Teaching My Cat To Read: The “very serious” Book Review Podcast
Teaching my Cat to Read
"Teaching My Cat to Read" is a book podcast that adds a unique comedic twist to literary discussions - thinking what our cat would think of this book. Discover answers to questions like, "Who would emerge victorious in a fight between Lady Catherine and Mrs. Bennett?" or "Who funded the grant money for Victor Frankenstein's experiments?" And don't forget, we never fail to ask the important question: "What rating would our cat give this book?"
Tune in every other week for brand new episodes that guarantee laughter and literary discussion.
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Mini Ep - Pride and Prejudice: When in doubt, marry a guy for his house
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05/01/22 • 15 min
In our mini episodes we take 10 mins to discuss all the fun questions about a book we’ve already read on our podcast! Listen to us chat about which of the characters would be mansplain/manipulate/malewife and if Lizzie Bennet would do well in the world of The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet.
In this episode we discuss PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by JANE AUSTEN! (Originally read s1e1)
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Mini Ep - Dracula: A Preponderance of Malewives
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07/10/22 • 16 min
In this mini-episode we discuss DRACULA by Bram Stoker! We discuss the fun questions we introduced in series 2 for a book we’ve previously read in series 1. Including who’s the manipulator in this book, and what would the right move review be that Dracula is looking for for his London home (he probably won’t have to do a house share for £1k a month...)
We originally read Dracula for series 1 episode 5.
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The Song Of Achilles: Being God’s Favourite Little Boy Is Bad, Actually
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06/26/22 • 52 min
Join us for a discussion of Madeline Miller’s 2012 novel, The Song Of Achilles, which is a modern retelling of the life of Achilles and Patroclus from childhood to death. We talk about the original text of the Iliad (a lot!), the masterful work of art that is the 2004 movie Troy, and which bits of this book made us cry like babies.
Content Warnings
Particularly heavy discussion of assault and rape throughout the episode.
Also discussion of suicide, murder and war.
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Abhorsen: The Dog Lends A Hand
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05/15/22 • 52 min
This week, we’re talking about Abhorsen by Garth Nix. Join us for a discussion of character growth, using metaphorical molotov cocktails to exchange one problem for another, and - of course - what the cat would think of it all.
NB: This is the third in The Old Kingdom Series, after Sabriel and Lirael. We’ve read both of these books before! See series 1 episode 4 and episode 22.
Spoiler warning for Amazon’s Wheel of Time Season 1 - Who is the Dragon reborn - 20:21
Content Warnings
Non-explicit discussion of suicidality, fantasy violence, mention of climate crisis
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Northanger Abbey: Austen Goes Gothic
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02/20/22 • 58 min
This week, we’re talking about Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen’s commentary and parody on the Gothic novel genre. Join us for a discussion of dramatic fainting, odious love interests, and leaping to false conclusions.
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What makes a Good Adaptation: Don’t Mention The Film
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04/03/22 • 58 min
In this episode we’re discussing what makes a good adaptation! We discuss adaptations of books we have read before such as Pride and Prejudice, to books we haven’t read on the podcast such as The Lord of The Rings! Join us as we wander through the forest of adaptations, what we like, what we don’t like, and picking out those we think our cat would read.
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A Study in Scarlet: The Book of Mormon (No Not That One)
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05/29/22 • 55 min
This week, we’re talking about A Study In Scarlet, the first full-length Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. Join us for a discussion of frontier Mormonism, flatmate compatibility, and - of course - yelling about how badly Moffat and Gatiss botched it on the BBC. Give us a listen to find out what the cat thinks about it all.
Content Warnings
Discussions of misogyny & animal death,
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Castle of Otranto: Gothic Horror The Gilbert & Sullivan Edition
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02/06/22 • 56 min
Welcome to this week’s episode, where we take a rolllicking tour through Horace Walpole’s ‘The Castle of Otranto’, widely considered the first ever Gothic Horror novel. We discuss unmitigated chaos, the incredible diversity of character motivations, and - of course - whether the cat would approve.
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Uprooted: In Fantasy Poland, Trees Eat You
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01/23/22 • 52 min
This week, we discuss Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Join as we talk about magical metaphors, the power of human connection, and - of course - what the cat’s opinions might be.
Content Warnings
Discussion of attempted sexual assault, murder, fantasy violence.
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Cosmere: Time to Get Out My Conspiracy Diagrams
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06/12/22 • 53 min
This week, friends of the podcast, Liv and AJ, join Lotti to discuss all things Cosmere! In this episode we discuss the following books and series: The Final Empire, Stormlight Archive (all four books), Warbreaker, Mistborn era 2, Secret History, Sixth of Dusk, Elantris, Mistborn Era 1... This is not a spoiler free episode. Please check timestamps below.
Things we chat about in this episode about include: Which is our favourite magic system in the series, what is our favourite magical world, why we love Sanderson’s writing, and most importantly, which world we think our darling cat would love to live in.
As always with Sanderson’s Books, Journey Before Destination matters quite a lot.
P.S. had a few audio issues at the start - apologies!
See timestamps below for specific spoilers which we feel we'd not want to know about before reading the books.
10:49 Hoid using magic systems which shouldn't be there (Stormlight)
12:10 Oathbringer (C88), a warbreaker worldhopper, and easter eggs/crossovers
13:32 Way of Kings Interlude (Who the people at Purelake were)
17:15 MAJOR SPOILER Rhythm of War. Shallan's backstory, Voidbringers
19:00 MAJOR SPOILER Rhythm of War - Who gets a shard
20:22 MAJOR SPOILER - Stormlight Archive/Oathbringer
30:50 Favourite worldhopping moments from across the cosmere
32:14 Secret History, and who the leaders of the Ghostbloods is in Stormlight Archive
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The podcast is about Book Club, Bookish, Reading, Book Review, Book Podcast, Comedy, Podcasts, Books, Book, Arts and Novel.
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The average episode length on Teaching My Cat To Read: The “very serious” Book Review Podcast is 52 minutes.
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