It’s the one hundred and nineteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at The short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

Specifically, we’re discussing:

The Masque of the Red Death

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Black Cat

The Fall of the House of Usher

Hop-Frog

Here’s where you can listen:

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It’s the one hundred and eighteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley.

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And for next episode, we’ll be reading stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Here’s a list, complete with links to read them online:

The Masque of the Red Death

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Black Cat

The Fall of the House of Usher

Hop-Frog

It’s the one hundred and seventeenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

This time around, we’re looking at The Odyssey by Homer (as translated by Emily Wilson).

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It’s the one hundred and sixteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at The Odyssey by Homer (as translated by Emily Wilson).

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And don’t forget that this is the first part of an EPIC TWO-PART CROSSOVER with Pop Culture Affidavit! Part two, where we talk about the recent movie directed by Christopher Nolan, will come out next week!

A quick note: This episode is THREE HOURS long. The plot synopsis runs 41 minutes. You’ll hear Tom announce that right before he starts, so you are free to skip those 41 minutes to make it a bit more manageable.

It’s the one hundred and fifteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Bellflower.

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It’s the one hundred and thirteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.

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It’s the one hundred and thirteenth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews.

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It’s the one hundred and twelfth episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at the second book of the Hunger Games Trilogy: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.

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It’s the one hundred and eleventh episode of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, we’re looking at Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

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It’s the one hundred tenth of Required Reading With Tom and Stella! This podcast, which is hosted by Tom Panarese (Pop Culture Affidavit, In Country) and Stella (Batgirl to Oracle: A Barbara Gordon Podcast, The Batman Universe) is two teachers talking about literature. Each episode, we will be taking a look at a single work, analyzing it, criticizing it and deciding if it’s required reading.

This time around, it’s a tangent special where we talk about books that we consider formative in our reading experience and history.

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