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Book Club for Masochists: a Readers’ Advisory Podcast

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  • A Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.
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  • Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction

    Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction
    Jun 4 2024
    This episode we’re discussing the topic of non-fiction Pop Culture books! We talk about cult classics, the Disney channel, the futch scale, and being Eldritch Millennials. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Join our Discord Server! Things We Read (or tried to…) Street Unicorns: Extravagant Fashion Photography from NYC Streets and Beyond by Robbie QuinnPoisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman by Pádraig Ó Méalóid Part 0: Introduction I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael MolcherAnd Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race by María Elena Fernández The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry Note: Anna didn’t have the Disney Channel because she lived in the woods in Alaska. It also did not exist in Canada until 2015. The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny NicholsonThat's So '90s!: A Pop-Cultural Guide to the Raddest Decade by Jo Stewart and Lisa GillardThe Bizarre World of Fake Video Games by Super Eyepatch WolfJunk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter by Katharine Coldiron Other Media We Mentioned Attack of the New B Movies: Essays on SYFY Original Films edited by Justin Wigard and Mitch Ploskonka Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Garratt and Richard AppignanesiFRUiTS by Shoichi Aoki Wikipedia Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark BuckinghamRuPaul's Drag Race (Wikipedia) The Pit Stop S16 E01 Glee (TV series) (Wikipedia)Euphoria (American TV series) (Wikipedia)Abbott Elementary (Wikipedia)The Simpsons is Good Again by Super Eyepatch WolfTaskmaster: Series 17, Episode 1Plan 9 from Outer Space (Wikipedia)Every Frame a Painting Links, Articles, and Things Follow our Twitch channel! Jam and Matthew will be streaming Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp on Saturday, June 8th at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Jam made an image to promote it. Jam’s Top Ten Video Essays About Media They Haven’t Experienced Mood board (Wikipedia)Blockbuster (Wikipedia)Walkman (Wikipedia)Milk caps/Pogs (Wikipedia)Tamagotchi (Wikipedia)Webring (Wikipedia)Which Pokémon are the most goth? 20 Pop Culture Non-Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib Indigenous Celebrity: Entanglements with Fame edited by Jennifer Adese & Robert Alexander InnesThe Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba BlayThe Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me by Keah BrownShe Memes Well by Quinta Brunson Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History by Jeff Chang & Dave Cook Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen CreyWannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie JonesK-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television by Grace JungSuperfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart by Jen Sookfong LeeIndiginerds: Tales from Modern Indigenous Life edited by Alina PeteNerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse by Maya Phillips The Dead Don't Need Reminding: In Search of Fugitives, Mississippi, and Black TV Nerd Shit by Julian Randall Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee SalisburyFirst Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game by Nadirah SimmonsShine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel SmithMaking a Scene by Constance WuRise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, & Philip Wang Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 18th when it’s time once again for One Book One Podcast as we each pitch a book we think we should read and you (the listeners) get to vote! Then on Tuesday, July 2nd we’ll be discussing the genre of Law/Legal Non-Fiction!
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  • Episode 194 - Indie Publishers

