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Publisher |: Unfortunately Required Reading

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Alcohol,; Books

Categories Via RSS |: Arts

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

People |: Amanda,; Tori
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: San Antonio, TX
Premiere Date |: 2018-11-03
Related Hashtags |: #InternationalPodcastDay,; #MyTwitterAnniversary,; #SmallBusinessSaturday
Frequency |: Biweekly
Explicit |: No

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107 Available Episodes (107 Total) / Average duration: 01:10:21

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

107 Available Episodes (107 Total)Average duration: 01:10:21

Apr 22, 2023

01:31:46

By some miracle, we made it to 100 episodes. This week we discuss Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and wonder why we give this book to children.

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Mar 30, 2023

01:10:01

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.

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Mar 18, 2023

01:56:00

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss HG Wells as The War of the Worlds.

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Feb 26, 2023

01:19:29

This is the reuploaded version of our episode on Doctor Zhivago. Some listeners advised the end had been cut off by our editing software. Thank you!

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the drag that is Doctor Zhivago and why it was so scary to the USSR.

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Feb 25, 2023

01:05:20

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the drag that is Doctor Zhivago and why it was so scary to the USSR.

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Feb 12, 2023

01:31:38

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas.

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Jan 21, 2023

00:50:58

Amanda and Victoria FINALLY get to record together in person for the first time in....almost three years? Welcome back with The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We discuss ableism, rest cures, and the garden metaphor.

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Jan 07, 2023

00:53:49

This week Amanda and Victoria read a book that managed to break Victoria, Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

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Dec 18, 2022

00:58:20

Amanda and Victoria discuss The Witch of Blackbird Pond and why Kit definitely would have been found guilty of witchcraft in Connecticut.

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Dec 11, 2022

01:19:43

This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the uncomfortable dating history of Hans Christan Andersen...wait, we mean The Little Mermaid.

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Apr 22 | 01:31:46

F*** You, Mark Twain

Mar 30 | 01:10:01

I Dreamed I Went to Mandalay Bay Last Night (Rebecca)

Mar 18 | 01:56:00

Death From Above (The War of the Worlds)

Feb 26 | 01:19:29

The Ultimate KGB C*ck Block (Doctor Zhivago)

Feb 25 | 01:05:20

The Ultimate KGB C*ck Block (Doctor Zhivago)

Feb 12 | 01:31:38

A Guide to Why Your Black Friends Are Exhausted (A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas)

Jan 21 | 00:50:58

The Return of Two Host One Mic (The Secret Garden)

Jan 07 | 00:53:49

A Thinly Veiled Cult Metaphor? (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)

Dec 18 | 00:58:20

Cottage Core White Girl Fantasies (The Witch of Blackbird Pond)

Dec 11 | 01:19:43

Being a Mermaid is Just One Giant Metaphor, Isn't It? (Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid)

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