Episodes

  • Episode 217 - Summer Media 2025

    Episode 217 - Summer Media 2025
    Aug 19 2025
    It’s episode 217 and time for our Summer Media Update! We discuss shelf trophies, sumo wrestling, Kpop Demon Hunters, blogs in book form, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Jam Bear and Breakfast (video game)Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists (podcast) "The Look" Summer Vacation Special Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads concert film) Matthew Sumo Wrestling Blue Whirlwind - A Ukrainian sumo wrestlerSumopediaThe places sumo matches happen are “sumo halls” House to Astonish The Lightning Round (Thunderbolts)Daredevil Villains Kpop Demon Hunters Saja Boys - Soda Pop Meghan Romantasy and BookTube (Bookhalla)Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series en francais (Les Aventures d'Anita Blake, tueuse de vampire) The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlman Anna Honey, I Joined a CultPuzzles Odd Pieces No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin Other Media We Mentioned Luck in the Shadows by Lynn FlewellingThe Rocky Horror Picture Show Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Links, Articles, and Things LRR Twitch Stream Highlights 2025-08-16The pretty books YouTube shortChuck E. Cheese True Crime books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial by Rabia Chaudry In the Ghost Shadows: The Untold Story of Chinatown's Most Powerful Crime Boss by Peter Chin and Everett De Morier Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness by Alfredo Corchado A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story behind the Missing Forty-Three Students by Anabel Hernández Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman by Yvonne Johnson and Rudy Wiebe Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping by Shane McCrae Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts, and Schemes by Laci Mosley Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami, Alfred Birnbaum (Translator), Philip Gabriel (Translator) No Human Involved: The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference by Cheryl Neely Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett by Michael Nest, Deanna Reder, Eric Bell Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith The Gangs of Zion: a Black cop's Crusade in Mormon Country by Ron Stallworth Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America by Mamie Till-Mobley and Christopher Benson Like Every Form of Love: A Memoir of Friendship and True Crime by Padma Viswanathan Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us on Tuesday, September 2nd we’ll be discussing Book Club Books, whatever that means. Then on Tuesday, October 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Vampires!
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    53 mins
  • Episode 216 - Rural Noir & Grit Lit

    Episode 216 - Rural Noir & Grit Lit
    Aug 5 2025
    It’s episode 216 and time for us to talk about the genre of Rural Noir / Grit Lit! We discuss what counts as “rural,” whether “coastal noir” is a thing, how intense these stories can be, and more! Plus: Should fiction about Gritty (the mascot) be classified as about a "real person"? You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Recommend a genre for us to read in 2026! Things We Read (or tried to…) Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinAmerican Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden The White Girl by Tony Birch Other Media We Mentioned True Grit by Charles Portis Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray PollockWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellHatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Dry by Jane HarperTown Smokes by Pinckney BenedictGrit Lit: A Rough South ReaderScalped: The Deluxe Edition, Book One, by Jason Aaron and R.M. GuéraRez Metal (documentary)Rez Metal: Inside the Navajo Nation Heavy Metal Scene by Ashkan Soltani Stone and Natale A Zappia Revolutions: Welcome to the Martian Revolution Links, Articles, and Things Episode 049 - Southern Gothic List of states and territories of the United States by population density Rhode Island is the 2nd most densely populated state Episode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian NoirCasa BonitaGritty (Hockey RPF) on AO3 11 Rural Noir and Grit Lit books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The White Girl by Tony Birch All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby Wounded by Percival Everett These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant Madukka the River Serpent by Julie Janson Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 19th when it’s time for our summer Media update when we’ll talk about books, comics, games, music and more! Then on Tuesday, September 2nd we’ll be discussing Book Club Books, whatever that means.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025

    Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025
    Jul 15 2025
    It’s episode 215 and time for our annual Battle of the Books! This year we’re each pitching a non-fiction book we think we should all read and discuss and then you (our listeners) get to vote on which one! Plus! A chance for a listener to win a book! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!) Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini VaraMood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist by Liz PellyHow to Read Now by Elaine Castillo How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler Titles from our Short Lists Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn I Was a Stripper Librarian: From Cardigans to G-strings by Kristy Cooper A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird by Rosemary MoscoMagical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica VillarrealFloating Hotel by Grace CurtisHarriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen Links, Articles, and Things Review of Mood Machine from Publishers Weekly The Ghosts in the Machine: Spotify’s plot against musicians by Liz PellyIf Books Could Kill Previous episodes Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2018) Episode 079 - Which Book Should We Read? (2019)Episode 083 - The Fifth Season Episode 103 - Battle of the Books 2020Episode 107 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021 Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Episode 154 - Battle of the Books 2022 Episode 159 - Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart Episode 179 - Battle of the Books 2023 Episode 183 - One Book One Podcast: Upright Women Wanted Episode 196 - Battle of the Books 2024: One Book One Podcast Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive BakingMatthew finally made a category 15 Supernatural Thrillers by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline The Good House by Tananarive Due Shutter by Ramona Emerson The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones When Devils Sing by Xan Kaur Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse Model Home by Rivers Solomon Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha Tobias The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, August 5th when we’ll be discussing the genre of Rural Noir and Grit Lit! Then on Tuesday, August 19th when it’s time for our summer Media update when we’ll talk about books, comics, games, music and more!
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    29 mins
  • Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling

