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Episode 647
Flavor Town 11 - Book Edition
In this episode, we’re opening the Flavor Town gates! In this eleventh installment of Flavor Town, we’re taking on our listeners’ spiciest book-themed takes. From controversial opinions about beloved genres to reading habits that should maybe stay private, there’s enough literary chaos to scorch your TBR list. Plus, we get Erin’s real-time reaction to some heartbreaking news.
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In this episode, we’re opening the Flavor Town gates! In this eleventh installment of Flavor Town, we’re taking on our listeners’ spiciest book-themed takes. From controversial opinions about beloved genres to reading habits that should maybe stay private, there’s enough literary chaos to scorch your TBR list. Plus, we get Erin’s real-time reaction to some heartbreaking news.
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- Mentions: Fanfic Episode | Dramione Spreadsheet | Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman | Sunday Night Lights | The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky | The Curious Notoriety of “Performative Reading” (via The New Yorker) | Faith Adjacent Romance Novels Episode
- Fact Check: Does reading make you better than watching TV? | Mahjong? | Frozen butterbeer during the Cursed Child? | Criterion Closet?
- Drive-bys: Cinder-City (see also: Sarah J Maas) | Teaching Mrs.Tingle | Ezra Klein and Aaron Parnas (see also: Who’s his father?) | In Bruges | The Pitt | Mythbusters | Love Island (see also: Love is Blind) | PMG Published Works | Julia Whelan | Phylicia Masonheimer (see also: 2014 JAMA study) | Sarah MacLean | Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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