(5/7; Ch 13-15) How dare Basil try to help me! How dare he be good and nice and try to pray with me. Does he even know me?
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Hosted by: Ryan Carter & Jackie Eckert
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(00:00) Introduction
(05:17) Chapter 13: Dorian shows Basil the Picture
(21:21) Chapter 14: Dorian Breaks Bad
(43:45) Chapter 15: Dorian pretends like Nothing Happened
(4/7; Chapters 10-12) Vampirism, Kink, Catholicism, oh my!
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(00:00) Introduction
(01:25) Chapter 10: Dorian hides his picture
(16:05) Chapter 11: The Life and Times of Dorian Gray
(51:03) Chapter 12: Basil intervenes
(3/7; Ch 7-9) Dorian breaks bad. He discovers he likes it.
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(00:00) Introduction
(01:14) Chapter 7
(20:46) Chapter 8
(50:46) Chapter 9
(2/7; Ch 4-6) Look, I told Harry I was getting married before you because I was already at dinner with Harry. You finding out this way was just easier.
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(00:00) Introduction
(02:49) Saving chapter 3's reputation
(06:54) Chapter 4
(28:08) Chapter 5
(39:31) Chapter 6
(1/7; Chapters 1-3) "Live the wonderful life that is in you!
Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for
new sensations. Be afraid of nothing. . . . A new Hedonism--
that is what our century wants."
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(00:00) Introduction
(10:19) Chapter 1
(23:12) Chapter 2
(45:08) Chapter 3
(3/3; Chapters 4 & 5) One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life. What on earth Roland is serious about, I haven't got the remotest idea. About everything, I should fancy. The Gunslinger has such a trivial nature.
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Hosted by: Ryan Carter & Jacques du Plessis
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(00:00) Introduction
(01:12) Chapter 4: The Slow Mutants
(49:43) Chapter 5: The Gunslinger & The Man in Black
(01:18:04) Discussion of the entire book
(2/3; Chapters 2 & 3) The Gunslinger discovers a boy at an abandoned waystation and they travel together.
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(1/3) The Man in Black fled through the desert, the Gunslinger followed, and Ryan and Jacques talked about it.
(3/3; Chapters 13-18) 🎶So just say thanks a lot / And try romance, it's hot! / Let's find out who's really you 🎶
Link dump:
Le Morte d'Arthur: Ye Olde English edition (physical)
Le Morte d'Arthur: Modern English edition (digital)
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(00:00) Introduction
(03:35) Chapter 13
(14:25) Chapter 14
(21:33) Chapter 15
(33:03) Chapter 16
(48:33) Chapter 17
(01:08:05) Chapter 18
(2/3; Chapters 7-12) 🎶Move aside your scabbard / For underneath your tabard / There is waiting to escape / A butterfly! 🎶
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Le Morte d'Arthur: Ye Olde English edition
Le Morte d'Arthur: Modern English edition
Britain's obsession with the royal family
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(00:00) Introduction
(03:17) Chapter 7
(16:36) Chapter 8
(23:06) Chapter 9
(30:32) Chapter 10
(49:24) Chapter 11
(01:08:46) Chapter 12
(1/3; Chapters 1-6) 🎵His name is Lancelot! He visits France alot. He likes to dance alot. And dream...🎵
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(00:00) Introduction
(06:38) Here's everything you need to know
(07:56) Chapter 1
(22:48) Chapter 2
(31:48) Chapter 3
(46:20) Chapter 4
(54:33) Chapter 5
(01:00:16) Chapter 6
(12/12) The epic conclusion! Who will live? Who will die? Who will get evicted? + a discussion of the entire book at the end.
(00:00) Introduction
(02:45) Chapter 77
(23:07) Chapter 78
(35:22) Chapter 79
(40:23) Chapter 80
(50:45) Chapter 81
(11/12) The Kavach building is going through it right now, guys. Frickin' cultists...
(10/12) Just when the Mystery Gang thinks it's all over, the Cult of the Red Death drags them back into the thick of it.
(9/12) A near death experience causes Nate to reevaluate his life. Buckle up, we got some T.
(8/12) This is now officially a sci-fi book. The plot is ramping up. Chapter after chapter is fascinating. Ryan and Jake talk about the wild ride.
(7/12) This time on Big Brother: The Mystery Gang journeys to the center of the Earth!
(00:00) Introduction
(04:37) Chapter 42
(14:09) Chapter 43
(20:09) Chapter 44
(48:57) Chapter 45
(54:32) Chapter 46
(01:01:14) Chapter 47
(01:07:17) Chapter 48
(6/12) Struggling to come up with not too spoiler-y descriptions...hey, don't be like Eddie, okay? Worst kind of manager.
(00:00) Introduction
The hosts of Functionally Literate read the 99th page of several books and decide if they would or wouldn't read them to celebrate the club's 2nd anniversary.
(00:00) Introduction
(05:26) A Dowry of Blood
(10:48) 1491: Revelations of the Americas before Columbus
(17:14) George Orwell's Why I Write
(20:47) Grimm's Fairy Tales
(23:40) Lilith
(26:40) The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains
(30:19) The Social Contract
(36:27) The Drawing Of The Three
(40:57) What Moves the Dead
(44:41) The Decay of Lying
(50:54) Hollow Kingdom
(55:55) Carmilla
(59:42) A Court Of Thorns And Roses
(01:06:18) The Final Girl Support Group
Be sure to check out Kit's paper, Harpies.
(5/12) AKA The One With All The Writing On The Walls.
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(00:00) Introduction
(04:43) Chapter 28
(13:28) Chapter 29
(27:13) Chapter 30
(41:53) Chapter 31
(49:21) Chapter 32
(56:23) Chapter 33
(1:03:45) Chapter 34