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  • Death, Daughters and Bugs Bunny: The Sixth Fragment of the Canterbury Tales
    Feb 15 2026

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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 @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter
    -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Medieval Dance Tunes Medly"


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    1 h et 25 min
  • Ghosts of the Middle Class: "A Strange Christmas Game," by Charlotte Riddell
    Dec 14 2025

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    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:
    -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
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to Joshua Spacht for our closing music, "Carol of the Night Bells."

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    1 h et 23 min
  • Bedrot and the Rest Cure: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"
    Oct 19 2025

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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:
    -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
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to Material Gurl for our closing music, "Bats in the Foundry."

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    1 h et 39 min
  • Nobody Loves Edwardian Farce Anymore: P.G. Wodehouse with Zach Weinersmith
    Sep 21 2025

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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 creator of the immortal Jeeves and Wooster.

    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
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to Sam Barsh for our closing music, Scott's Planes


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    1 h et 30 min
  • Kid Lit and Preparing to Die: John Newbury's "The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes"
    Aug 3 2025

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    Season 2 finale! OMG!!

    If you want to keep up with us, go and subscribe at https://gracetodd.substack.com/ to stay in the loop!!

    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
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to MusOpen.Org for our closing music, "A Curious Story" from Robert Schumann's Scenes From Childhood.

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    1 h et 33 min
  • Christmas Pride in July: "My Visitation," by Rose Terry
    Jul 20 2025

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    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 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
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to JCar for our closing music, "The Last Goodbye"

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    1 h et 44 min
  • "His America," by Susan Glaspell
    Jul 6 2025

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    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 for our closing music, "Bullets and Bayonets"

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    54 min
  • More Marriage, More Problems: The Fifth Fragment of the Canterbury Tales
    Jun 22 2025

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    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
    -Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter
    -Accepting nemesis applications at didntreaditpod@gmail.com
    -Accepting academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com
    -Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space
    -Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"
    -Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Medieval Dance Tunes Medly"

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    1 h et 12 min