  Mentioned in the episode:    The West Wing (HBO)    View From the Top (film)    The West Wing Weekly (podcast)    The Graham Norton Show    The Mighty Boosh    The Double (film)    Submarine (film)    The Crystal Maze (game show)    The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger    John Oliver    The Arctic Monkeys    Radiohead    The YeahYeahYeahs    Vampire Weekend    Kasabian    The Great British Baking Show    “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper    Heideger (philosopher)    Ways of Seeing by John Berger    Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett    Watching the English by Kate Fox    Shrill by Lindy West    Samin Nosrat    Hrishikesh Hirway Recommendations:    The Grip of a Film by Richard Ayoade    Gold Plated Girls newsletter    Big Fat Quiz of the Year    IT Crowd    How Did This Get Made (podcast)    Shit, Actually by Lindy WestCurrently Obsessed:    Big Mouth (Netflix)    The Allusionist (podcast)   “ Isolation,” by The Parasocial Club    Dear White People season 4 (Netflix)    Money Heist season 5 (Netflix)    Montero by Lil Nas X    Starcrossed by Kacey Musgraves    Screen Violence by Chvrches

Book Club with Julia and Victoria

078 Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade

Julia and Victoria, along with Julia’s mom, chat about their comfort books and the novel Leave It To Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse.

077 Leave It to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse

Before Julia and Victoria return for Season 8, Book Club’s Project Manager Rebecca selected her favorite episode from the pod’s back catalogue to reminisce on the early pandemic days and listen to the delightful conversation with special guest Simone about Becoming by Michelle Obama.7

Re-Release: Becoming by Michelle Obama

Julia and Victoria read their favorite (and only) social anthropology book, Watching the English by Kate Fox, which helped Julia tap into her innate anthropological powers.Mentioned in the Episode:Topping and Company Booksellers, ElyAnthropologist Robin FoxStar TrekRecommendations:Quiet by Susan CainUgly Delicious on NetflixHome Game on NetflixX by Daniel SlossThe Culture Map by Erin MeyerNativLang on YoutubeLost in the Pond on YoutubeCurrently Obsessed:Exiles by Max Richter

078 Watching the English by Kate Fox

Julia and Victoria try to solve the Who, the How, and the Why of Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu and may or may not reach a verdict. Victoria invents a new grammatical tense.Mentioned in this Episode:- Birdman (film)- Master of None on Netflix- Bob’s Burgers on Fox- Westworld on HBO- Legion on Hulu- Sorry For Your Loss on Facebook Watch- Charles Yu on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah- Law and Order: SVU on Hulu- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl- Jane Austen’s Use of Free Indirect Discourse- Virginia WoolfRecommendations:- Ayoade on Top by Richard Ayoade- Community on Netflix- The Truman Show (film)- How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe by Charles Yu- Sorry Please Thank You by Charles YuCurrently Obsessed:- Duolingo- Bleachers new album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night

075 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Julia and Victoria enter a dream state to talk about Beloved by Toni Morrison and its place within both the horror genre and American history.

074 Beloved by Toni Morrison

Julia reads her essay “What Your Autistic Body Feels Is Real: How I Found Out I Was Gaslighting Myself For Years and What I’m Doing Now.”Mentioned in the Episode:The Cozy Robot ShowNeurotribes, by Steve Silberman (and Book Club episode)The Reason I Jump, by Naoki Higashida (and Book Club episode)Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, by Naoki igashida (and Book Club episode)The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion (and Book Club episode)Book Club membership tiersThe original essay on medium

Minisode: What Your Autistic Body Feels is Real

Julia and Victoria, who had somehow never read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery, are joined by ANGR Podcast host Sofia Syntaxx, who has collected upwards of ten editions of the book from all over the world, including the most recent translation into their indigenous language Anishinaabemowin. They talk about translation across languages and cultures, childhood dreams, and being haunted by the Duolingo owl.Mentioned in the Episode:ANGR podcastSofia’s blog Too Sexy for Contactslink.tree/sofiasyntaxxBook Club #bookstagram episodeThere There by Tommy OrangeGambit from X-MenAnishinaabemowin language - The Seven Grandfather teachingsA Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’EngleWind, Sand, and Stars by Atoine de Saint ExuperyOgimaans: Ojibwe translation of The Little PrinceReading Rainbow“The Emperor’s New Clothes”Lemonade (film) by BeyonceRecommendations:Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard BachThe Hobbit by J. R. R. TolkienWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery WilliamsCurrently Obsessed:This Way Up season 2 on HuluHalsey’s new album/film If I Can’t Have Love I Want PowerBlack Widow filmCamp Creep podcastYou’re Wrong About podcastMaintenance Phase podcastYou Are Good podcast

