A Bit of Escapism, As A Treat: Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey"

Send us a textWe're talking about the age-old tensions between fine art, needing to eat, and deciding whether selling out is worth it as we discuss Roald Dahl's 1952 short story, "Skin."If you would like to find more of Jess's work, check her out on Instagram! You can find her and her art @JessVersus **NOTE: In the episode I refer to both Chaim Soutine and a character based on him as being from Russia, when in fact, Soutine was from Belarus, which was part of the Russian Empire at the time but is in fact a distinct place and culture!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Rêves Français for our closing music, "Pont Marie."Support the show

Send us a textInfidelity! True crime obsessions! Mistaken identities! David Timberline joins us to discuss Anthony Shaffer's "Murderer," the consequences of getting too into true crime, and more! If you enjoyed David, you can find him on his podcast, "Chasing Phantom," about the longest running Broadway shows in history. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to CJ-O dot org for our closing music, "The Skeptic."Support the show

Send us a textPart Two!We're BACK in the swing of things with resident Medievalist gal-about-town, Toni, to take a ride through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--and to discuss the, ah, somewhat polarizing A24 adaptation. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen dot org for our closing music, "Amicus Meus."Support the show

Send us a textWe're BACK in the swing of things with resident Medievalist gal-about-town, Toni, to take a ride through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--and to discuss the, ah, somewhat polarizing A24 adaptation. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen dot org for our closing music, "Amicus Meus."Support the show

Send us a text2025 is here and we are not! Ready! So join us on a meandering adventure through "Smilin' Jack and the Daredevil Girl Pilot," an extremely silly bit of WW2 propaganda for kids. Nazis! Planes! Dames! What more could you ask for? As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Lady Liberty for our closing music, "The Cat's Pajamas."Support the show

Send us a textOur second Holiday Haunt! A woman spending Christmas alone has a rather unexpected visitor in Rosemary Timperley's sweet-but-spooky holiday ghost story. See you in the new year!XOXOSupport the show

Send us a textHappy Holidays and a Festive Winter Season to all! For our first Holiday Haunt, we're reading Margery Lawrence's "The Man Who Came Back," in which a Christmas party takes a sudden turn when a medium is invited to perform a seance--and all the guests may not be as innocent as they appear.Regular episodes will resume in the new year!XOXOSupport the show

Send us a textWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Beloved friend of the pod Leigh is back to talk about moms hitting the wall, the Ethels we all have in our lives, and how truly insulting a gift can really be as we discuss Maeve Binche's "This Year It Will Be Different." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Dr. Delight for our closing music, "You Broke My Heart."Support the show

Send us a textComedian Hannah Land joins us to talk about L.P. Hartley, daddy issues, Santa Claus, and why we spend so much time trying to kill Daddy Santa as we discuss Hartley's ghostly Christmas short story, "Someone in the Lift"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Thorr for our closing music, "Slay Bells."Support the show

Send us a textWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!PART TWO! The holidays are nearly here, and the world is maybe ending, we're not sure! Either way, things are getting kind of stressful!!With that in mind, we're diving into a little escapism, as a treat--take a break from the world and hang out with us in Austen's first-ever novel, "Northanger Abbey"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Moments for our closing music, "Restless Sleep."Support the show