Mangum Talks

Mangum Reads

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Mangum Reads is a podcast aimed at reviewed and analyzing interesting short stories, novellas, and novels.

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Pottering Around – Chapter 11 Quidditch 06.11.2019 37:36

Did you know that 1 in 6 wizards would have to be professional quidditch players?

Pottering Around – Chapter 10 Halloween 31.10.2019 32:44

I have Matlab for all my math needs.

Episode 36 – Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong 29.10.2019 1:43:22

So she's essentially like Kirby.

Pottering Around – Chapter 9 The Midnight Duel 29.10.2019 36:39

I would figure out something to save my friends from a troll.

Pottering Around – Chapter 8 The Potions Master 22.10.2019 38:01

Spencer hates Snape, Dumbledore is still up in the air.

Episode 35 – Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel Characters 2 and Worldbuilding 16.10.2019 1:17:20

This week continue with Station Eleven. We thoroughly enjoyed talking through the last of the characters in this episode and a bit about the world in general. Next up: Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong On deck: The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins In the future: Cuisine des Memoires by NK Jemisin Suggestions welcome.   We […]

Pottering Around – Chapter 7 The Sorting Hat 15.10.2019 34:26

The next time through I did get Hufflepuff so all is right in the world.

Episode 34 – Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel Characters 1 07.10.2019 1:16:47

He's just the main character that essentially dies before the beginning of the story.

Harry Potter Chapter 6 – The Journey from platfrom nine and three quarters 07.10.2019 37:42

I don't understand the intervening month.

Pottering Around – Chapter 5 Diagon Alley 01.10.2019 34:39

Oh I get it now, it's diagonally.

Episode 33 – Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel plot 26.09.2019 1:05:09

Well the twist, it wasn't really a twist, and that's ok.

Pottering Around – Chapter 4 Keeper of the Keys 24.09.2019 27:38

Oh, god, that was terrible BJ.

Episode 32 – A Witch’s Guide to Escape A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies by Alix E Harrow 18.09.2019 1:02:32

"I am upset that the hurricane has harried the alliteration right out of you"

Pottering Around Chapter 3 – Letters From No-one 17.09.2019 21:26

In our ‘podcast within a podcast’ we are doing a chapter by chapter read of the Harry Potter books. Every episode we’ll cover one chapter with a summary, individual segments (questioning Sarah about the Wizarding World) along with a bit of a discussion about the books from a muggle perspective.

Pottering Around Chapter 2 – The Vanishing Glass 10.09.2019 22:59

Episode 31 – Playing Nice with God’s Bowling Ball by N.K. Jemisin 09.09.2019 55:48

Dun dun, scene change.

Pottering Around Chapter 1 – The Boy Who Lived 03.09.2019 20:27

Episode 30 – She Unnames Them by Ursula K. Le Guin 27.08.2019 1:16:20

Expostulate, apparently not a new word but a good one either way.

Episode 29 – The Likeness by Tana French part 3 Resolution (of sorts) 15.08.2019 1:14:34

We don't like the engagement. It's weird and it doesn't fit.

Episode 28 – The Likeness by Tana French part two the House and the People 06.08.2019 1:19:46

We take on our first detective/mystery novel with Tana French’s The Likeness as suggested by an avid ‘listener’. In our second episode we discuss the Whitethorn ‘manor’ and the group of friends (and Det. Maddox) that inhabit it. We talk a bit about their relationships and what we think about deteriorating relationships. Also a bit […]

Episode 27 – The Likeness by Tana French part one ‘The Setup’ 25.07.2019 1:24:47

I'm really looking forward to more snappy detective dialogue.

Episode 26 – Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse 16.07.2019 2:02:15

We take our first dive into an all inclusive audiobook/podcast experience with an episode of Levar Burton Reads episode 25 – Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse. As all the short stories in Levar’s podcast, this is a short <1hr story with twilight zone-esque themes. We take a closer look at what authentic […]

Episode 25 – The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin part 4 Alabaster and Theories 05.07.2019 2:14:09

A discussion of all of our questions, theories, and just general enjoyment of the book as a whole. Also we go over parts of Alabaster’s story, and anything we may have missed or want to rehash from previous episodes. Next story: Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™ by Rebecca Roanhorse Next book: The Likeness by Tana […]

Episode 24 – The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin part 3 Essun 25.06.2019 1:58:52

We continue our discussion of the last of the three main perspectives in the Fifth Season by NK Jemisin. This perspective also gave us more insight into the realities of the world and what is happening since the “end of the world”. We also begin to understand a little bit more of what is going […]

Episode 23 – The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin part 2 Syenite 07.06.2019 2:26:46

We continue our discussion of the second of the three main perspectives in the Fifth Season by NK Jemisin. Spencer continues to be difficult with his using ‘correct’ words. All in all this had some of our favorite development of characters and relationships. This perspective also gave us more insight into the goings on in […]