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Popcorn Book Club

Popcorn Book Club

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A group of smart, funny friends meet together every week to talk about the book they’re reading—a book that just so happens to be incredibly buzzy and in the zeitgeist because it has an adaptation coming up on the big screen or via streaming. Because when everyone at work is talking about it, we want to be the smug ones who can say we actually read the book first. Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Jennifer Wright, Korama Danquah, Melissa Hunter, and Tien Tran. New episodes every Monday!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Popcorn Book Club episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Popcorn Book Club for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Popcorn Book Club episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

It's the very first episode of our show about books that have been getting the Hollywood treatment! Our first read: Normal People by Sally Rooney, now a series on Hulu. Read along with us! Or don't — this isn't English class, we won't tell.

In the first part of our discussion, we talk Marianne at high school, and why we'll never forgive Connell for not taking her to Debs.

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@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

(Our next book will be I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb if you want to read along)

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Popcorn Book Club - Introducing: Popcorn Book Club
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06/17/20 • 1 min

A group of smart, funny friends meet together every week to talk about the book they’re reading—a book that just so happens to be incredibly buzzy and in the zeitgeist because it has a big screen adaptation coming up. Because when everyone at work is talking about it, we want to be the smug ones who can say we actually read the book first.

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Popcorn Book Club - I Know This Much Is True (Part 2)
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07/20/20 • 60 min

It's tragedy bingo from our friend, Wally Lamb. Infant death, child pornography, rape, murder, suicide... am I missing anything?

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@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

Next week, we'll wrap up chapters 15 - 30 if you want to keep up.

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Popcorn Book Club - The Hate U Give (Part 3) with Angie Thomas
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09/07/20 • 65 min

One of the cool things about doing a show about books by contemporary writers is that...they are contemporaries. Like, if you have a question about Frankenstein, you can’t go ask Mary Shelley, she’s dead. But after our conversations about The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, we all had questions. And so we asked her! We’ve been really excited to bring you this episode because as you’re about to hear, Angie Thomas is brilliant and cool and nice and everything you’d hope for in a young adult author. This week, she’ll talk to us about what it’s like seeing your work adapted to the screen.

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still lives in Jackson, Mississippi. She is a former teen rapper... and we will get into that. The Hate U Give is her debut novel and is a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Of course she is a working writer, and her second novel, On The Come Up, is on shelves now.

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@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

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Popcorn Book Club - Screen Time: Rebecca (1940)
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10/26/20 • 67 min

Over the past couple weeks, we’ve been talking about the novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier—it’s a story about murder, obsession, and finding out the person closest to you harbors an awful secret. Honestly, it already sounds like a Hitchcock movie. And so sure enough, we’re taking in some Screen Time this week with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 film adaptation to talk about the charm of the Transatlantic accent, and how the Master of Suspense diverged from the book.

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@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

Still ahead, we'll have Screen Time with the 2020 Netflix adaptation of Rebecca (oh we have thoughts...), we'll also pick up where we left off with HBO's Lovecraft Country, and we'll start in on our next book, V For Vendetta!

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Popcorn Book Club - Normal People (Part 2)

Normal People (Part 2)

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07/06/20 • 69 min

We finish up Normal People, and trace Marianne and Connell's strange intimacy to its end.

Next time, we're reading I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, chapters 1–15 in case you want to read along.

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Popcorn Book Club - I Know This Much Is True (Part 1)
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07/13/20 • 78 min

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb is getting an HBO adaptation with two Mark Ruffalos (double Ruffali!) so dive into the tragic story of the Birdsey twins.

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@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

Next week, we'll cover chapters 15-30.

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Popcorn Book Club - I Know This Much Is True (Part 3)
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07/27/20 • 38 min

We are deep in the middle of this story about anger and sadness but we are here for you, friends! We’re continuing our discussion of I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, now a series on HBO. This week we finally get a peek into Dominico’s memoirs! And they are... something.

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@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

Next week we will conclude our discussion of I Know This Much Is True with the final chapters of the book.

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Popcorn Book Club - The Hate U Give (Part 2)

The Hate U Give (Part 2)

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08/31/20 • 51 min

This week we continue our discussion of Angie Thomas’ novel “The Hate U Give.” The book follows 16-year-old Starr Carter, a young black woman, who sees her best friend Khalil shot and killed by police in front of her during a routine traffic stop.

Now, we recorded this discussion a few weeks ago, and I want to say that it is heartbreaking that this work of fiction from 2017 is so immediately relevant in our world. It shouldn’t be. But as long as it is, we are proud to be having this discussion and just to make it clear, Popcorn Book Club says Black Lives Matter.

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@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

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Popcorn Book Club - Brave New World (Part 2)

Brave New World (Part 2)

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09/28/20 • 56 min

Last week, we started in on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, now a series on NBC’s Peacock. We discussed a whole bunch of people in it, none of whom—as it turns out—are the main character. If you haven’t heard our previous show, definitely go back and start there.

Today, we'll get into the thick of Huxley’s story about sex, drugs, and a complete lack of rock and roll.

Follow us on Twitter!

@DanaSchwartzzz

@JenAshleyWright

@koramadrama

@MelissaFTW

and Tien has wisely gotten off Twitter but is on Insta @hanktina

Next week we'll get to our Screen Time conversation about the adaptation of Brave New World!

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FAQ

How many episodes does Popcorn Book Club have?

Popcorn Book Club currently has 28 episodes available.

What topics does Popcorn Book Club cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts, Books, Arts, After Shows and Tv & Film.

What is the most popular episode on Popcorn Book Club?

The episode title 'Normal People: Smooshing Hot People's Faces Together (Part 1)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Popcorn Book Club?

The average episode length on Popcorn Book Club is 60 minutes.

How often are episodes of Popcorn Book Club released?

Episodes of Popcorn Book Club are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Popcorn Book Club?

The first episode of Popcorn Book Club was released on Jun 17, 2020.

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