Didn't Read It
A guided tour through the stories that have shaped our culture and the world we live in. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a romance aficionado, or just Not That Into Books, there’s no denying that the “great works” of literature have played a part in influencing everything from public policy to superhero movies. If you’ve ever wanted to know whether that pretentious guy on Twitter is correct in referring to news stories as “Orwellian,” wondered what stories inspired shows like Bridgerton, or just been curious about why, exactly, your high school English teacher was so insistent about assigning books by Dead White Guys, Didn’t Read It is the podcast for you.
Episodes
Here is part TWO of our foray into Guy de Maupassant's famous tale of the Franco-Prussian war--a meditation on what we ask of each other, who really suffers during wartime, and how the rich basically always suck no matter where they're from.
If you didn't listen to part one, maybe go back and check that one out first!
XOXO
Hey hey, did you miss us????
Just to reiterate what I said in the beginning of the episode: we'll have a sporadic summer schedule, with the goal of getting back to posting regularly in the fall, because I became a PARENT and it is DISTRACTING.
In the meantime, here is part one of our foray into Guy de Maupassant's famous tale of the Franco-Prussian war--a meditation on what we ask of each other, who really suffe...
Where does war happen--in our hearts or on our phones? We're discussing Luigi Pirandello's classic short story "War," along with propaganda, the torment nexus, and why we keep feeding kids to the metaphorical woodchipper.
As always, we are:
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WE'RE BACK, DID YOU MISS US
It's the sixth fragment of the Canterbury Tales, and we're hanging with our buddy Chaucie while we learn about filial piety, fancast a Looney Tunes adaptation, and ponder the position of women in the collapsing Republic (not that one).
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3
-Accepting friends @d...
It's our traditional Christmas Haunt, and we're joined by bestie of the pod Maddie Wood to discuss Charlotte Riddell's "A Strange Christmas Game"! Come crash the holiday party as we talk haunted estates, the nouveau riche, sword fights, bridge, and whether demolition is just as good as an exorcism.
As always, we are:
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It's spooky season, and this year the tradwife life is the most haunted house of all! Join us as we explore "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's immortal, haunting tale of entrapment, madness, and marriage.
As always, we are:
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-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter
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Please note: Zach would like everyone to know that he KNOWS Wodehouse's lovely wife was named ETHEL, not EDITH, and he misspoke! Forgive him, if you'll be so kind.
We're indulging in a little Edwardian farce with the best to ever do it--humorist and all-around funny guy P.G. Wodehouse! Join us and cartoonist/author/also all-around funny guy Zach Weindersmith as we take a jaunt through the life and works of the ...
Season 2 finale! OMG!!
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As always, we are:
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-Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com
-Accepting academic scrutiny a...
Pride month never ends at Didn't Read It, and we're cruising into July with another "they definitely weren't roommates" literary classic--Rose Terry's haunting short story "My Visitation." New pal of the pod Kat Ray joins us to discuss when men deserve their snaps, whether the straights are okay, and the eternal allure of the lavender marriage.
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts...
It's the 4th of July, and we're feeling real weird about it!
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3
-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter
-Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com
-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
-Thankful to MusOpen ...
Toni, our resident medievalist gal about town, has returned to give us more of that sweet sweet Chaucer content!!
In the Fifth Fragment, we're talking about storytelling, promises you shouldn't have to keep, and even more Terrible Medieval Husbands.
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3
-Accept...
Spring is bleeding into summer and we're attending a perfectly innocent garden party where nothing bad happens to anyone! Join us as we explore Katherine Mansfield's complex little tale of Edwardian New Zealand and try to decide which articles of clothing, exactly, would convince us to abandon our sense of decency.
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or...
It's a holiday weekend and we're celebrating by diving into more oldey-timey raunchy literature! Join us and new friend of the pod Kathleen Lubey, author of What Pornography Knows, as we dive into Eliza Haywood's racy and transgressive novella "Fantomina"!
If you'd like to hear more from Kathleen, you can find her at https://www.kathleenlubey.com/ or on Instagram @kathylubey. Go check out her book! It's re...
The New Yorker turned 100 this year, and so we're taking a trip through the archives to explore the first (not so great) year of fiction published by the magazine, discuss the legacy of early fiction editor Katherine White, and more!
As always, we are:
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Pal of the pod Ty Phelps is back to take us on a tour through Tove Jansson's short fiction, wax rhapsodic about the Moomin books, and decide whether we're all just the figments of a squirrel's imagination.
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3
-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram
-Accepting nemesis...
Something's rotten in this apartment building!
Join us as we explore Richard Matheson's unsettling sci-fi classic "Shipshape Home" and dive into housing anxiety, risking a lobotomy to prove a point, and the eternal dismissiveness of 1950s husbands.
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3
-Accepting friends @didntreadit on I...
IS everyone crazy but me???
We're exploring Shirley Jackson's incredible (and unfortunately relatable) short story "Colloquy"--join us as we commiserate over the state of the world, talk about the Bad Old Days, and decide if we've actually lost it after all.
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3
-Accepting friends @...
We're diving into the bonds between military men, enticing accents, and the dangers of the high seas with Jake Phillips from The Cultured Bumpkin! Join us as we explore Arthur Quiller-Couch's "The Roll Call of the Reef," Manfluencers, Boulder-Tumbling Weather, and more.
If you'd like to see more of Jake's work, check him out at The Cultured Bumpkin on YouTube, Instagram, & Tiktok!
As always, we are:
We've had technical difficulties! This is a re-post of an old episode to buy us time to vanquish the computer gremlins. Wish us luck and enjoy this throwback episode!!
With love and panic,
XOXO,
The DRI Team
Gumshoes! Dead chauffeurs! Fake bookstores! We're diving into the noir world of Raymond Chandler as Marilyn Drew Necci takes us on a journey through "The Big Sleep."
You can find Drew's weekly column at The Auricular: https://www.theauricular.com/ or you can find her on BlueSky at @annihilatethisweek.bsky.social
As always, we are:
-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tel...
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