Unfortunately Required Reading

119 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings

Review and relive the books that made you cringe in school, but now with cocktails and sass. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

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Episodes

Much Ado About Sappho

June 15, 2019 23:01 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

This week's episode is dedicated to melancholy and ouzo as we discuss the works of the poet Sappho. Often maligned, never duplicated, Sappho is a little hard to pin down as quite a bit of her history has been lost or glossed over with satire. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Short Story: Goodnight Moon and Margaret Wise Brown

June 10, 2019 23:04 - 2 minutes - 2.2 MB

A quick look to celebrate Margaret Wise Brown. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Dorian Gray's Not-So Excellent Homoerotic Adventure (Now With Full Audio)

June 02, 2019 19:38 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

This episode does a dive into The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and features sipping champagne with ice cubes in it, witty banter, the Menger hotel, and odd facts about a fantastic icon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

The Pride Month Primer

June 01, 2019 20:04 - 25 minutes - 22.7 MB

Do you know the difference between pansexual and bisexual? Are you confused about what the heck Stonewall was? We provide you with a brief primer on terms on the LGBTQIA+ community. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Better than Lord of the Flies

May 18, 2019 19:23 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB

This episode is focused on Toni Morrison's Sula. For this week, we drink a mocktail, discuss the difference between blackberries and nightshades, and finish out Toni Morrison month. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Episode 11: Slavery and Spiteful Ghosts

May 05, 2019 19:55 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

In which we discuss Toni Morrison's Beloved, drink the most painful red wine possible in honor of the color red, and eat cheese to try to deal with our lives. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Their Eyes Were Watching Halle Berry and the Case of the Missing Audio

April 24, 2019 02:06 - 52 minutes - 41.7 MB

Sooooo Anchor didn't upload our full audio. Here's the full episode with no ads, because you deserve it and we're sorry for technical difficulties. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Short Story: The Proletariat Comma

April 07, 2019 19:04 - 6 minutes - 4.85 MB

A brief argument about the Oxford Comma. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Our First Catastrophic Recording Failure

April 07, 2019 18:25 - 51 seconds - 685 KB

I'm sorry, so sorry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

A Short Story: Victoria Reads 50 Shades of Grey

March 23, 2019 20:13 - 4 minutes - 5.01 MB

You listened. We tortured Victoria. Listen to Victoria read a few passages from 50 Shades of Grey while Amanda cackles in delight. This is not a full episode, but a brief segment we like to refer to as one of our Short Stories. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Furry Mr. Nihilism

March 16, 2019 19:29 - 43 minutes - 30.3 MB

In which we discuss Grendel by John Gardner, relive the depressing goth days of our high school youth and decide we like mead without added pepper, thank you very much. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

A Scandinavian Warrior Walks Into A Mead Hall

March 03, 2019 02:45 - 1 hour - 89.1 MB

Today's episode is about the epic poem Beowulf, how much we love Mead, how terrible the 2007 movie version of this epic poem is, and Beowulf's mom, Sheila. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

A Really Sh**ty Island Vacation

February 16, 2019 20:13 - 1 hour - 59 MB

In which we discuss Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys, and the dangers of drinking only the rum layer of a Dark and Stormy. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Eyre BnB

February 10, 2019 20:34 - 54 minutes - 38.2 MB

In which we discuss Jane Eyre, sip port, and discuss the horror of a wife in the attic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Victory Gin and Rats to the Face

January 19, 2019 20:11 - 46 minutes - 29.1 MB

In which we struggle to survive George Orwell's 1984 with a single shot of Victory Gin, quietly consume a cheese plate off mic, and tell you about The Spanish Civil War and British Colonialism. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

That Time Being Gay Ruined a Perfectly Good Dinner

January 05, 2019 21:12 - 52 minutes - 35 MB

Episode 4 discusses Tennessee William's play The Glass Menagerie, while we sip Ramos Gin Fizzes and contemplate Southern parenting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

The Toxic Masculinity Also Rises

December 15, 2018 20:42 - 1 hour - 53.5 MB

In which we drink absinthe, help you write your paper on The Sun Also Rises by telling you about Paris and Spain as characters, and discuss Hemingway and the original tell-all novel. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

The Not-So-Great Gatsby

November 17, 2018 20:35 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MB

In which we analyze not only Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, but also help every AP English student required to write a paper on the book. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support

Episode One: Watership Man Down

November 03, 2018 22:05 - 34 minutes - 25.1 MB

Welcome to the first episode of Unfortunately Required Reading. We learn Lapine and drink the cocktail Watership Down as we discuss the Richard Adams book of the same name. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unfortunately-required/support