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Episode 25- Such a Fun Age (February 2020)

February 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

On the last day of 2019, Kiley Reid's debut novel, Such a Fun Age was released to the world. Though it racked up pretty good sales in January, buzz in the literary world propelled it to be our best seller come February. I chat with Music Therapist Jasmine Edwards about this all too timely novel, the tough work she's been doing in hospitals during the pandemic, and the most important question; did we delve, or shelve it? Thanks so much for listening to Furthermore! What's the best first chap...

Episode 24- Nothing to See Here (January 2020)

January 21, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 108 MB

Season 2 continues with January 2020’s bestseller, Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson. After the holiday rush it’s always interesting to see what book emerges as the front runner in the new year. NYU classmate Ethan Loewi and I dive into this darkly funny book about combustible children. Reviews were mixed on this one. Some people loved it, others put it down halfway through. Did Ethan and I delve in, or did we shelve it? Thanks so much for listening to Furthermore! What book did you begin ...

Episode 23- Catch-22 (Quarantine Reads)

November 16, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 96.9 MB

Furthermore Season 2 kicks off with an episode devoted to reading in Quarantine. I'm joined by (possibly) Furthermore's biggest fan and longtime friend, Mike Barefield, to discuss a book Mike never finished: Catch-22. One of my favorites, Mike and I talk a few other books he's got kicking around on his shelf, what our quarantines have been like in different states, and Joseph Heller's best known work. Did Mike delve in, or shelve it? (What difference does that make!?) Thanks so much for l...

Episode 22- Little Fires Everywhere (Head to Head)

July 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Last August, before the world turned upside down, Andrea and I read Celeste Ng's 2019 bestseller Little Fires Everywhere. While I decided to put the book down after 50 pages, Andrea continued on. We decided to reconvene when Reese Witherspoon's highly anticipated Hulu adaptation arrived. In this episode of Furthermore, we watch the first episode of the show and put it up against those 50 pages we read last year. Which would we rather delve into? Did the Hello Sunshine production company brin...

Episode 21- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

July 02, 2020 17:03 - 1 hour - 116 MB

When the country went on lockdown and I found myself without access to my store's bestsellers, I looked for other ways to keep things interesting here at Furthermore. Dabbling in TV and... whatever 50 Shades of Grey was, I decided it was time to go back to something more comforting. Something nostalgic. A part of shared childhoods across the world. Then, as so many things are so likely to do nowadays, this episode got harder. The intention was to start a Harry Potter retrospective, where...

Episode 20- Parks and Rec (Furthermore Firsts)

June 05, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MB

It's the second Episode of Furthermore Firsts! Today I'm examining the infamous first episode of Parks and Rec, Amy Poehler's hilarious sitcom that ran for 7 seasons. It's a show that was often recommended to me with the caveat that I could skip the first season. Why? Was it really that bad? Does that mean the first episode is worth skipping altogether as well? Furthermore Firsts takes a look at the very first episode of Park and Rec. Thanks for listening to Furthermore! Don't forget to che...

Episode 19- Family Guy (Furthermore Firsts)

May 15, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 48.1 MB

In the inaugural episode of Furthermore Firsts, I take a look at the pilot episode of sitcoms or other old TV shows worth checking out. Family Guy kicks us off, as a solo Andy goes back to when he was a teenager to look at Seth MacFarlane's still running cartoon sitcom. I aim to answer three questions about the show's first episode: 1. How does the pilot represent the rest of the series? 2.Is it a good episode? 3. Based on this first episode, would I delve in or shelve it? A nostalgic tr...

Episode 18- 50 Shades of Grey

May 08, 2020 18:06 - 1 hour - 93.5 MB

In need of something to break the boredom, Episode 05 guest Andrea and I tackle the classic of all classics, E.L. James' 50 Shades of Grey. Did we even make it to the sexy parts? Could this surprise us? Andrea and I discuss how much of this book's popularity came down to intrigue and how much was the book's worth. We hope you will join us on this journey through the deep dark world of inexplicable books. Thanks so much for listening to Furthermore! Let us know- did you read this when it wa...

Episode 17- Girl, Woman, Other (December)

April 08, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Furthermore is back from our little hiatus! With a new baby girl at Furthermore HQ, we're back with December's bestseller, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo. The joint winner of this year's Booker Prize, an award it shared with Episode 09's book, The Testaments, this novel took off at the end of the year and became a high seller at the store. As strange as it feels in the midst of social distancing and the scary world we now share with Covid-19, it's good to be back. What did my gues...

Episode 16- The Witcher (Head to Head)

March 01, 2020 04:42 - 1 hour - 143 MB

There are too many Fantasy worlds in books to choose from. When it comes to TV, everything seems to be chasing the void that Game of Thrones left behind. So, when something that was first a book, then a video game, and now a TV show catches on in popularity, it's time for Furthermore to take notice. And who better to take on a fantasy realm than our very first guest, Katie Bockino! We compare Andrzej Sapkowski's The Last Wish, which Netflix recommends as the companion piece to the show, to...

