Episodes

Are you feeling a little too happy? You know the weekend is coming, so you've got a spring in your step? Don't worry, we're here to weigh you down with death, starvation, and the unbearable weight of family financial ruin in Lawrence Yep's "The Serpent's Children". But there's also fun, snarky humor? ...It's complicated. Emily and Kelly dive into a world with strong, fascinating characters struggling to survive in a world that just gets a little bit Too Real. Music: "Hearbreaker" by Jahzzar (be...

Are you feeling a little too happy? You know the weekend is coming, so you've got a spring in your step? Don't worry, we're here to weigh you down with death, starvation, and the unbearable weight of family financial ruin in Lawrence Yep's "The Serpent's Children". But there's also fun, snarky humor? ...It's complicated. Emily and Kelly dive into a world with strong, fascinating characters struggling to survive in a world that just gets a little bit Too Real. Music: "Hearbreaker" by Jahzzar (be...

We must! We must! We must... read Judy Blume's classic tale, "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret". Kelly and Emily read one of the absolute classics of puberty as they discuss Margaret's story about growing up and growing into who you are. It's time to chat about childhood, so curl up with some hot cocoa and a warm blanket and join the conversation about awkward childhood moments and terrible names for sanitary product companies. Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (bet...

We must! We must! We must... read Judy Blume's classic tale, "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret". Kelly and Emily read one of the absolute classics of puberty as they discuss Margaret's story about growing up and growing into who you are. It's time to chat about childhood, so curl up with some hot cocoa and a warm blanket and join the conversation about awkward childhood moments and terrible names for sanitary product companies. Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (bet...

Kelly and Emily have a rat problem on the podcast - and that problem is that they've spent so much of their lives not considering the implications and cultural evolution of a large-scale society of super-powered, semi-immortal science rats. This week, Emily and Kelly curl up with the furry folk from Robert C. O'Brien's "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH". It's time to dive deep into the questions of cultural isolation, the changing ethics of literary narratives on animal experimentation, and tha...

Kelly and Emily have a rat problem on the podcast - and that problem is that they've spent so much of their lives not considering the implications and cultural evolution of a large-scale society of super-powered, semi-immortal science rats. This week, Emily and Kelly curl up with the furry folk from Robert C. O'Brien's "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH". It's time to dive deep into the questions of cultural isolation, the changing ethics of literary narratives on animal experimentation, and tha...

Get ready for a wild week, everyone. Action! Adventure! Detectives! Kidnapping! Blue genetically-engineered monkeys! A younger brother who acts his age! This week, Kelly and Emily read Nancy Farmer's Newbery Honor-winning "The Ear, the Eye and the Arm". Emily brings a blast from the past as they discuss this tale from the future. Thanks for listening! Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

Get ready for a wild week, everyone. Action! Adventure! Detectives! Kidnapping! Blue genetically-engineered monkeys! A younger brother who acts his age! This week, Kelly and Emily read Nancy Farmer's Newbery Honor-winning "The Ear, the Eye and the Arm". Emily brings a blast from the past as they discuss this tale from the future. Thanks for listening! Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

This week, Kelly and Emily discuss C. S. Lewis's "The Last Battle". Wait... I mean, "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". It's just really hard to talk about one of these books without talking about ALL of these books, okay? So this podcast contains spoilers for "The Last Battle", "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", "The Magician's Nephew"... Anyway, this week, Kelly and Emily dive into the wardrobe and emerge to discuss the Susan Situation, post-Narnia trauma, and why Santa bring misogyny for C...

This week, Kelly and Emily discuss C. S. Lewis's "The Last Battle". Wait... I mean, "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". It's just really hard to talk about one of these books without talking about ALL of these books, okay? So this podcast contains spoilers for "The Last Battle", "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", "The Magician's Nephew"... Anyway, this week, Kelly and Emily dive into the wardrobe and emerge to discuss the Susan Situation, post-Narnia trauma, and why Santa bring misogyny for C...

