Podcasts – Literary Roadhouse: Recent Episodes
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Discussion Notes: No One Here is Going to Save You This week’s story: No One Here is Going to Save You by Julian Zabalbeascoa Next week’s story: Huevos Estrellados by Vanessa Bernice De La Cruz Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “No One Here is Going to Save You” by Julian Zabalbeascoa, a story...
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Discussion Notes: The Theresa Job This week’s story: The Theresa Job by Colson Whitehead Next week’s story: No One Here Is Going To Save You by Julian Zabalbeascoa Rated: Clean Themes, Explicit Language (Host drops an ‘f’ bomb 😔 ) Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Theresa Job” by Colson Whitehead, a story of a...
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Discussion Notes: The City Born Great This week’s story: The City Born Great by N. K. Jemisin Next week’s story: The Theresa Job by Colson Whitehead Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The City Born Great” by N. K. Jemisin, an urban fantasy about a young New Yorker called upon to midwife the birth...
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Discussion Notes: The Specialist’s Hat This week’s story: The Specialist’s Hat by Kelly Link Next week’s story: The City Born Great by N. K. Jemisin Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Specialist’s Hat” by Kelly Link, a story about twin girls who move into the gothic home of a former poet who dabbled...
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Discussion Notes: Foster This week’s story: Foster by Bryan Washington Next week’s story: The Specialist’s Hat by Kelly Link Rated: EXPLICIT Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Foster” by Bryan Washington, a story of a man estranged from his brother, struggling with his boyfriend, and refusing to name a cat. The story is explicit and so...
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Discussion Notes: The Interlopers This week’s story: The Interlopers by H. H. Munro Next week’s story: Foster by Bryan Washington Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Interlopers” by H. H. Munro (SAKI), a story of a long-running family dispute over wild lands that comes to a head when two men from either side...
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Discussion Notes: Hot Ice This week’s story: Hot Ice by Stuart Dybek Next week’s story: The Interlopers by H.H. Munro (SAKI) Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Hot Ice” by Stuart Dybek, a Chicago native who brings the mid-century societal changes to life with the myth of a local saint. Andy identified with the...
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Discussion Notes: The Case For and Against Love Potions This week’s story: The Case for and Against Love Potions by Imbolo Mbue Next week’s story: Hot Ice by Stuart Dybek Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Case for and Against Love Potions” by Imbolo Mbue , a story told by an over confident narrator...
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Discussion Notes: Objects in Space This week’s story: Objects in Space by Emily Davis Next week’s story: The Case for and Against Love Potions by Imbolo Mbue Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Objects in Space” by Emily Davis, a story of a young New York woman who heads west in search of clarity....
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Discussion Notes: The Husband Stitch This week’s story: The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado Next week’s story: Objects in Space by Emily Davis Rated: Explicit Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Husband Stitch” by Carmen Maria Machado, a haunting story of a woman’s life, interspersed with fairytales about womanhood. All three hosts marveled at...
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Discussion Notes: A Challenge You Have Overcome This week’s story: A Challenge You Have Overcome by Allegra Goodman Next week’s story: The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “A Challenge You Have Overcome” by Allegra Goodman, a story about an older couple who feel stuck in their careers...
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Discussion Notes: Hollow This week’s story: Hollow by Breece D’J Pancake Next week’s story: A Challenge Your Have Overcome by Allegra Goodman Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Hollow” by Breece D’J Pancake, the story of Buddy, a coal miner in West Virginia, his community, and his humble dreams. This story split our hosts....
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Discussion Notes: Fatima, the Biloquist This week’s story: Fatima, the Biloquist by Nafissa Thompson-Spires Next week’s story: Hollow by Breece D’J Pancake Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Fatima, the Biloquist” by Nafissa Thompson-Spires, a story of a young, nerdy black girl in a predominantly white neighborhood who is struggling to reconcile her multitudes....
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Discussion Notes: Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit This week’s story: Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit by Rebecca Curtis Next week’s story: Fatima, the Biloquist: A Transformation Story by Nafissa Thompson-Spires Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit” by Rebecca Curtis, a modern twist on...
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Discussion Notes: The Paper Tiger This week’s story: The Paper Tiger by Lindsay Kennedy Next week’s story: Hansa and Gretyl and Piece of Shit by Rebecca Curtis Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Paper Tiger” by Lindsay Kennedy, a whimsical story of biblical proportions of a girl with a strong moral compass and...
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Discussion Notes: The Hunter’s Wife This week’s story: The Hunter’s Wife by Anthony Doerr Next week’s story: The Paper Tiger by Lindsay Kennedy Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Hunter’s Wife” by Anthony Doerr, a story of a Montana hunter and his estranged, magically gifted wife. All three hosts heaped a ton of...
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Discussion Notes: Every Tiny Tooth and ClawThis week’s story: Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate) by Marissa Lingen
Next week’s story: The Hunter’s Wife by Anthony Doerr
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate)” by Marissa Lingen, a epistolary story of academic wizards trying to survive the rise of a fascist regime. The story prompted a deep discussion of the fantasy genre, the short story format, world building, and magic systems.
