Run Read Repeat

On this episode of RRR, Travis and Steven reminisce on their small-town upbringings, connecting with the familiar themes, personalities, and hard truths that rise out of Barbara Kingsolver's powerful novel Demon Copperhead . Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, it is a modernized adaptation of Charles Dickens' partially autobiographical novel David Copperfield . Set in Appalachia...

In Episode 3 of Run, Read, Repeat, we find ourselves in the freezing cold and wild of far east Russia. It's a murder mystery involving man and beast that shakes a community and makes them question their livelihoods and their long-held beliefs about tigers that roam and rule the land they live on. Travis and Steven discuss their own experiences with mountain lions in the Pacific Northwest. Woul...

In episode 2 of Run, Read, Repeat, we tackle Touching the Void, an extraordinary retelling of an epic, yet disastrous mountaineering trip set in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. Written by mountaineer Joe Simpson, with additional input from his climbing partner Simon Yates, it's sure to both inspire and strike caution in you. Travis and Steven talk about their own experiences pushing physical limit...

In our first official RRR episode, we take a dive into the popular 2021 "hard science fiction" novel Project Hail Mary, written by Andy Weir. How was the writing and the story? What did we like and dislike? What are the practical ramifications? Are aliens real?

We're just two friends who are both dads, runners, and readers. We like to run, and we like to read, and we like to compare notes about what we read, from fiction to nonfiction, there's almost nothing we won't try. So join us! We'll be choosing one book to read each month to be consumed any which way (paperback, hardcover, and audiobook are all fair game). Then we'll talk about...