12 - MATCHED
We're back in the realm of YA with MATCHED by Ally Condie! We talk horse girls, classic tropes, and eminently reasonable teens, and Bridget flabbergha...
Could Be Worse
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Comedians, performers, and avid readers Caitlin Obom and Bridget Sievers take on the bleak worlds of dystopian books, looking for meaning, goofs, truth, and cutie pies.
11 - READY PLAYER ONE
It's time to dig into READY PLAYER ONE! We discuss gatekeeping, fighting with Ernest, and Wade deeply missing the point. Bridget brings additional lit...
10 - THE CORE OF THE SUN
YOU READY TO GET WEIRD? This week, your devoted hosts grapple with the bizarre and wonderful Finnish book THE CORE OF THE SUN by Johanna Sinisalo. Wil...
9 - THE TIME MACHINE
It’s time for H.G. WELLS’ THE TIME MACHINE, and with this Very Special Episode, we have gently lost the plot. Join us as we create our dream cast for ...
8 - UGLIES
We’re back in the land of teens with Scott Westerfeld’s UGLIES! Wicked stunts, crazy pranks, compulsory surgery, and brain lesions. What’s not to love...
7 - MINORITY REPORT
An unexpected run-in with a short story instead of a novel has produced our most film-centric episode yet! Embrace the early 2000s in all their high-c...
6 - THE PROGRAM
Hello, and welcome to the episode with the most heinous introduction I hope we ever do. Who's your new dad? What's inside your dog? Do they LIKE it? L...
5 - SHADES OF GREY
Woah baby, a late one! Technical difficulties lead us to a summer camp world of literary analysis, replete with crackling fire and raucous cricket cho...
BONUS EPISODE: SNOWPIERCER
Deck the halls with human folly! It’s a very merry krangle from Bridget and Caitlin! In celebration of Bridget’s return to the greatest land on earth,...
4 - FEED
This week, we're chewing into M.T. Anderson’s Feed, in perhaps our most harrowing future yet because WE ARE SO CLOSE TO LIVING IT. Foregoing personal ...