We've learned something important this week, dear listeners: it's time to forget that 9-to-5 urban life and run away! This week, we're reading a tale of an escape to peaceful woodland living in Jean Craighead George's book, "My Side of the Mountain". Just how many people can you fit into a hollowed-out tree, anyway? What's the etiquette for chatting up a stranger that you're pretty sure is definitely a bandit? And what are the odds this book's diagrams could actually help us make a fish hook? We...

We've learned something important this week, dear listeners: it's time to forget that 9-to-5 urban life and run away! This week, we're reading a tale of an escape to peaceful woodland living in Jean Craighead George's book, "My Side of the Mountain". Just how many people can you fit into a hollowed-out tree, anyway? What's the etiquette for chatting up a stranger that you're pretty sure is definitely a bandit? And what are the odds this book's diagrams could actually help us make a fish hook? We...

With the release of a theatrical adaptation on the horizon, Kelly and Emily hop on the bandwagon and tackle Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time". They have questions. So many questions. Infinite questions. And (spoiler alert) they don't find many answers. Why DO so many books have all-knowing, overly-precocious five-year-olds? Come join the wild journey through time, space, and tesseracts. And if you have answers, please tweet them at @ThrowbackBSPod. Seriously. Really. Please. We have so m...

With the release of a theatrical adaptation on the horizon, Kelly and Emily hop on the bandwagon and tackle Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time". They have questions. So many questions. Infinite questions. And (spoiler alert) they don't find many answers. Why DO so many books have all-knowing, overly-precocious five-year-olds? Come join the wild journey through time, space, and tesseracts. And if you have answers, please tweet them at @ThrowbackBSPod. Seriously. Really. Please. We have so m...

Remember digging holes as a kid, just for the sake of seeing what you can find? Cherish those sweet memories of nostalgia, because this week, digging holes is gonna get TOO REAL. Emily and Kelly settle in to read Louis Sachar's 1998 book, "Holes" and discuss their feelings about onions and their respective lizard attack survival strategies. Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

Remember digging holes as a kid, just for the sake of seeing what you can find? Cherish those sweet memories of nostalgia, because this week, digging holes is gonna get TOO REAL. Emily and Kelly settle in to read Louis Sachar's 1998 book, "Holes" and discuss their feelings about onions and their respective lizard attack survival strategies. Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's time to talk about favorite saints, 13th century hygeine, and weather definitions as Kelly and Emily sit down to talk about (...or wildly flail about) Karen Cushman's 1994 book, "Catherine, Called Birdy". Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's time to talk about favorite saints, 13th century hygeine, and weather definitions as Kelly and Emily sit down to talk about (...or wildly flail about) Karen Cushman's 1994 book, "Catherine, Called Birdy". Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

Are your children sneaking into strangers' backyards and setting fires? Are they developing a cultlike secret society? Do they have a psychic taxidermy owl? If so, they definitely need to listen to Kelly and Emily talk about Zilpha Keatley Snyder's 1967 novel, "The Egpyt Game". Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

Are your children sneaking into strangers' backyards and setting fires? Are they developing a cultlike secret society? Do they have a psychic taxidermy owl? If so, they definitely need to listen to Kelly and Emily talk about Zilpha Keatley Snyder's 1967 novel, "The Egpyt Game". Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's time to bring some magic to the holiday season with Gail Carson Levine's 1997 book, 'Ella Enchanted'! Emily and Kelly discuss terrible faeries, sketchy consent, relationship considerations for cursed women, and how to measure pants. Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's time to bring some magic to the holiday season with Gail Carson Levine's 1997 book, 'Ella Enchanted'! Emily and Kelly discuss terrible faeries, sketchy consent, relationship considerations for cursed women, and how to measure pants. Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's a dive into the world of high school hijinx this week - MURDER hijinx! Kelly and Emily read Lois Duncan's 1978 suspense novel, 'Killing Mr. Griffin', and try to figure out where these terrible teens went wrong in their plan (spoiler alert: everywhere). Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's a dive into the world of high school hijinx this week - MURDER hijinx! Kelly and Emily read Lois Duncan's 1978 suspense novel, 'Killing Mr. Griffin', and try to figure out where these terrible teens went wrong in their plan (spoiler alert: everywhere). Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)