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Discussion Notes: The Daughters of the MoonThis week’s story: The Daughters of the Moon – Italo Calvino – Literary Roadhouse Ep 202
Next week’s story: Every Tiny Tooth and Claw (or: Letters from the First Month of the New Directorate) by Marissa Lingen
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Daughters of the Moon” by Italo Calvino, a story of a consumerist society in a city that lived long ago in a different world. No longer charmed by the aging moon, they throw it in a junkyard, and it’s up to the daughters of the Moon to restore her.
It’s a fanciful story told in a light but insightful tone. Listen for a heated argument between Andy and Anais about the nature of sentient, car-driving mammoths!
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Discussion Notes: The Land Where Lemon Trees Bloom This week’s story: The Land Where Lemon Trees Bloom by Evan S. Connell
Next week’s story: The Daughters of the Moon by Italo Calvino
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Land Where Lemon Trees Bloom” by Evan S. Connell, a story of a man who tells delightful, tall tales. The story charmed our hosts, but was the premise enough to win them over?
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Discussion Notes: Callme and MinkThis week’s story: Callme and Mink by Brenda Cooper
Next week’s story: The Land Where Lemon Trees Bloom by Evan S. Connell
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Callme and Mink” by Brenda Cooper, a story about attachments, centered on a robot whose prime directive is to raise and give away dogs.
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Discussion Notes: The Great Indian Tee and SnakesThis week’s story: The Great Indian Tee and Snakes by Kritika Pandey
Next week’s story: Callme and Mink by Brenda Cooper
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Great Indian Tee and Snakes” by Kritika Pandey. The story divided our hosts, with Gerald and Anais loving the story and Andy wanting a little more emotional contouring. Nonetheless, the story prompted a lengthy and deep discussion, and forced our hosts to study the current political landscape in India more closely. That’s always a win.
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Discussion Notes: Rough DeedsThis week’s story: Rough Deeds by Annie Proulx
Next week’s story: The Great Indian Tee and Snakes by Kritika Pandey
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Rough Deeds” by Annie Proulx, a vivid story about mafioso lumbermen in 1712’s New France. Proulx’s prose and plot captivates all three hosts who are positively giddy as they discuss this dark tale of a man’s greed and pride.
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Discussion Notes: FlashlightThis week’s story: Flashlight by Susan Choi
Next week’s story: Rough Deeds by Annie Proulx
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Flashlight” by Susan Choi, a richly layered story of a girl haunted by the early death of her father, resentful of her mother’s illness, and longing for an adult to identify and provide what she needs. The simple short story provides plenty of fat to chew on, and all three hosts dig in to the plot, characterization, motifs, and clues.
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Discussion Notes: Sweet ScoundrelThis week’s story: Sweet Scoundrel by Diana Xin
Next week’s story: Flashlight by Susan Choi
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Sweet Scoundrel” by Diana Xin, a slyly written story of a mistress, a pregnancy, a would-be older sister, and a marriage that straddles cultures and countries. Right from the start, our hosts dig deep into the character and plot because this story provides plenty of fat to chew on.
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Discussion Notes: The Library of BabelThis week’s story: The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
Next week’s story: Sweet Scoundrel by Diana Xin
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss the classic short story “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges. In it, Borges imagines a universe in the form of a regimented library that contains all possible books of a certain format and character set.
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Discussion Notes: Silverfish This week’s story: Silverfish by Christina Perez Brubaker
Next week’s story: The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: Explicit
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Silverfish” by Christina Perez Brubaker, a story of a failing marriage between two flawed characters. It delights in its examination of the petty things unhappy and flawed people can do, and the private machinations of marital subterfuge.
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Discussion Notes: Suffering in Motion This week’s story: Suffering in Motion by McKenna Marsden
Next week’s story: Silverfish by Christina Perez Brubaker
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Suffering in Motion” by McKenna Marsden, a story of gender identity, transition and relationships centered around a passionate marathon runner.
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Discussion Notes: Chemical Bonds This week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia
Next week’s story: Suffering in Motion by McKenna Marsden
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Chemical Bonds” by Neema Avashia, an auto-biographical story about the political divide between immigrant parents and their American-born daughter. While this podcast typically focuses on fiction, reading non-fiction was a happy accident. A bit of a departure from our normal show, “Chemical Bonds” sparked an interesting discussion that led Anais and Andy to reflect on their own immigrant families.
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Discussion Notes: The Rabbit Matchmakers This week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami
Next week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia
Rated: Clean
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by Haruki Murakami, a story of talking monkey who works an honest job and pines for lost loves from afar. If you’re looking for meaning, listen to this podcast to relieve yourself of such a weighty burden! This story is light, charming, and a wonderful break from the heavy-hearted and forlorn.
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Discussion Notes: Agashi This week’s story: Agashi by AC Koch
Next week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami
Rated: Adult Themes, Clean Language
Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Agahsi” by AC Koch, a story two ex-pat English teachers in Hong Kong sent to South Korea by their boss. Their mission carries questionable morals, and the two men have very different responses. Our hosts also have very different responses to the story, and debate the ethics and story alike.
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