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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.
Jul 2
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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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1:30:04
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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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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1:16:37
The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4-6
Welcome back to our series on F.
Jun 16
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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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55:01
The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1-3
Welcome to a new series of episodes on another wonderful book.
Jun 9
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David Kern
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Sean Johnson
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Heidi White
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1:05:36
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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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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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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David Kern
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Sean Johnson
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Heidi White
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1:04:54
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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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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Piranesi: To the End
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1:25:26
Piranesi: Chapters 4 and 5
Wikipedia rabbit holes.
May 13
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David Kern
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Sean Johnson
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Heidi White
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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…
May 5
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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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1:02:53
April 2025
Piranesi: Part 1
Welcome to a new series!
Apr 28
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David Kern
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Sean Johnson
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Heidi White
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O Pioneers!: Q&A Episode
You had questions; we did our best to answer them.
Apr 22
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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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1:04:22
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.
Apr 15
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David Kern
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Heidi White
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Sean Johnson
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