    Episode 194 - Indie Publishers
    May 7 2024
    This episode we’re discussing the topic(?) of Indie Publishers! We talk about how to define an indie publisher, weirdo metro stories, song lyrics, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Join our Discord Server! Things We Read (or tried to…) Trial of the Clone: An Interactive Adventure! by Zach Weinersmith and Chris JonesAny Other City by Hazel Jane Plante Songs of Love, Death and Pleasure by Hazel Jane Plante Video of the reading that Jam bought their books at last year! A Short Journey by Car by Liam DurcanTell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria LuiselliHope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power by Rebecca Solnit Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly Wang Other Media We Mentioned What About Crowdfunded Comics? by Matthew Murray 🦇 and Mara L. Thacker Podcast version How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir by Amber DawnThe Argonauts by Maggie NelsonSaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach WeinersmithThe Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley When I Arrived at the Castle by E. M. Carroll Boy Island by Leo FoxMeanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett Links, Articles, and Things Image Comics (Wikipedia)Creative CommonsSkyTrain (Vancouver) (Wikipedia)Oulipo (Wikipedia) Podcast episode where one host tries not to say the letter “e”Denver Small Press FestSpaghettieis (Wikipedia) “spaghetti ice cream” 45 New & Forthcoming Indie Press Books by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Fiction Weird Black Girls: Stories by Elwin Cotman (AK Press) False Idols: A Reluctant King Novel by K’Wan (Akashic Books)Sister Deborah by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti (Archipelago Books)Bad Land by Corinna Chong (Arsenal Pulp Press)These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere (Catapult)The Coin by Yasmin Zaher (Catapult) Cecilia by K-Ming Chang (Coffee House Press) Fog & Car by Eugene Lim (Coffee House Press) We’re Safe When We’re Alone by Nghiem Tran (Coffee House Press)A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter (Counterpoint Press)Bad Seed by Gabriel Carle, translated by Heather Houde (Feminist Press)The Default World by Naomi Kanakia (Feminist Press)The Singularity by Balsam Karam, translated by Saskia Vogel (Feminist Press)I'll Give You a Reason by Annell López (Feminist Press)Tongueless by Lau Yee-Wa, translated by Jennifer Feeley (Feminist Press)Outcaste by Sheila James (Goose Lane Editions)Silken Gazelles by Jokha Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth (House of Anansi Press)Dad, I Miss You by Nadia Sammurtok, illustrated by Simji Park (Inhabit Media)Secrets of the Snakestone by Pia DasGupta (Nosy Crow)The Burrow by Melanie Cheng (Tin House)Masquerade by Mike Fu (Tin House)The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories by Zahid Rafiq (Tin House) I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both by Mariah Stovall (Soft Skull Press) Non-Fiction RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age by Chuck D and Kathy Lopez (Akashic Books)All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey by Teresa Wong (Arsenal Pulp Press)Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee (Catapult)My Pisces Heart: A Black Immigrant's Search for Home Across Four Continents by Jennifer Neal (Catapult)Beyond the Mountains: An Immigrant's Inspiring Journey of Healing and Learning to Dance with the Universe by Deja Vu Prem (Catapult) Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance by Victoria Blanco (Coffee House Press)Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha LaPointe (Counterpoint Press) Born to Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience by Alpha Nkuranga (Goose Lane Editions) Jinny Yu (At Once/À La Fois) by Jinny Yu (Goose Lane Editions) Log Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross (LittlePuss Press)Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home by Chris La Tray (Milkweed Editions)World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil (Milkweed Editions)Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life by Sofia Samatar (Soft Skull Press)The Story Game by Shze-Hui Tjoa (Tin House)Black Meme: The History of the Images That Make Us by Legacy Russell (Verso Books) Poetry i heard a crow before i was born by Jules Delorme (Goose Lane Editions)We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word edited by Franny Choi, Bao Phi, Noʻu Revilla...
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 193 - Spring Media Update

    Episode 193 - Spring Media Update
    Apr 16 2024
    It’s time for our Spring Media Update episode! We talk about art installations, manga, board games, comics, and birds. So many birds. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Join our Discord Server! Media We’ve Been Consuming Jam Quality Assurance in Another World by Masamichi SatōWingspan (board game designed by Elizabeth Hargrave)Redactle New York Times responds to Only Connect resemblance Anna Meow Wolf Convergence Station Terraria Terraria Ep1 || Mine O'Clock Amanda the Jedi Explaining the Chaotic Disaster of Madame Web Meghan Lisa LeBlanc Long books : The Abominable by Dan Simmons (663 pages) Dead Water by C.A. Fletcher (513 pages) The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes (760 pages) Bungalow Details Interior by Jane Powell Matthew Spy x Family, vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo Giant Days Library Edition, vol. 1 by by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin Birds We Mentioned ChickadeeEmuCassowaryKākāpōShoebillTawny FrogmouthPesquet's parrot (Dracula Parrot)KiwiHawkPigeonCrowChicken Links, Articles, and Things OLA RA in a DayYotsuba&!, vol. 1 by Kiyohiko AzumaChiacAcadiaBirds Aren’t RealOnly ConnectBungalow 12 Political Thrillers by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Rogue Justice by Stacey AbramsThe Caretaker by A.X. AhmadThe Opium Prince by Jasmine Aimaq Exceptional Circumstances by James Bartleman The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. CarterThe Sniper by Chang Kuo-Li, translated by Roddy Flag The Executioner’s Game by Gary Hardwick What You Leave Behind by Wanda M. MorrisOne in the Chamber by Robin PegueroGrant Park by Leonard Pitts Jr.Paper Gods by Goldie TaylorAmerican Spy by Lauren Wilkinson Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 7th we’ll be discussing books from Indie Publishers! Then on Tuesday, June 4th we’ll be discussing non-fiction Pop Culture!
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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