Athenaeum Hosted by the Owl and the Wolf: Recent Episodes
Sam Sandeen
A podcast about writing, literature, and the culture that feeds them. Reach out to us at athenaeumpodcastlit@gmail.com and check us out at Instagram @AtheneumPodcast
Dune, a beefy book if ever there was one, was recently turned into a movie and in this episode the hosts discuss the book - before watching the movie!
In this episode, the hosts discuss the Movie Ready Player One vs the book by Ernest Cline
Andy Weir's latest novel that has been picked up by... Ryan Gosling? Music provided by Ivan Duch.
In this episode, we discuss if we do give recommendations how we do that. Do we have defaults? Do we tailor it? Do we not give recommendations?
In this episode Jo, Rob, and Sam discuss there Book Related New Year's Resolutions. The music for this episode was provided by Ivan Duch at ivanduch.com
Music from Ivan Dutch at ivandutch.com
In this episode Jo, Rob, and Sam talk about time travel, and a the Marvel Universe?
In this episode Jo, Sam, and their guest Martha Steele of 3 Book Girls podcast discuss two short stories from Orange World by Karen Russell.
In this episode, we interview Coleman Alexander, author of Between the Shade and Shadow, and learn more about the self-publishing process and his stories.
Music provided by Ivan Duch - check it out at ivanduch.com
Do you like them? Is the adaptation sometimes easier... perhaps better, or are they all worse?
It's on Hulu, it has a Graphic Novel, and... it isn't a new book. In this Episode Jo, Rob and Sam discuss the Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.
HandmaidsTale #BookPodcast
In this episode, Jo, Rob, and Sam talk about middle-grade literature and what that means/what it is.
In this episode, we interview Laura Bird, YA author with her first novel coming out on March 1st, 2022!
Join us as we talk about the book vs movie - and do they add to one another? All the action, romance, adventure!
In this episode we discuss beginnings in novels vs short stories - and what is a beginning.
So, what happens when your roommates can't contribute easily to the house?
Written by the wonderfully skilled Sadie.
Join Rob, Sam, and Jo as they talk about Adventure and what that means in literature - where do you find it, and how is it used.
The music is by Ivan Dutch.
In this episode, Jo, Rob, and Sam discuss The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. An adventure novel, drama, or a bit too much?
In this episode, in which Sam is quiet, we discuss this modern take of Jane Eyre vs the original. Listen to some hot takes on this 2010 YA release.
Written by one of our discord members, CONTENT WARNING.
I thought I got away from him, and found a unique, but perfect, housemate. I was wrong.
Written by one of the members of our Discord group, in this story some people have normal hobbies, some, like my roommates, are a bit concerning
In this Episode, Jo, Sam, and Rob discuss how romance has changed, all the subgenres, and thoughts about how the current compares to the past.
Today we are talking about a modern Mystery that has been popular - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman! Have you read this? Thinking about reading it? Give this a listen and see if it catches your interest.
All of the background music is royalty-free from Ivan Dutch at https://ivanduch.com/songs/
We talk about Modern vs Classic thriller, horror, and mysteries and what the differences are and some conversations about what qualifies as a thriller, horror, or mystery.
literature #horror #mystery #thriller
Another short story reading, written by the lovely Sadie, about a writer being stuck in their own story.
In this short story, one of our authors, Sphere, imagines what his characters would do if they met him in person.
Jo, Rob, and Sam discuss The Black Cat, The Tale Tell Heart, The Mask of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe.
Everyone has to read these at some point, right?
Join us as we discuss these stories and how they relate to each other and modern day fiction!
What are you to do when your enemy and you share the same friend, and it's her birthday?
Written by Sadie - what do you do when your friend is also friends with your arch-nemesis?
Written by Sadie, this short story is all about a boy dealing with a little girl who won't go to sleep.
Written by the wonderful Sphere, this short story tells of what the afterlife looks like when most of humanity is gone from the world.
This is a short story, very short story, written by Sadie over on our discord server. Enjoy this hopeful tale!
Another short story submission from the discord we are associated with. This one is about a certain shipwreck...
Another short story submission from the discord we are associated with. This one is about a certain shipwreck... in the form of a CIA Report.
Another short story submission from the discord we are associated with. This one is about a certain shipwreck...
Another short story submission reading, the prompt was "Just call the police. Nobody has time for your Nancy Drew shenanigans."
Sam and Jake read a charming, lighthearted short story from our writing server. More to come soon ;)
A new sub podcast that we are adding, this is the first of a short story reading that we will be doing from submissions on a writing discord that the podcast is a part of.
The guys read Burn For Me, so that we can discuss a lot of tropes and writing styles that have become generic in a lot of Romance and Urban Fantasy, and how a number of assumed tropes aren't actually present in all Romance novels.
We talk about a few episodes (3, to be precise) of the Love, Death and Robots Netflix series, as well as the short stories that they are based on.