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Things We Read Instead

Things We Read Instead

By: Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
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A monthly podcast where two distractable nerds spend their time chatting bubbles about the enjoyment of something unintended but fabulous, while also trying to get their to be read piles under control.

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Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
Episodes
  • What Vic Read Instead of A Distant Mirror - Part 2
    Aug 18 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman

    Crecy by Michael Livingston

    Essex Dogs by Dan Jones

    Out of the Past by Aaron Worth

    Redcoat by Richard Holmes

    Tommy by Richard Holmes

    The Black Death by Philip Ziegler


    To Watch Instead

    Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    Contagion (2011)

    Conclave (2024)


    We will see you in May for our next episode and you can find out what the War Bore thought about next months read and what else he read instead.

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    51 mins
  • What Vic Read Instead of A Distant Mirror - Part 1
    Aug 4 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's take on Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    Logging Off by Adele Zeynep Walton

    Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince

    Ariadne by Jennifer Saint


    Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the War Bore will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.


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    41 mins
  • What Chris Read Instead of Empire of Pain - Part 2
    Jun 23 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddan Keefe . Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    Dope Sick by Beth Macy

    Careless People by Sarah Wynne-Williams

    The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind


    To Watch Instead

    The Dropout podcast (2019)

    Dr Death (2021)

    All The Beauty and The Bloodshed (2022)

    Death of A Unicorn (2025)


    We will see you in July for some fantastic content from Hay On Wye and our regular podcast will be back in August after the Girly Swot and War Bore return :)

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    43 mins
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