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Episode 25: “Deus Ex Rockina,” or N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, Part II
Jemisin weaves three major threads into one in the second half of The Fifth Season, but the lads take issue with some of the convenient plot wrapping....
Episode 24: “How to Make a Pangea Omelette,” or N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season is… a lot. Fantasy? Sure. Sci-fi? Maybe. Allegory? Definitely. The first half introduces us to three apparently different protagonists,...
Episode 23: “In Search of the Perfect Read, Part III,” or “Baseball, Massholes, and Interspecies Dorking”
We hear from you! We share listener summer read recommendations in the form of voicemails and texts. Dukes + Bagg each share a summer reading recommendation,...
Episode 22: “In Search of the Perfect Read, Part II” or “Summer Reading for Grown Ups.”
We’re joined by two journalists and avid readers, Susie An and Arionne Nettles, both former colleagues of Jesse’s from WBEZ in Chicago. Susie and...
Episode 21: “In Search of the Perfect Read, Part I” or “Summer Reading for Teens”.
We’re joined by two veteran high school English teachers, each with a summer reading recommendation for a teenager. We talk about about how speculative...
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