It’s the ninety-ninth 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 are looking at Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Spotify Link

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-eighth 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 are looking at Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Spotify Link

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-seventh 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 are looking at a trio of Christmas stories: “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas, “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote, and “Duel in the Snow or Red Ryder Nails the Cleveland Street Kid” by Jean Shepherd.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Spotify Link

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-sixth 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 are looking at The Iliad by Homer as translated by Emily Wilson.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Spotify Link

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-fifth 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 are looking at Dracula by Bram Stoker.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Spotify Link

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-fourth 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 are looking at The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-third 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 are looking at The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

The music used at the end of the episode was titled “Cityscape” by Artur Aravidi and you can find it at the Free Music Archive.

 Cityscape.mp3 by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

It’s the ninety-second 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 are looking at Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninety-first 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 are looking at Paper Towns by John Green.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download

It’s the ninetieth 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 are taking a break from our usual coverage and talking about romance books; specifially, those that are “spicy”, and yes, “smutty.”

Content Warning: This episode includes discussions of sex as well as foul language.

Required Reading Apple Podcasts Page

Required Reading Podcast Page at Two True Freaks

Direct Download