing the ‘time warp,’ and more! Check out what Vivian is up to! See Vivian on this Valentine’s Day benefit show (supporting recovery from the fires in Los Angeles)! Want your Capybara roasted? Send to our Instagram! #RoastMyCap…
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We wanted to be ready for the Super Bowl so we called up NFL veteran punter Chris Kluwe for a lesson on all that goes into punting the ball to the other team. How much goes into punting? Turns out A LOT. Chris, who is a published author and game designer as well, guides us through each minute step of the punting process (and there are maybe, conser…
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Zoe Cooper is a super-talented filmmaker who dropped by for this great wide-ranging talk! Lots of practical writing advice here. Should this have been part of our VHS series? Perhaps, but this title felt better. We delve into topics like how to collaborate with a director, how to take notes well, and the illegal reptile trade! Follow Zoe on instagr…
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Brea and Mallory discuss their most anticipated books for the start of 2025, and interview Clay McLeod Chapman about his new book WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newslett…
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Comedian, podcaster, author, and all-around delightful celebrity Jamie Loftus is in the process of rediscovering her love of NeoPets. She values the lessons they taught her about the stock market, war preparation, and the complexities of a capital-driven economy. She also likes that the electronic pets are impossible to kill. It’s true, all you can…
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We're joined by director Anthony Cousins again for an unconventional episode that will take you inside the process of making GRIND-- perhaps too inside?! One of the segments features a content moderator driven mad by the horrible videos he sees. Anthony's creating these videos for us, and we brainstorm them live on the air. So it does get a little …
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Brea and Mallory discuss how they’re tracking their reading in 2025, and solve a reader problem about a little free library. And they do it all with special in-studio guest, Traci Thomas from The Stacks podcast! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Rea…
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On this week's episode, we welcome back our old pal Kevin Avery to talk about proper CPR procedure, the Veronica Insurance cinematic universe, and Charlie Wilson's wild life. Want your Capybara roasted? Send to our Instagram! #RoastMyCapy Justice for migrants. Please consider donating to Al Otro Lado this holiday season. Jordan is writing an offici…
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You might know the actor Langston Kerman from his roles on the television shows English Teacher, Insecure, and The Boys. You might know him also from lengthy board game nights at his house where explaining and comprehending the arcane, byzantine rules of a game is a necessary labor of the occasion. Langston, fortunately, knows all the rules to game…
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This week's episode (delayed by the fires!) is a request we got from a listener somewhere along the way. Well, you asked for it, and now we have become the Bishop of Battle! Is there anything educational about this TV pilot gone theatrical? Why does that rat have psychic powers? Is the Terror in Topanga segment less scary than being in Topanga is r…
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Brea and Mallory talk about how to deal with book snobs! Plus, they test out those snack trays for Stanley Cups to see if they’re good for reading, and recommend historical fiction. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - LumiLabs www.lumigummies.com CODE: GLASSES GreenChef www.gree…
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On this week’s episode, we welcome back writer and raconteur, Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death), to chat about New Year’s Resolutions, his latest book Karma Doll (the third book in the Doll detective series), the Macarena, and more! Buy Jonathan Ames’s newest book, Karma Doll, out now! Justice for migrants. Please consider donating to Al Otro Lado thi…
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Jonathan Ames is the author of numerous acclaimed and popular books, including the brand new detective novel Karma Doll. He’s also a television creator, having come up with the series Bored to Death, wherein Jason Schwarzman played a detective named Jonathan Ames. When he’s not writing, Jonathan, the real Jonathan, not the character, enjoys a comfo…
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Brea and Mallory discuss whether three star reads are good for your literary life! Plus, they solve a problem about a harmful book in a library, and recommend books where typography is part of the plot. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Pair Eyewear www.paireyewear.com CODE: G…
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On this week’s episode, we welcome back writer and comedian, Dave Schilling, to chat about Aerosmith, Chicago winters, the latest capybara updates, and so much more. Want your Capybara roasted? Send to our Instagram! #RoastMyCapy Justice for migrants. Please consider donating to Al Otro Lado this holiday season. Jordan is writing an official Spider…
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You might know comedian and actor Jon Gabrus from shows like Guy Code, What We Do in the Shadows, or Drunk History or from podcasts like Action Boyz or The Gino Lombardo Show. Perhaps you know him from meals like breakfast, where he has very particular thoughts on breakfast sandwiches. He’ll teach you how to order a proper New York bodega breakfast…
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Is there anything scarier than watching the first assembly of your film? Well, we do it on today's episode as we've finally gotten our hands on the lost segment of GRIND!! We document our thoughts before and after viewing as we try to capture the unique psychological torture of facing your footage for the first time!! Theme song by Matt Glass (@gla…
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Brea and Mallory talk about their 2025 reader resolutions, and how they did on 2024’s. Plus, they deliver a ruling on whether you’re responsible for what someone buys with a bookstore giftcard. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Cawpile ✨Link to the spreadsheet: please right click on the …
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On this week’s episode, we welcome back comedian and podcaster, Danielle Radford (Tights and Fights), to chat about traffic etiquette, washing hoodies, cool stuff with bones, and more! Justice for migrants. Please consider donating to Al Otro Lado this holiday season. Jordan is writing an official Spider-Man comic! Be sure to get our new 'Ack Tuah'…
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Amy Tan, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Tobolowsky, Marsha Warfield, Open Mike Eagle, Janie Haddad and Paul F. Tompkins, and more are ready to knock you out. To sleep, that is. It’s very counterintuitive, appearing on Sleeping with Celebrities. Most shows ask the guest to be energetic, effervescent, and fascinating. We want none of that. We want detailed disc…
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Brea and Mallory pick their top books of the year! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Recommendations Store Sponsors - Miracle Made www.trymiracle.com/GLASSES CODE: GLASSES Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Libro.fm To join our Slack channel, ema…
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