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The Hobbit: Chapters 1-6
Welcome to a new series here on Close Reads! We’re talking Tolkien, we’re talking Hobbits, we’re talking rings and dwarves and wizards, and (this week…
Mar 25
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David Kern
1:05:25
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The Road: Q&A
We’ve come to the end of the line discussing another book and that means it’s time to answer your questions! A lot of questions came in for this one…
Mar 18
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David Kern
1:14:51
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The End of "The Road"
This week we begin with a brief “Posts for the Hosts” segment before diving into conversation about the final passages in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road…
Mar 11
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David Kern
1:12:47
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The Road: Pages 93-198
The gang’s all back to discuss Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. This week we contemplate the gruesome nature of some of the scenes and images in this…
Mar 4
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David Kern
,
Heidi White
,
Sean Johnson
, and
Tim McIntosh
1:10:40
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February 2024
The Road: Pages 1-92
Welcome to our new (and long-awaited) series on Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Road. All four of us are here for this one and here in the…
Feb 26
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David Kern
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Tim McIntosh
,
Heidi White
, and
Sean Johnson
1:12:46
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The Warden: Q&A Episode
And so we come to the end of our conversations on Anthony Trollope’s The Warden, focusing, as always, on your questions. Join us as we dig into…
Feb 20
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David Kern
,
Heidi White
, and
Sean Johnson
1:14:51
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The Warden: The Final Chapters
Welcome to our conversation on the concluding chapters of The Warden, in which the Close Reads team discusses whether this books ends in anti-climax…
Feb 12
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David Kern
,
Heidi White
, and
Sean Johnson
59:33
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The Warden: Chapters 11-15
This week’s episode features a new occasional segment tentatively called “Letters to the Editors” (help us come up with something better!). So click…
Feb 6
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David Kern
,
Sean Johnson
, and
Heidi White
56:03
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January 2024
The Warden: Chapters 6-11
This week on the show, Sean is forced to confront some . . . questions . . . about The Warden presented by David and Heidi (and David suggest a…
Jan 29
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David Kern
,
Sean Johnson
, and
Heidi White
1:07:37
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The Warden: Chapters 1-5
Welcome to conversations on a new book, which is in a genre we seem to turn to at least once a year: a novel about (or from the perspective) of a…
Jan 22
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David Kern
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Sean Johnson
, and
Heidi White
1:06:37
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Summer Lightning: Q&A Episode
It’s Q&A time! This week David, Heidi, and Sean discuss the end of Wodehouse’s Summer Lightning, then dig into some listener questions. Topics of…
Jan 16
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David Kern
,
Heidi White
, and
Sean Johnson
58:59
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Summer Lightning: Chapters 6-13
Welcome back to Wodehouse Wintertime here at Close Reads, where David, Heidi, and Sean are discussing Summer Lightning. And in this episode—after…
Jan 8
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David Kern
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Heidi White
, and
Sean Johnson
1:11:51
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