    Episode 214 - Non-Traditional Storytelling
    Jul 1 2025
    It’s episode 214 and time for us to talk about the genre/topic of Non-Traditional Storytelling! We discuss epistolary novels, novels in verse, punctuation, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowellTime Machine 2: Search For Dinosaurs and David BischoffInheritance by Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis, and Medina Hahn Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience - trailer Bats of the Republic by Zachery Thomas Dodson Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Finding Baba Yaga by Jane Yolen Other Media We Mentioned Choose Your Own AdventureS. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino, translated by William WeaverEvelina, or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Frances BurneyThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven HallElla Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark DunnA Void/La Disparition by Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert AdairHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Argonauts by Maggie Nelson We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonDetroit: Become Human Talking Simulator — Detroit: Become Human Garth Marenghi's Darkplace “I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards.” Wanted: DeadMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonWar and Peace by Lev Tolstoy, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyRed: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll YahgulanaasBlue Prince Can You Solve the Murder?: An Interactive Crime Novel by Antony JohnstonThe Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick Links, Articles, and Things Episode 037 - Experimental FictionOulipoReddit threads Books with experimental or unusual formats - multiple illustrations, combination of mediums, alternating structure etc Any books with unconventional or creative storytelling formats/structures you'd recommend?List of sandwiches Architecture student writes 149-page thesis without punctuation 15 Non-Traditional Storytelling books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Watercolor Women / Opaque Men: A Novel in Verse by Ana Castillo Inheritance: A Pick-the-Path Experience by Darrell Dennis, Medina Hahn, and Daniel Arnold The Girl I Am, Was, And Never Will Be by Shannon Gibney The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva This Could Have Become Ramayan Chamar's Tale: Two Anti-Novels by Subimal Misra, translated by V. Ramaswamy Monster by Walter Dean Myers Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero Ain’t Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds with art by Jason Griffin Please Stop Trying to Leave Me by Alana Saab Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq with art by Jaime Hernandez Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon with art by Frank Yoon Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, translated by Megan McDowell Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, July 15th. It's time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read. Then on Tuesday, August 5th when we’ll be discussing the genre of Rural Noir/Grit Lit.
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    59 mins
  • Episode 213 - Found Books

    Episode 213 - Found Books
    Jun 3 2025

    It’s episode 213 and time for us to talk about “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps! We discuss the recently returned book cart, getting books for free, getting rid of books, and more!

    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

    In this episode

    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

    Things We Read (or tried to…)

    • Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
    • The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
    • What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
    • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver
    • Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet

    Other Media We Mentioned

    • Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
    • Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
    • Returnal
    • Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
    • The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello
    • White Dwarf (Warhammer magazine)

    Links, Articles, and Things

    • #UBCnoox
    • Meghan’s map
    • Public bookcase (Wikipedia)
    • Little Free Library (Wikipedia)
    • Against Little Free Libraries
    • Vegetarian Peanut Soup
    • Cottage: North America
    • Sudoku (Wikipedia)
    • Paper embossing (Wikipedia)

    Give us feedback!

    • Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!

    Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email!

    Join us again on Tuesday, July 1st when we’ll be discussing the genre/format of Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. not prose).

    Then on Tuesday, July 15th it’s time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read.
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    1 hr
  • Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics

    Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics
    May 6 2025
    It’s episode 212 and time for us to talk about excellently complicate the non-fiction genre of Linguistics & Language! We discuss 🤔, our academic backgrounds, the power of words, accents, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCullochFifty Sounds by Polly BartonIn Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann GoldsteinI is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World by James GearyBabel: Around the World in Twenty Languages by Gaston Dorren Other Media We Mentioned 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: With More Ways by Eliot Weinberger Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy DeutscherOtherwords - Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics Your Computer Is on Fire edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Marie Hicks, and Kavita Philip What the Font?! - A Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi AshiyaGiga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography by Fumiyo Kouno, translated by Ko Ransom The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō, translated by Cathy Hirano Occasional reminder that whenever you say "sparks joy" you are not quoting Marie Kondo.You are quoting her translator, Cathy Hirano. She invented "sparks joy" out of whole cloth. What Marie Kondo says is "This makes my heart go pitter pat.” -Zack Davisson Eine wie Alaska [Looking for Alaska] by John Green, translated by Sophie Zeitz “I would read it in German, for a few reasons” - John Green Die kleine Fledermaus Wegda by Nanna Nesshöver and Wiebke RauersLingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren, translated by Alison Edwards Links, Articles, and Things Great Vowel Shift (Wikipedia)Lolcat (Wikipedia)Kinokuniya There are four Kinokuniya shops in Texas. Four! Put one in Denver! Abugida (Wikipedia)Episode 209 - Design 15 Language & Linguistics Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Otter's Journey Through Indigenous Language and Law by Lindsay Keegitah Borrows The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Lisa Delpit Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, and Ayelet Tsabari Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education by Lorena Sekwan Fontaine Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language by Jila Ghomeshi A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism by Tomson Highway My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría Hudes Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases by Maia Lee-Chin with illustrations by Marta Bertello Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter – Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter The Ecology of Language Evolution by Salikoko S. Mufwene Mâci-Nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree by Solomon Ratt with illustrations by Holly Martin Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture by Lee A. Tonouchi Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 3rd when we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps. Then on July 1st we’ll be talking about Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. fiction that’s not prose)!
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Episode 211 - Spring Media Update 2025

