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  • Books that will cure your reading slump
    Aug 15 2025

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. Are you in a reading slump? If so... It's your lucky day. We're here to prescribe you a few books to cure it. We also chat about Steinbeck, Agatha Christie, Annie Ernaux, and more.


    Don't forget to connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ <3


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com


    Love you! Thanks for listening :)


    xx

    Aspa + Erifili

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    46 min
  • The best memoirs, existentialism, Substack, coming of age, and more
    May 29 2025

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. Today we're talking about our all-time favorite memoirs - some of which you may have never heard of, and some of which might be on your TBR.


    We talk about existentialism, Substack, coming of age, female characters, and a lot more.


    Connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    42 min
  • Special Q&A episode: books, opinions, stories
    May 18 2025

    We're back from our little hiatus!!!

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. Today we're doing a special Q&A episode for the first time, answering all kinds of questions we got from you guys on Instagram. We're touching upon:

    • Unpopular book opinions
    • Grilled cheese
    • Our friendship
    • Greek classics
    • Books EVERYONE should read
    • And more...


    Thanks for being here! There's a new episode coming end of May. See ya!


    Connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    36 min
  • Speed-reviewing everything we read in 2024
    Dec 18 2024

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. It's time to speed-review everything we read in 2024 (okay, almost everything). We tried to keep summaries and reviews to around a minute each, so if you're looking for book recs, you're about to get a whole lot of them. Here are all the books mentioned:


    1. Clara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
    2. Good Material - Dolly Alderton
    3. Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 - Cho Nam-ju
    4. The Rachel Incident - Carolin o’Donoghue
    5. A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro
    6. Ghosts - Dolly Alderton
    7. Conversations on Love - Natasha Lunn
    8. Kierkegaard: A Single Life - Stephen Backhouse?
    9. Boy Parts - Elisa Clark
    10. The Symposium - Plato
    11. Milkfed - Melissa Broder
    12. Transparent Things - Vladimir Nabokov
    13. My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
    14. Story of a New Name - Elena Ferrante
    15. Essays in Love - Alain de Botton
    16. Perfume - Patrick Suskind
    17. Indelicacy - Amina Kane
    18. Yellow Face - R.F. Kuang
    19. Ask the Dust - John Fante
    20. Almond - Sohn Won-Pyung
    21. The Lost Daughter - Elena Ferrante
    22. The Days of Abandonment - Elena Ferrante
    23. The Age of Magical Overthinking - Amanda Montell
    24. Killers of the flower moon - David Grann
    25. Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov
    26. The Wager - David Grann
    27. Your Story is Your Power - Elle Luna & Susie Herrick
    28. Design Your Life: Your Career, Your Way - Erifili Gounari


    Thank you for listening! Connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    47 min
  • Nonfiction books we love: philosophy, memoirs, and more
    Dec 8 2024

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. Today we're bringing you guys some of our favorite nonfiction books, and honestly there's something here for everyone. Favorite philosophy books, memoirs, books about the world, and more -- this episode has range and we hope you find something you like.


    Thank you for listening! Connect with us on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    39 min
  • Performative reading, booktok, and more
    Nov 3 2024

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. Join us for a casual chat on the way reading has turned into a performative trend, how it's tied around people's identity, and celebrities hiring professional library curators to look cool. Tons to discuss. This episode is sponsored by scroll.ai!


    Thank you for listening! Connect with us on ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    47 min
  • My journey as a first-time published author
    Oct 2 2024

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. This is a solo episode; it's Erifili here, telling you guys all about the book I wrote, how I got it published through traditional publishing, everything I learned in the process of writing a book in 4 months, and answering the questions you sent in on social media! If you're an aspiring author or a writer, this chat might be for you.


    You can find my book here:

    • Amazon
    • Waterstones
    • Barnes and Noble
    • Goodreads


    Thank you for listening! Connect with us on ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    38 min
  • Books we've been reading & fall catch-up
    Sep 24 2024

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. We're back and reporting live from Harvard, where we're currently chilling and pretending that we go here. Join us for an autumnal catch-up and to hear about the books we've been reading!


    Thank you for listening! Connect with us on ⁠TikTok⁠ and ⁠Instagram⁠ for memes and other good things ;)


    For partnerships, ideas or feedback: espressoepilogues@gmail.com

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    41 min