최고 Required Reading 팟캐스트 (2024)

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Little Scam on the Prairie (Little House on the Prairie) 1:27:16

5d ago1:27:16

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, Manifest Destiny, the Minnesota Massacre, the lie of Westward expansion and why neither host can spell prairie. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 88: Sea of Tranquility

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It’s the eighty-eighth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criti…

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Basically, Just Real Life in Late Stage Capitalism (Fahrenheit 451) 1:35:08

1M ago1:35:08

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Redwall by Brian Jacques 1:02:49

1M ago1:02:49

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This week, Mike Carroll raps poetic about the role a mouse book played in his literary life. We talked about Redwall by Brian Jacques, volume 1 of 22; them mice sure get up to mischief! How does Redwall by Brian Jacques hold up? Co-hosted: Nic Hoffmann and Mike Carroll "One of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time The book that inspire…

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Tintin and the Blue Lotus by Hergé 50:37

2M ago50:37

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We are back, baby! Sorry about the delay, life got in the way, but we are back with a graphic novel, this time the Franco-Belgian super star Tintin with Tintin and the Blue Lotus by Hergé. The world's most famous boy(?) detective helps predict World War II and is highly critical of the Europeans in Asia. Also, comedy! Join us next episode for Redwa…

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Episode 110: I Bet on Losing Dogs (Lady Chatterley's Lover) 1:16:08

2M ago1:16:08

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Lady Chatterley's Lover, sex politics, and what DH Lawrence means by a "crisis." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 87: The Price of Salt (or, Carol)

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It’s the eighty-seventh episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, crit…

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Strong Independent Pilgrim (Little Women) 1:31:26

3M ago1:31:26

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, and the myth of typical femininity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 86: Beowulf

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It’s the eighty-sixth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, critic…

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A Bug's Life (Metamorphosis) 1:19:57

4M ago1:19:57

1:19:57

This month Amanda and Victoria discuss Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, traumatic childhood abuse, and the utterly depressing life of Franz Kafka. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien. 1:05:37

4M ago1:05:37

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This week we complete the saga and talk The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien. Since the first season, we have had a guest episode with the great Robert von Hagen, but now, in season four we have completed the Tolkien series. "What about the Silmarillion?" You may asked. "WE HAVE COMPLETED THE SERIES." I reply. Enjoy thi…

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Episode 85: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

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It’s the eighty-fifth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, critic…

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 1:11:56

5M ago1:11:56

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This week on Required Reading, we talk race, mental illness, and the Incredible Hulk. We read Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, but just want to talk about the rabbits. Host: Dr. Nic Hoffmann Co-hosts: Mike Burns and Mike Carroll From the Penguin Classics back cover: "They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie,…

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Episode 84: Walden

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It’s the eighty-fourth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criti…

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This Time, We Want to Join a Cult (or Build a Submarine) 2:22:44

5M ago2:22:44

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Baron Von Cheeseplate returns to discuss 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne with Amanda and Victoria. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams 52:51

6M ago52:51

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This week we return to the universe of the Hitchhiker’s Guide as we discuss the sequel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams. Host: Dr. Nic Hoffmann Panel: Mike Burns and Mike Carroll "Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy," “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist.”—The Washington Post Book …

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Episode 83: Carrie

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It’s the eighty-third episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, critic…

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Do You Want to Get Sued? (The Shining) 2:24:36

6M ago2:24:36

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For Spooky Month Amanda and Victoria discuss Stephen King's infamous work The Shining, alcoholism, hotels, and Stanley Kubrick. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Just Kids by Patti Smith 49:30

7M ago49:30

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This week, for our 50th episode, we talk memoirs, the art scene of the 1970s, the late Robert Mapplethorpe, and the incomparable Patti Smith. We talked Just Kids by Patti Smith. "WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD “Reading rocker Smith’s account of her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, it’s hard not to believe in fate. How else to …

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Episode 82: Banned Book Club

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It’s the eighty-second episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criti…

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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 59:26

7M ago59:26

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This week we deal with an airborne plague that kills everyone to get our mind off of current events. We read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Back of the book from Vintage: "NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FINALIST • Set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse—the spellbinding story of a Hollyw…

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A Whole New World (Brave New World) 2:06:55

7M ago2:06:55

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, ethnobotany, drugs, and enough weird stuff to fill a 2-hour podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 104: Paper Folding Peace Signs (Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes) 1:25:12

8M ago1:25:12

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr, as well as the atomic bomb and the lasting effects on America and how it is viewed internationally. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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World War Z by Max Brooks 1:06:56

8M ago1:06:56

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This week we get alllll spooky and cinematic! We talk Zombie apocalypse with World War Z by Max Brooks (also, this one has an incredible audiobook)! Thanks for reading along with us! Our next book will be Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, because we just can't get optimistic. Host: Nic Co-host: Mike Burns and Mike Carroll "We survived the zo…

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Episode 81: Call Me By Your Name

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It’s the eighty-first episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, critic…

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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum 54:54