    Episode 211 - Spring Media Update 2025
    Apr 15 2025
    It’s episode 211 and we’re talking about books and other media we’ve enjoyed recently! We discuss early internet chatrooms, shuttlecocks, haunted dolls, what constitutes a “banger”, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What We’re Into: Anna Acid West by Joshua WheelerTwo Point Museum Trailer R.E.P.O. || Crossing the Streams R.E.P.O. on Stream Matthew Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl by Tim HanleyYakuza: Like a Dragon 7 Weirdest Yakuza: Like a Dragon Quests That Were Bizarre Even by Yakuza Standards Mantracks: a True Story of Fake Fossils Jam WEBFISHING Trailer Murdle Volume 1 by G.T. KarberRuPaul’s Drag Race adjacent media Runnereye (YouTube)Drag Her (podcast)UpUntil Dawn (YouTube)I Got Dr*nk and Built the Lego Tuxedo Cat (Crashout Included)Crystal Envy & Lexi Love’s “Alter Ego” Lip SyncArrietty & Lydia B Kollins’ “Boogie Wonderland” Lip Sync Meghan Hex by Thomas Olde HeuveltBadminton Pilou Meeting Infinity and Infinity Wars (short story collections) Other Media We Mentioned Didi (film)Doechii - Denial is a River Links, Articles, and Things RA in a Dayfolio - 019 - immanence 01 - with jam edwards & garbageface aka gnostic front aka karol orzechowskiSpaceport America 15 Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Myths, and Folklore books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Women Wide Awake: Stories, Sculptures and Poems From Sindhi Folklore by Nimra Bandukwala and Manahil Bandukwala Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Romance by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph F. McCarthy The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar Blackberry Blue: And Other Fairy Tales by Jamila Gavin Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon The Dragon Slayer: Folktales From Latin America by Jamie Hernandez Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions by Tomson Highway Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre An Introduction to Yōkai Culture: Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History by Komatsu Kazuhiko, translated by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda Rediscovering Turtle Island: a First Peoples' Account of the Sacred Geography of America by Taylor Keen Night Stories: Folktales From Latin America by Liniers Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories From India by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy Vietnamese Folktales for Children: Stories of Adventure and Wonder in Vietnamese and English by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran, illustrated by Dong Nguyen and Hop Thi Nguyen The Little Hummingbird by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 6th when we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language! Then on Tuesday, June 3rd we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps.
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    1 hr
  • Episode 210 - Romantasy

    Episode 210 - Romantasy
    Apr 1 2025
    It’s episode 210 and time for us to talk about the genre of Romantasy! We discuss romance series, happily ever afters, tropes, social media, and more! Plus, special guest romance fiction researcher Christine Larson! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis, narrated by Amanda Leigh Cobb A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty The Significance Of S.A. Chakraborty’s Name Adjustment In Upcoming Book One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix (not mentioned in episode) The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen (not mentioned in episode) Order of Swans by Jude Deveraux (not mentioned by name) Other Media We Mentioned Love in the Time of Self-Publishing: How Romance Writers Changed the Rules of Writing and Success by Christine Larson Ender’s Game / Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott CardThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashoreRedwall by Brian Jacques Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini TaylorThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold Empty Crown by Rosemary Edgehill A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamiton Links, Articles, and Things RA in a DayEpisode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian Noir Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Let Them Eat Tropes: Why Romantasy Needs to Grow Beyond Trends Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story? What is ‘romantasy,’ and why can’t readers get enough? (Interview with Christine Larson) 15 Romantasy books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. This Monster of Mine by Shalini AbeysekaraA Broken Blade by Melissa Blair Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi Faebound by Saara El-Arifi Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya Witchmark by C.L. Polk Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 15th for our Spring Media Update! We’ll let you know about the media we’ve been enjoying recently that we haven’t experienced for the podcast. Then on Tuesday, May 6th we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language!
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    1 hr and 24 mins