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The Great Gatsby: Q&A Episode

As always, you had plenty of great questions about our current book and on this episode we did our best to answer a bunch of them.

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June 2025

The Great Gatsby: The Final Chapters

It’s a bit late, but better late than never, right?

Jun 25 •

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1:16:37

The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4-6

Welcome back to our series on F.

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The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1-3

Welcome to a new series of episodes on another wonderful book.

Jun 9 •

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A Mailbag Episode

We’re in between books so we answered as many of your questions as we could—which is to say, this is one of those wide-ranging episodes on a variety of…

Jun 2 •

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1:26:36

May 2025

Piranesi: Q&A Episode

You had questions; we did our best to answer them.

May 27 •

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Piranesi: To the End

We’ve come to the end of Susannah Clarke’s novel, which means it’s time to discuss whether the somewhat controversial ending is ultimately satisfying…

May 20 •

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1:25:26

Piranesi: Chapters 4 and 5

Wikipedia rabbit holes.

May 13 •

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1:03:36

Piranesi: Parts 2 and 3

Welcome back to our ongoing conversation on Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. This week we’re discussing the book’s genre-bending nature, Clarke’s extremely…

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1:02:53

April 2025

Piranesi: Part 1

Welcome to a new series!

Apr 28 •

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1:00:32

O Pioneers!: Q&A Episode

You had questions; we did our best to answer them.

Apr 22 •

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O Pioneers!: To the End

This week, Sean describes how he wasn’t prepared for the ending of this book and we discuss the precision of the writing in some of the key scenes.

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