Episode 15- Bridget Jones's Diary (Head to Head)

February 19, 2020 23:54 - 1 hour - 125 MB

Romance is in the air for this special Valentines themed episode of Furthermore Head to Head. Once again, Hanna from the blog Food and a Film joins me to pit a novel against a movie and this week, it's the classic Romantic Comedy Bridget Jones's Diary. Hanna and I talk Oscar buzz, including Renee Zellweger's win, along with our favorite Romantic Movies and the unstoppable Bridget Jones. Did we enjoy the catchy voice of the book? Or did Zellweger, teamed with Colin Firth and Hugh Grant, win o...

Episode 14- The Golden Compass vs His Dark Materials (Head to Head)

February 12, 2020 05:01 - 1 hour - 138 MB

Jess Harwick from Episode 07- Pet is back to discuss Phillip Pullman's 1995(!) classic, The Golden Compass. After a critically disastrous movie in 2007 (42% on Rotten Tomatoes....ouch) HBO revived the world of Lyra and Lord Asriel with a 2019 TV Series called His Dark Materials. With a fresh cast, frantic pace, and updated visual style, can the show live up to the magic of Pullman's original novel? Can Jess and I avoid talking about Nicole Kidman's role in the 2007 movie for more than five m...

Episode 13- Good Omens (Furthermore Head to Head)

February 05, 2020 04:33 - 1 hour - 137 MB

We're kicking of Head to Head February by pitting one of my favorite novels, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, against its 2019 TV adaptation, written by Neil Gaiman. From across the Atlantic, my friend Tom Casson calls in to discuss this irreverent and magical piece. Which did Tom and I want to delve into, book or show? Did Aziraphale and Crowley live up to their printed characters? What moments did we like more from the TV show than the book? Exactly how many prizes for our t...

Episode 12- The Dutch House (November)

January 20, 2020 05:31 - 1 hour - 133 MB

November began our busy season at the store, and among the pickup in sales, Ann Patchett's newest novel, The Dutch House, came out on top as November's bestseller. Alisson Wood, founder and editor-in-chief of Pigeon Pages and author of the forthcoming debut book Being Lolita, joins me to break down the Conroy family's escapades in their staunch glass house. Is there a dark fairy tale lurking under the surface? Which character kept us reading? Join us for a breakdown of this bestseller and fin...

Recap Episode 02

January 06, 2020 18:28 - 1 hour - 107 MB

The gang is back together! Andrea, Jess, Reissa and Emma all return in our second Recap episode to tell me whether or not they stuck to their picks and did, in fact, delve in. I was split on this batch of episodes; two books I wanted to delve into, two I wanted to shelve. I'll share some more thoughts on each book and my guests will give me their insights into their reasons for continuing on. We've got so much packed into one episode including my top 10 favorite books I read in 2019! Happy ...

Episode 11- A Christmas Carol vs. The Muppet Christmas Carol (Furthermore Head to Head)

December 25, 2019 17:19 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MB

Happy Holidays from us here at Furthermore! On a very special Christmas Episode, I'm joined by Episode 3 guest, Scott Duell, Episode 8 guest Reissa Ress, and a new guest Hunter Dowell! We take a Furthermore Head to Head look at A Christmas Carol and a holiday classic, The Muppet Christmas Carol while enjoying Reissa's homemade figgy pudding. Which Christmas classic did we vote to delve into? Did the ghosts have time to work their magic? Wishing you all a the happiest, warmest Holiday sea...

Episode 10- The Overstory (October)

December 23, 2019 06:16 - 1 hour - 125 MB

We've read the Man Booker Prize Winner, now October's bestseller brings us the 2019's Pulitzer Prize Winner: The Overstory by Richard Powers. Described as Eco fiction and certainly not, as my guest and former co-worker Tyler Coulter thought, a book "by trees for trees", this sweeping narrative tests our love and attention to reading good prose. Tyler and I puzzle out why this book, first published in 2018, is having such a strong end to the year. Is it worth reading? Or is it too much too la...

Episode 09- The Testaments (September)

December 09, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB

Sequels are everywhere. We can't escape them, and with each passing day we're given a new TV sequel, another movie in a series or extended universe, or even a book that revisits a world published long ago. No book was a bigger sequel this year than Margaret Atwood's, The Testaments. Avid book reader and overworked Grad student Emma Calabrese stops by Furthermore to lend me her Handmaid's Tale expertise. We talk good books Emma's read this year, what qualifies as Science Fiction, and how much ...

Episode 08- Pachinko (April)

November 25, 2019 05:07 - 1 hour - 91.1 MB

It's November, that time of year it seems everyone in my life has a birthday. Not only did I celebrate mine on the 7th, but both my wife and guest Reissa Ress and author of April's bestseller, Min Jin Lee, celebrated theirs as well. Reissa and I take a look a step back in time to the month when Furthermore was getting off the ground and we recorded a practice episode on this National Book Award Nominated bestseller. On this updated and re-recorded version, Reissa and I discuss Pachinko vs. My...

