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Book podcasts

Classic books, reimagined as short AI-hosted podcast conversations hosted by Leo & Sharon, who read the text and argue, warmly, about what each book means for right now.

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 4 episodes

The math teacher who coined 'chortle,' what nine-year-old you missed, a cartoon cat with better advice than your therapist, and why you quote an 1865 book every time you say 'down the rabbit hole.'

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Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare · 4 episodes

The queen who scripted her own ending, the general who threw away a world, the friend who couldn't stop loving a sinking man, and why every era keeps re-making her.

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Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes · 4 episodes

A man whose brain fried on fantasy novels, the friend who knew it was windmills and rode along, the love he invented, and the famous line he never wrote.

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Dracula

Bram Stoker · 4 episodes

Secretly a six-month group chat, the rule that nothing gets in unless you invite it, the friend everyone watched fade before anyone could name it, and why every vampire you can picture runs on an 1897 rulebook.

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Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · 4 episodes

How a monster gets made, the loneliest book ever assigned in school, the founder who walks out of his own lab, and what brilliance costs you when it isn't enough.

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · 4 episodes

The first cringe comedy in English, the loud mom who was right, why nobody can just send the text, and how a 200-year-old book keeps spawning new artifacts.

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Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare · 4 episodes

A rebound that became a wedding, a friend who paid for the parents' feud, the crush that burned hotter once forbidden, and the dad who'd kill her by Thursday.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 4 episodes

The woman who out-read the great detective, the friend role you're already playing, the notice-then-story trick, and why quiet was the one case he couldn't solve.

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The Art of War

Sun Tzu · 4 episodes

How you win a hard moment days before it starts, the half of that famous line nobody finishes, the friend bluffing at dinner you almost missed, and the war book that ends warm.

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The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 4 episodes

The green light you can't reach, the biggest party against three mourners, why "old sport" is the tell he's trying, and a century-old book that's now a reaction GIF you've definitely sent.

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