I Don't Imagine Anyone's Listening

I finally watched the Barbie movie. It wasn't great. Listen to my lukewarm take and promises of better things to come. Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Instagram Website Like books? Check out (and buy!) all the books I've covered or mentioned on the show with this running list on Bookshop.org . You can also b...

We are once again squeaking into a liturgical season. Before (or as) we switch from white (to red) to green, join me as I ramble through The Return of the King , which I think you'll find is pretty liturgically appropriate. Read the book! Support the show and buy a copy through my Bookshop.org affiliate link:  https://bookshop.org/a/96014/9780547928197 Burning questions answered here Thanks f...

Join me on this low-energy ramble through The Two Towers . It is very late and I am very tired. I did my best. German listeners: I know you're from Frankfurt. I don't know why I said Munich. It was late and I still love you. Please don't leave me. The book is better than whatever I said about it here. Get a copy through my Bookshop.org affiliate link:  https://bookshop.org/a/96014/9...

Join me as a I ramble through The Fellowship of the Ring .  I don't have much to say about that, as I said quite a bit in the episode. Don't just listen to me bang on about it, read the book! Get a copy through my Bookshop.org affiliate link:  https://bookshop.org/a/96014/9780547928210 Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet...

I may have missed the entire (quite long) Christmas season, but I'm squeaking in there with Ordinary Time. Join me as I muddle through The Children of Hurin . It's not my finest work, but you'll at least get a chance to laugh at me. Join me sometime in Lent for wherever I happen to be in The Lord of the Rings ! Read this bonkers (but excellent) book for yourself! Buy a copy through...

Well, I'm (there and) back (again). In my ongoing endeavor to not leave this alone for months on end, I've embarked on what I'm calling "my liturgical year of Tolkien." It's Advent, and I'm starting with The Hobbit because reasons. This episode consists primarily of me telling you about all the weirdest bits from the 1977 cartoon. Enjoy. The Hobbit is my favorite...

A sort of review of the new adaptation of Persuasion on Netflix starring Dakota Johnson. You may or may not like it. The movie, not the episode. This episode is great and you will love it. You'll love the book, too! Get a copy and support the show by purchasing through my Bookshop.org affiliate link:  https://bookshop.org/a/96014/9780451530837 Burning questions answered here Thanks for listen...

I got to read Anthony Doerr's new novel Cloud Cuckoo Land before it comes out this Tuesday, so I reviewed it for you all. TL;DR version: it's good, you should read it. Read the book and support the show by buying a copy through my Bookshop.org affiliate link:  https://bookshop.org/a/96014/9781982168445 Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me ar...

I read Ender's Game over Labor Day Weekend and then I decided to revisit the movie. It's a bit of a slippery fish when it comes to adapting this particular IP and maybe it should just be left alone. Beware: spoilers abound. Get yourself a copy of Ender's Game and support the show by purchasing it through my Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://bookshop.org/a/96014/9781250773012 Burn...

Don't let FOMO (do people still say that?) lead to resentment. Plus I tease some upcoming content. Watch this space! (Do people still say that ?) Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Instagram Website Like books? Check out (and buy!) all the books I've covered or mentioned on the show with this running list on Bo...

Join me as I drone on about the various languages I took at various points in my education in my perpetual search for the point that I was trying to make. This time said point is about which language I should dedicate my precious free time to teaching myself. Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Instagram Website Like book...

I am a big fan of the Loki series that just concluded its first season on Disney+. Give a listen as I go through the show episode by episode with my takes and reactions. There will be spoilers. So many spoilers. I think the only thing I don't spoil is Alligator Loki. ...whoops. Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Ins...

You may have noticed there was no episode last weekend. Was it because it was Independence Day? Was it because I forgot? Or am I trying to buy myself time because I don't have anything else recorded? Who's to say? Whatever the reason, feast your ears on some poetry, both proper poets' poetry, read badly by me, and some other poetry, written badly by me. It had been many years since...

What is it that makes you see yourself in a fictional character? Or, what is it about a fictional character that makes you feel represented by them? I take issue with the popular understanding of representation in media in an episode that might get me in trouble if, you know, anyone were listening. There's a gorgeous new box set of  The Lord of the Rings . You should buy it through my Booksho...

I admit to just not knowing some stuff that may or may not be important and I probably reveal that I know even less than I think I do. Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Instagram Website Like books? Check out (and buy!) all the books I've covered or mentioned on the show with this running list on Bookshop.org . You...

This time I try not to ramble (thoughII probably fail) while exploring what happens when an introvert does an extrovert's job. Jessica Pan's excellent book Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Instagram Website Like books? Check out (and buy!) all the books I've covered or mentioned on the show with this run...

The first episode! I attempt to weigh the pros and cons of writing in books, but I mainly just ramble about the time I read a used copy of Brideshead Revisited . Burning questions answered here Thanks for listening! Support the show or follow me around the internet: Twitter Instagram Website Like books? Check out (and buy!) all the books I've covered or mentioned on the show with this running...