Episode 08- Pachinko (March)

November 25, 2019 05:07 - 1 hour - 91.1 MB

It's November, that time of year it seems everyone in my life has a birthday. Not only did I celebrate mine on the 7th, but both my wife and guest Reissa Ress and author of March's bestseller, Min Jin Lee, celebrated theirs as well. Reissa and I take a look a step back in time to the month when Furthermore was getting off the ground and we recorded a practice episode on this National Book Award Nominated bestseller. On this updated and re-recorded version, Reissa and I discuss Pachinko vs. My...

Episode 07- Pet (Furthermore Young Adult)

November 11, 2019 05:35 - 1 hour - 114 MB

It seems that monsters have been hanging around Furthermore lately. Join me and guest Jess Harwick as we peek at Akwaeke Emezi's National Book Award nominated Young Adult novel, Pet. What lies in store for us in this pink and gold etched, girl-in-her-pajamas- covered novel? Jess and I chat about the state of YA and that term in general, whether or not razor blades in a painting is a good idea and why so many adults are reading books for kids. Did we delve in or shelve Emezi's rapidly rising ...

Episode 06- IT (Furthermore Head to Head)

October 31, 2019 05:16 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Happy Halloween! This Hallow’s Eve, Furthermore is starting a style of Episode- Furthermore Head to Head, where a guest and I decide if we would rather delve into a book or the movie/tv show adaptation. I’m joined by Hanna McKean, author of the blog Food and a Film to get our nerves shattered by Stephen King’s It. Hanna and I read the first 50 pages of the book and watch the first half hour of the 2017 film staring Bill Skarsgård to decide which is worth the delve and which is headed back to...

Recap Episode 01

October 14, 2019 04:19 - 1 hour - 96.1 MB

Four months, four great reads. It's time we go back and take a look at the first four books we got into on Furthermore. I give some more thoughts on each book, talk a little more about my reading experience and check in with each of our guests! That's right- Katie, Spencer, Scott and Sarah all return (well, briefly) and I even have a special guest lined up as well. Did my guests stick to their picks? Did I stay true to my word? Thank you so much for listening to Furthermore! Don't forget to...

Episode 05- Little Fires Everywhere (August)

September 30, 2019 05:49 - 1 hour - 114 MB

It may seem strange for Little Fires Everywhere, something that's been out for so long, to end up as August's best seller, but slow summer months and a lull before an enormous new release fall means Celeste Ng's second novel ended up as our next episode! It came down to a vote to break a tie with My Year of Rest and Relaxation, but with book in hand, my good friend from NYU, Andrea, joins me to find out what's up with this New York Times bestseller. The book is the story of the Richardson fa...

Episode 04- The Nickel Boys (July)

September 16, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 111 MB

Sometimes fact really is stranger than fiction. Does that mean that fact is up for grabs when a writer needs a good story? I'm joined by an old fellow manager from the store, my friend Sarah High, to discuss July's bestseller, The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. This is Sarah's first read by the Pulitzer Prize winner author; did she like it? Can we pinpoint Colson's style? How did he adapt the true story of the horrors of a reform school in Florida into a novel?. Why did he wait nearly 50 p...

Episode 03- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous(June)

September 02, 2019 04:55 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Have you ever felt literary peer pressure? A book so giant and so widely praised that you know you have to read it? For me, that was June's bestseller, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. My college roommate, groomsman at my wedding, and overall amazing friend Scott Duel joins Furthermore to share his own experience reading the poet's first Novel.Did Scott and I delve in, or did Ocean Vuong go back on our shelves? We'll discuss the Vietnam War, shared books we love, monkey brains...

Episode 02- Normal People (May)

August 19, 2019 04:00 - 1 hour - 103 MB

My friend and former NYU classmate Spencer Gaffney helps me break down May's best seller, Sally Rooney's literary sensation Normal People, about the relationship between odd but fascinating Marianne and rich, popular Connell as it grows from high school romance to university tryst. Hailed as "The Millennial Writer," Sally Rooney has seen a rapid rise to fame, sometimes to her dismay. Spencer and I discuss the Irish Economy, what it means to be the author who defines a generation, and what ...

Episode 01- Where the Crawdads Sing (April)

August 04, 2019 19:14 - 59 minutes - 84.3 MB

I'm joined by my friend Katie Bockino to discuss April's bestseller, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. A Reese Witherspoon book club pick, Owens' first novel is the story of Kya Clark, suspected of killing town hero Chase Andrews in their home in the North Carolina swamps. The book sold very well at the store and continues to; I can't keep it in stock. Katie and I get to the bottom of the power of Reese, Delia Owen's African Zoology career, and dig deep into the first 50 pages of the ...

Episode 0

August 02, 2019 22:28 - 3 minutes - 5.53 MB

Hi there! I'm Andy DeRado and welcome to Furthermore! Episode 0 is here to get you primed and ready to explore books with me. This episode serves to give you a little bit of my background and what the Podcast is all about. When you're done here jump right in to any of our episodes or start with Episode 1! Thank you so much for checking us out and I hope you enjoy Furthermore! Keep reading!!

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