Better Read than Dead Podcast
@betterreadpod.bsky.social
Three jerky socialists talk about books you’ve probably heard of. With @tuslersaurus.bsky.social, @tjschweiger.bsky.social, and Katie Krywokulski
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Samuel Delaney describes himself as a "boring old Marxist," which, as boring old Marxist ourselves, we think slaps. But there's nothing boring about Babel-17 (1966). A poet starship captain, a cat-man pilot, and space throuples? Sign us up!
Episode 109: Babel-17 by Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective
We embark on a cosmic journey through Samuel Delany's 1966 sci-fi gem, Babel-17. This novel by the brilliant self-described “boring old Marxist” (the best kind of person!) has it all: a telepathi...
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November 12, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Samuel Delaney describes himself as a "boring old Marxist," which, as boring old Marxist ourselves, we think slaps. But there's nothing boring about Babel-17 (1966). A poet starship captain, a cat-man pilot, and space throuples? Sign us up!
Happy bday to the realist one. Blasting our intro music in your honor, comrade.
November 7, 2023 at 9:18 PM
Happy bday to the realist one. Blasting our intro music in your honor, comrade.
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excited as a person who only knows of this book from a passing mention in Northanger Abbey lol
Happy Halloween 2023, comrades! We have maybe the most batshit novel of the British gothic on offer for you -- Mathew Lewis's The Monk.
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Episode 108: The Monk by Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective
For Halloween 2023, we bring you one of the craziest novels of all time (or certainly of the eighteenth century). Matthew Lewis’s The Monk (1796) is a tale of horny Catholics – men and women, in t...
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October 22, 2023 at 5:25 PM
excited as a person who only knows of this book from a passing mention in Northanger Abbey lol
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yessss I've been waiting for this one
Happy Halloween 2023, comrades! We have maybe the most batshit novel of the British gothic on offer for you -- Mathew Lewis's The Monk.
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Episode 108: The Monk by Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective
For Halloween 2023, we bring you one of the craziest novels of all time (or certainly of the eighteenth century). Matthew Lewis’s The Monk (1796) is a tale of horny Catholics – men and women, in t...
podcasters.spotify.com
October 22, 2023 at 4:55 PM
yessss I've been waiting for this one
Happy Halloween 2023, comrades! We have maybe the most batshit novel of the British gothic on offer for you -- Mathew Lewis's The Monk.
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Episode 108: The Monk by Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective
For Halloween 2023, we bring you one of the craziest novels of all time (or certainly of the eighteenth century). Matthew Lewis’s The Monk (1796) is a tale of horny Catholics – men and women, in t...
podcasters.spotify.com
October 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Happy Halloween 2023, comrades! We have maybe the most batshit novel of the British gothic on offer for you -- Mathew Lewis's The Monk.
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
Satan turns into a dinosaur at the end. A hot wizard named Matilda dommes the devil himself. Join us for a wild ride!
And we're back! With Aldous Huxley's totally incoherent Brave New World, a staple of high-school English classes and people into Jungianism (gross).
We're down with dunking on Fordism, but it would be cool if Huxley knew why it was bad.
We're down with dunking on Fordism, but it would be cool if Huxley knew why it was bad.
Episode 107: Brave New World by Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective
Hi again, nerds: we’re back after a long hiatus with more high school English class reads and some Jungianism on the side! JK about that last one, we would never. We’re talking about Aldous Huxley...
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October 8, 2023 at 7:25 PM
And we're back! With Aldous Huxley's totally incoherent Brave New World, a staple of high-school English classes and people into Jungianism (gross).
We're down with dunking on Fordism, but it would be cool if Huxley knew why it was bad.
We're down with dunking on Fordism, but it would be cool if Huxley knew why it was bad.
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IT'S HAPPENING
Comrades -- we're back this Sunday! Our Brave New World ep drops 10/8, and we have The Monk soon after.
October 4, 2023 at 2:02 AM
IT'S HAPPENING
Comrades -- we're back this Sunday! Our Brave New World ep drops 10/8, and we have The Monk soon after.
October 3, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Comrades -- we're back this Sunday! Our Brave New World ep drops 10/8, and we have The Monk soon after.
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Teaching Frankenstein this wk and re-listening to the first-ever episode of @betterreadpod.bsky.social (lit from a left perspective ) bc it’s awesome you should subscribe
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September 17, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Teaching Frankenstein this wk and re-listening to the first-ever episode of @betterreadpod.bsky.social (lit from a left perspective ) bc it’s awesome you should subscribe
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You guys wanna know what our Halloween special this year is??
Everyone who has told me how batshit insane The Monk is over the years neglected to tell me how Satan turns into a fucking pterosaur. If I had known it was THAT metal, I’d have read a long time ago.
August 30, 2023 at 3:36 AM
You guys wanna know what our Halloween special this year is??
We just recorded -- finally -- our Brave New World episode! It's real bad (the book, not the episode, which was tons of fun).
Will be out in a few weeks, with trashy ultra-goth The Monk to follow. Then Samuel Delaney!
Will be out in a few weeks, with trashy ultra-goth The Monk to follow. Then Samuel Delaney!
August 7, 2023 at 9:41 PM
We just recorded -- finally -- our Brave New World episode! It's real bad (the book, not the episode, which was tons of fun).
Will be out in a few weeks, with trashy ultra-goth The Monk to follow. Then Samuel Delaney!
Will be out in a few weeks, with trashy ultra-goth The Monk to follow. Then Samuel Delaney!
Happy Bastille Day, BlueSky comrades!
Exactly four years ago today, we launched this little commie books podcast with a dream — what if we could combine our job of knowing stuff about books with our love of shitposting. We’re so happy to have you on this journey with us.
New eps coming soon!
Exactly four years ago today, we launched this little commie books podcast with a dream — what if we could combine our job of knowing stuff about books with our love of shitposting. We’re so happy to have you on this journey with us.
New eps coming soon!
July 14, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Happy Bastille Day, BlueSky comrades!
Exactly four years ago today, we launched this little commie books podcast with a dream — what if we could combine our job of knowing stuff about books with our love of shitposting. We’re so happy to have you on this journey with us.
New eps coming soon!
Exactly four years ago today, we launched this little commie books podcast with a dream — what if we could combine our job of knowing stuff about books with our love of shitposting. We’re so happy to have you on this journey with us.
New eps coming soon!