9M ago54:54

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We start this season in earnest with a classic Cold War espionage thriller, but I can't remember which one. We read The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. From the Bantam summary: "His memory is a blank. His bullet-ridden body was fished from the Mediterranean Sea. His face has been altered by plastic surgery. A frame of microfilm has been surgicall…

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Look Down (Les Miserables) 1:22:59

9M ago1:22:59

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Victor Hugo's massive fan fiction, Les Misérables. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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A Wrong Cruelly Done by Michael Carroll 32:00

9M ago32:00

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Hey readers! This summer has been a mess and I promise we will soon return with a regular episode. In the meantime, here is a short story, soon to be published, by panelist Mike Carroll. A Wrong Cruelly Done. Enjoy, Nic저자 Required Reading, Dr. Nic Hoffmann, Mike Burns, and Mike Carroll

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Episode 80: Tangent Special 7. Banned and Challenged Books

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It’s the eightieth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizi…

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Episode 79: A Visit From the Goon Squad

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It’s the seventy-ninth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criti…

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Is the Movie Better? (Breakfast at Tiffany's) 1:06:56

10M ago1:06:56

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. Happy Pride! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 1:12:46

11M ago1:12:46

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This month in Required Reading we talk about Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. The book that coined the term 'snowflake,' gave us the rules, and made you question fancy soap. From a philosophical work that came out before 9/11, clearly, join us as we meet Tyler Durden. Host: Dr. Nic Hoffmann Co-Hosted: Mike Burns and Mike Carroll From the W. W. Norton…

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Animal Harm (Animal Farm) 1:37:02

11M ago1:37:02

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This month Amanda and Victoria discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm, and the historical events that inspired it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 78: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.

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It’s the seventy-eighth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, crit…

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The Plague by Albert Camus 55:00

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This week we revisit 2020, I mean the Vichy/Nazi occupation of the south of France. We were infected with The Plague, Camus' longer, somehow, more depressing work. Host: Dr. Nic Hoffmann Panel: Mike Burns and Mike Carroll "The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, i…

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F*** You, Mark Twain 1:31:46

12M ago1:31:46

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By some miracle, we made it to 100 episodes. This week we discuss Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and wonder why we give this book to children. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episode 77: Romeo and Juliet

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It’s the seventy-seventh episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, cri…

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Billy Budd by Herman Melville 48:44

1y ago48:44

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This month we start with Mike Burns' choice for the high school book he hated, the not subtly homoerotic Billy Budd by Herman Melville. "Billy Budd, Sailor has been called the best short novel ever written. In his brilliantly condensed prose, Herman Melville fashions a legal parable in which reason and intellect prove incapable of preserving innoce…

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I Dreamed I Went to Mandalay Bay Last Night (Rebecca) 1:10:01

1y ago1:10:01

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Death From Above (The War of the Worlds) 1:56:00

1y ago1:56:00

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss HG Wells as The War of the Worlds. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 1:05:50

1y ago1:05:50

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This week we revisit the Gothic Horror, Bildungsroman, potential black comedy, Victorian Middle Class novel that is Jane Eyre. This was Nic's selection for the book he read in high school and hated, but will a reread make it better? It certainly won't make it shorter! From the back of the Penguin Classics Edition (where the cover art comes from as …

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Episode 76: The Latinist

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It’s the seventy-sixth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criti…

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Smile by Raina Telgemeier 38:58

1y ago38:58

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This week on Required Reading we revisit dental trauma as we talk Smile by Raina Telgemeier. From the jacket: "Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood! Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two fron…

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The Ultimate KGB C*ck Block (Doctor Zhivago) 1:19:29

1y ago1:19:29

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This is the reuploaded version of our episode on Doctor Zhivago. Some listeners advised the end had been cut off by our editing software. Thank you! This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the drag that is Doctor Zhivago and why it was so scary to the USSR. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/suppo…

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Beloved by Toni Morrison 1:04:11

1y ago1:04:11

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This episode of Required Reading, we dive into the haunting masterpiece Beloved by Toni Morrison. This complex narrative is an incredible piece of American Fiction, African American literature, and magical realism; truly a remarkable novel. Host: Nic Hoffmann Co-host: Mike Burns Panel: Chase Thompson…

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Episode 75: A Streetcar Named Desire

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It’s the seventy-fifth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criti…

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A Guide to Why Your Black Friends Are Exhausted (A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas) 1:31:38

1y ago1:31:38

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This week Amanda and Victoria discuss A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 54:34

1y ago54:34

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This episode of Required Reading we talk about the western classic, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. This classic of the 1920s is an American novel highlighting the creation of a southwestern diocese, involving interesting characters, good discussions and a crisis of faith. Also, a book we almost couldn't record on we struggled so mu…

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The Return of Two Host One Mic (The Secret Garden) 50:58

1y ago50:58

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Amanda and Victoria FINALLY get to record together in person for the first time in....almost three years? Welcome back with The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We discuss ableism, rest cures, and the garden metaphor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support…

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Episode 74: The Handmaid’s Tale

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It’s the seventy-fourth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, crit…

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