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Things We Read Instead

Written by: Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
  • Summary

  • A monthly podcast where two distractable nerds spend their time chatting bubbles about the enjoyment of something unintended but fabulous, while also trying to get their to be read piles under control. Get bonus content on Patreon

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    Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
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Episodes
  • A Spoilerific Minisode About The Custom of the Country
    Apr 22 2024

    Spoilerific Edition!


    We are deep diving into The Custom of Country. There are spoilers galore so be warned!

    Content warning: mention of suicide


    Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee

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    30 mins
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Custom of the Country
    Apr 8 2024
    Thanks for listening. Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.The Custom of the Country by Edith WhartonThe Proud Tower by Barbara W TuchmanOsprey Publishing Campaign Bosworth 1485 Christopher GravettSekigahara 1600 by Anthory J BryantThe Rest is History Podcast with Tom Holland and Dominic SandbrookCrawling Horror edited by Daisy Butcher and Janette LeafThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved Demon by Kimberley LemmingDaisy Miller by Henry JamesCity of Girls by Elizabeth GilbertGone Girl by Gillian FlynnNotes on a Scandal by Zoe HellerEmma by Jane AustenThe Age of Innocence (1993)The Gilded Age (2022)House of Cards (1990)Election (1999)Dangerous Liaisons (1988)Next months readAll sound effects by www.pixabay.com Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • What Vic Read Instead of The Cruel Sea
    Mar 11 2024

    Thanks for listening. Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.


    The Cruel Sea Nicholas Montsarrat

    The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown

    Chernobyl by Serhii Plokhy

    Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

    Argylle (2024)

    The Good Shepherd CS Forester

    The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War Jonathan Dimbleby

    Convoy Escort Commander Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton

    The Sinking of the Bismarck William L Shirer

    The Cruel Sea 1953

    Greyhound 2020

    Das Boot 1981

    In Which We Serve 1942

    Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003

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    1 hr and 5 mins

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