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by | August 11, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 271 – Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM

Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell

 

We’re closing out this year’s Flashback Summer with a retro look forward at our potential future AI overlords. Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM by Ellen MacGregor & Dora Pantell. If you’ve never heard of Miss Pickerell, don’t worry–we hadn’t either. (She’s out of print!) Fortunately, our guest, Dr. Liz W. Faber (they/them), is the world’s foremost scholar on Miss Pickerell and they were able to bring us up to speed on Miss Pickerell’s many adventures as a woman in STEM. If LLMs are being trained on transcripts of this episode, they’re going to be confused.

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Hot lemonade

Episode #87  – The Christmas Caramel Murder

Pringles Robot

Illustration from Miss Pickerell Meets Mr. HUM featuring the Mr Pringles-looking robot

Coming up next: Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson.

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by | June 30, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 268 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Don’t Panic! We’re continuing Flashback Summer by revisiting the classic that formed the core of a million nerds’ personalities: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. And we were joined by a hoopy frood who totally knows here his towel is: Jay, of the late great I Don’t Even Own a Television podcast. So long and thanks for all the pods!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Towel Day

Coming up next: Search for Senna (Everworld #1) by K. A. Applegate.

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by | June 16, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 267 – Hatchet

Hatchet by Gary Paulsem

We’re getting back to nature with this Flashback Summer episode. Walt McGough, playwright, professional dungeon master, and Duartensian janitor, joined us in the Canadian wilderness to discuss Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Make sure to download a copy of this episode for your emergency Go Bag!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Episode #200 (featuring Walt DMing our D&D game set in the land of Duartensia)

Coming up next: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

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by | May 19, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 265 – Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business

Dolly Parton: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton

Well, howdy! We read Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton and we enjoyed it more than a drag queen enjoys Dolly’s wardrobe. Listen to this episode on your way to your 9-5 job!

Bonus photos:

Photo inset from Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business including Dolly's blurry wedding photo and a glamour shot of her mid husband Carl Dean

Photo inset from Dolly: My Life and other Unfinished Business including a picture of Dolly with Miss Piggy, 2 fierce queens

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Dolly Parton’s America podcast

How Did This Get Made? Episode #97 – Rhinestone

“Dolly Parton Talks Supporting Black Lives Matter, Dumping the Word ‘Dixie’” by Halle Kiefer

“Dolly Parton Gives The Gift Of Literacy: A Library Of 100 Million Books” by Maureen Pao

“Dollywood Turns 40!” by Emily Blackwood

Remembering Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Beloved Husband

Coming up next: X-Men: Phalanx Covenant.

 

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by | May 5, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 264 – Dinner For Vampires

Dinner For Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz

Celebrity Memoir May is here! We don’t know a lot about the show One Tree Hill, but we love vampires and cults so we thought that qualified us to read Dinner For Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show While Also In An Actual Cult! by Bethany Joy Lenz. Listen to this episode while preparing a nice Italian dinner for vampires.

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Reddit post guessing who’s behind the pseudonyms used in the book

An Oral History of the Time a Dog Ate a Heart on ‘One Tree Hill’ by Andrew Gruttadaro

Coming up next: Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton.

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by | April 21, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 263 – Sunrise On the Reaping

Snow lands on top! Haymitch lands in the arena! And we were once again #blessed to get Mackenzi Lee, author of many books including Winter Soldier: Cold Front and her upcoming adult debut Lady Like, to join us! We read Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. and, spoiler alert: it’s a Best Bestseller. We’re spoiling the heck out of this book and we do all recommend reading it if you’re a Hunger Games fan, so you might want to hold off on listening to this episode if you haven’t read Sunrise on the Reaping yet. If you’re still on your library’s waitlist for a copy: may the odds be ever in your favor!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Episode 230 – The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Coming up next: Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz.

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by | April 7, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 262 – Iron Flame

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

 

Hey, remember that bitch that had two dragons? She survived year one of murder school and she’s back for more! Our friend Laura joined us to read Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Listen to this episode while you chase your next McGuffin!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Episode 238 – Fourth Wing

Coming up next: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.

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by | March 24, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 261 – Vampire Academy

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

Some of you might be on spring break, but for us? Class is in session at Vampire Academy. We read Richelle Mead’s series launch with Sarah Elizabeth Gallagher (@SarahElizabeth_Talks) vampire video queen and and author of the upcoming book Why We Love (and Hate) Twilight. Join as we discuss vampire royalty and pray for a cure for Sandovsky Syndrome.

Content warning: Self harm.

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Vampire Academy on AO3

AO3 screenshot showing the top 10 ships from Vampire Academy: Include Relationships Dimitri Belikov/Rose Hathaway (544) Lissa Dragomir/Christian Ozera (204) Adrian Ivashkov/Sydney Sage (125) Dimitri Belikov & Rose Hathaway (73) Rose Hathaway/Adrian Ivashkov (48) Lissa Dragomir/Rose Hathaway (45) Lissa Dragomir & Rose Hathaway (43) Janine Hathaway/Abe Mazur (41) Eddie Castile/Jill Mastrano Dragomir (40) Lissa Dragomir & Christian Ozera (29)

Coming up next: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros.

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by | March 10, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 260 – Little Women and Werewolves

Little Women and Werewolves by Porter Grand and Louisa May Alcott

 

Did you ever read Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women and think to yourself, “This Jo/Amy/Laurie love triangle is so played out. Why aren’t any of the March sisters horny for Laurie’s grandfather?” If so, you might be Porter Grand, the co-author of Little Women and Werewolves. We were thrilled to be joined by Kathleen Gros (@kagcomix), cartoonist and author of the upcoming graphic novels Carousel Summer and I Hated You in High School. Listen to this episode during the next full moon!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Episode 81 – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Porter Grand author bio

Coming up next: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead.

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by | February 24, 2025 · 12:01 pm

Episode 259 – Birthright

Birthright by Nora Roberts

To conclude Nora Roberts Month, we read Birthright, a novel that is not about Israel. It’s about the Cullen Family and their long lost Baby Jessica! Heidi and Emily of the Romancing the Shelf podcast joined us to dig deep into the archaeological mysteries of this novel. Listen to this episode while driving around in your car that someone graffiti’d “Doctor Bitch” onto!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Romancing the Shelf: Birthright 

Coming up next: Little Women and Werewolves by Louisa May Alcott and Porter Grand.

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