073 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery

Julia and Victoria contemplate mortality (and whether they could be buried under paper trees to become books in their next lives) with the help of the darkly comic memoir Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Katelyn Doughty about a young woman trying to become a mortician and revolutionize the way Americans handle death.Mentioned in the Episode:The OfficeParks and RecreationThe Order of the Good Death, website“Ask a Mortician” YouTube seriesFrom Here to Eternity, book by DoughtyWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs, book by DoughtyThe Nightmare Before ChristmasKeaton Henson, musicianGiri / Haji, on NetflixOmnivore’s Dilemma, book by Michael Pollan - listen to our episode here!Science Mike from the podcast, The Cozy Robot Show “Stories of the Pandemic” Book Club minisode - listen here!The Great British Baking ShowRecommendations:“Dark,” comedy special by Daniel SlossInstitute of Human Anatomy YouTube channel“Movement to bring death closer,” episode/article from The Daily/New York TimesTale for the Time Being, book by Ruth OzekiCurrently Obsessed:Perfect Sounds, podcastLaura Mvula, musician

072 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty

Julia and Victoria revisit the hugely influential essay “The Case For Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates and examine the ways reparations have played out in the US and beyond.

071 The Case For Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Julia and Victoria try to figure out why their 2011 Harper Teen copy of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte looks suspiciously like Twilight and why that’s interesting for the genre of Gothic literature.

070 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

When Julia and Victoria found out there was a book out there in the world which combined feminism, writing, and data (aka their three favorite things) called Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez, they absolutely had to read it for Book Club. Victoria talks very fast about women’s unpaid labor, and Julia realizes she can ask the world to design things that actually fit her tiny hands. Fair Warning: This is not the book to read before bed because it will fill you with a burning feminist rage that cannot be contained.Mentioned in the Episode:The Women’s Room projectDo It Like a Woman by Caroline Criado PerezOlivia RodrigoSeven-Eights PianoGender-inclusive Bible translationUS Army expanding acceptable hairstyles for womenBook Club episode on This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Dr Sarah E HillJohn Mulaney Kid GorgeousArticle about doctors ignoring self-reported pain of black womenShark Tank on ABCThinx period underwearHuffPost article on Twitter report buttonBook Club episode on Feminist EssaysRecommendations:Perez’s Invisible Women newsletterMen Explain Things to Me by Rebecca SolnitRoxanne GayThis Is Your Brain On Birth Control by Dr. Sarah E. HillPeriod. End of Sentence. documentaryWanda Sykes Not NormalCurrently Obsessed:Master of None season 3The Legend of Korra on NetflixThe Queen’s Gambit miniseriesGatcha! by LucyprAna activewear

069 Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Julia and Victoria are joined by their friend Andy Park to discuss Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and his family’s experiences as Korean American immigrants. Julia makes several K-Pop references.Mentioned in the Episode:Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin LeeInterview with Min Jin Lee on Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcastEscaping North Korea by Mike KimFred Armisen learns he’s a quarter KoreanJohn Oliver AAPI episodeParts Unknown with Anthony Bordain S2: EP1Asian Boss youtube channelConcept of “Han”Recommendations:Pachinko miniseriesThe Imperial Cruise by James BradleyGo by Kazuki KaneshiroHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Neapolitan Novels by Elena FerranteMr. Sunshine on NetflixWhite Paper ProjectMinari 2020 filmCurrently Obsessed:Inside by Bo BurnhamThe Mitchells Vs. The Machines on NetflixTXT album FreezeAgatha Christie novelsArlo Parks album Collapsed in SunbeamsArlo Parks episode on Song Exploder podcastOne-Punch Man animeKim’s Convenience on Netflix

068 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Julia and Victoria contemplate how they will remember the pandemic.

Minisode: Stories of the Pandemic

Julia and Victoria take a look at the children’s classic The Giver by Lois Lowry with fresh eyes as an extended critique of whiteness and dominant culture.Mentioned in the Episode:Other books by Lois Lowry:Gathering BlueMessengerSonNumber the StarsThe Willoughbys ReturnNancy Drew seriesThe Boxcar Children seriesThe Magic Treehouse seriesDescartes/Cartesian logicYou’re a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass) by Mike McHargueThe Cozy Robot ShowAttack on TitanSmoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin DoughtyThe Red Couch PodcastPropaganda (the rapper)Recommendations:The Giver quartetOther books by Lowry:The Silent BoyThe WilloughbysGossamer“The Era” short story from Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahListen to our episode!“The Sunday Read: ’ The movement to bring death closer,’” by The DailyCurrently Obsessed:Given animeHood Politics podcastAdoreMe subscription boxes

067 The Giver by Lois Lowry

Hi, we’re Julia and Victoria. Join the Book Club each episode as we choose a text off our shelves to discuss, dissect, and maybe - after another glass of wine - dissolve into a TED talk on the history of the English language. Welcome to the party.

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