'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman and our favorite books featuring mythology

Inspired by the new Starz adaptation, this week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Neil Gaiman's tale of warring deities, American Gods.

The novel follows Shadow, a man just released from prison and looking to find his way home. However, Shadow is intercepted by a mysterious man named Mr. Wednesday who enlists Shadow as his assistant and body guard. Soon Shadow is sucked into a world much bigger and much more powerful than the one he knew before.

Then, we move from American Gods and talk about our favorite books featuring mythology.

And, as always, we close the show with recommendations:
Aliza recommends John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight, especially after the show's episode about kidney dialysis. "I think it's really important for us to be aware of this specifically because it does impact hundreds of thousands of people."
Peter recommends Season 3 of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt . "I've been really super lucky enough to watch several episodes of the upcoming Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3, and it is so wonderful. It's just a ray of sunshine. Delighted to have it in my life."
MJ recommends rewatching the movie Bring It On. "A thing you should know about me is that I have loved Bring It On since it first came out ... It is campy goodness that is rightfully in the American cannon. I rewatched it last week and I am happy to say: it holds up!" Along with that, he also recommends MTV's Oral History of Bring It On, where the stars and producers of the film talk about making the movie.

Inspired by the new Starz adaptation, this week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Neil Gaiman's tale of warring deities, American Gods.

The novel follows Shadow, a man just released from prison and looking to find his way home. However, Shadow is intercepted by a mysterious man named Mr. Wednesday who enlists Shadow as his assistant and body guard. Soon Shadow is sucked into a world much bigger and much more powerful than the one he knew before.

Then, we move from American Gods and talk about our favorite books featuring mythology.

And, as always, we close the show with recommendations:

Aliza recommends John Oliver's show Last Week Tonight, especially after the show's episode about kidney dialysis. "I think it's really important for us to be aware of this specifically because it does impact hundreds of thousands of people."

Peter recommends Season 3 of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt . "I've been really super lucky enough to watch several episodes of the upcoming Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3, and it is so wonderful. It's just a ray of sunshine. Delighted to have it in my life."

MJ recommends rewatching the movie Bring It On. "A thing you should know about me is that I have loved Bring It On since it first came out ... It is campy goodness that is rightfully in the American cannon. I rewatched it last week and I am happy to say: it holds up!" Along with that, he also recommends MTV's Oral History of Bring It On, where the stars and producers of the film talk about making the movie.