Podcasts by Find the Lit
In this podcast, Em and Jess take it in turns to pick a book to read and talk about. The choices are random and the conversation far-ranging. No reading required (although watch out for spoilers!)
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Booksplain: Sedated from 2023-03-20T20:03:11
We're BACK. We know you missed us. Join us for the launch of Booksplain - our new spin off, in which Jess Booksplains her latest non fiction read. Sedated by James Davies explores how neoliberal...
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Ep. 16: Auden’s Poems from 2022-05-06T20:26:07
A new and slightly unusual episode of Find the Lit! Tune in as Em and Jess loose themselves (and almost their brains) in Auden's poetry, a profound and poignant world of time, death, love...and ...
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Ep. 15: Cold Comfort Farm from 2022-02-12T12:31:02
Join Em and Jess in rural Sussex with Flora Post and the strange Starkadder family. Do we think Cold Comfort Farm is the 'funniest book ever written'?
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Ep. 14: Lanny from 2021-09-15T12:21:48
Find the Lit is back! Join Em and Jess to discuss Booker longlisted Lanny by Max Porter. An unusual young boy, an ancient mystical being and plenty of village gossip awaits!
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Em Read: Lewis Percy from 2020-11-08T13:08:40
In the first of our spin-off series, Em chats to Jess about a novel she has just finished reading; Lewis Percy by Anita Brookner. Does Em recommend this story of an acamedic torn between the dus...
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Ep. 13: The Group from 2020-10-16T12:56:51
Em and Jess dive into the world of upper-middle class New York circa 1930s. Mary McCarthy's most infamous novel, The Group, features the lives of eight college graduates, whose experiences of re...
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Ep. 12: Ethan Frome from 2020-07-04T14:32:16
Once again, Em and Jess explore the pages of a tragic love story. Ethan Frome is Edith Wharton's best-known work and for such a short book it raises a lot of questions! How accurately does Whart...
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Ep. 11: Giovanni's Room from 2020-05-04T10:37:45
Love, sex, intimacy, shame and oysters are just some of the topics we encounter as we delve into James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. So pour yourself a large cognac (it's never too early in 1950s P...
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Ep. 10: Time's Arrow from 2020-04-07T14:08:36
Join Em & Jess for a discussion about Martin Amis' Time's Arrow. At once harrowing, thought-provoking and hilarious – it's one not to be missed!
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Ep. 9: The Mezzanine from 2019-10-20T02:32:37
Our second long-distance episode has landed! This time we're riding the escalator in Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine, where we discuss the intricacies of the office lunch break. Essential listen...
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Ep. 8: Housekeeping from 2019-05-25T06:15:16
We discuss one of the Guardian's top 100 novels, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. This is our first episode recorded long distance – sorry if you can tell! You'll need to turn the volume up! ...
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Ep. 7: L.A. Confidential from 2019-04-05T15:48:01
We're back with a new, sexier name and we’re celebrating in L.A.! Join us in the darkest of Disneylands for a chat about our latest read: L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy. There are ...
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Ep 6: And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos from 2018-11-08T13:38:41
There’s disharmony in Flat 26 again! This time we’re disagreeing about John Berger’s And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos. Listen on for scintillating chats about time, death and poetry, as ...
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Ep 4 Nausea from 2018-05-16T10:52:46
Em and Jess try their very best to talk about Sartre (go easy on us!)
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Ep 3 The Book of Evidence from 2018-03-05T22:35:48
Emily and Jess talk murder, freedom and existentialism in their discussions about their latest read - John Banville's The Book of Evidence.
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Ep 2 Men Explain Things to Me from 2018-01-05T19:06:47
Find the Lit is back! In the second episode Emily and Jess discuss Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me.
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Ep 1 Battleborn from 2017-10-18T20:36:03
Episode 1 of Find the Lit. In this episode Jess and Emily discuss Claire Vaye Watkins' short story collection, Battleborn.
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