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BONUS! Film School Professionals Episode 026: "Tinker Daniel Soldier Spy" Spycraft and Style in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (with Daniel Gonzalez) Jan 13, 2021

Daniel guests on the latest episode of FILM SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS with your favorite Slow Readers guests: Katie "Chaos" Kametz and "Black Metal" Malu Mirones!! So check it out, and then subscribe and listen to all the Film School Professionals episodes RIGHT MEOW!!

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Buckle up, class, we're talkin' sex, spies, and style in two of the horniest films about espionage ever made!

Professors Katie and Malu welcome writer and audio producer Daniel Gonzalez (@slowreaders) of the Slow Readers podcast to get itchy with Ritchie and all red, son, with Alfredson! Daniel brings Guy Ritchie's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) to the table. Tangents galore, codenames, and general thirst ensues.

It was the war, students.

Please rate, review, and subscribe on your podcatcher of choice, you dirty moles!

Professor Katie's Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXpJ5A0JSrY

Instagram: @filmschoolprofessionals

Professor Malu's Art Instagram: @malusdoodles

Professor Katie's Instagram: @_katiee_kat

The Pigeon Tunnel by John le Carré (with LOTS OF GUESTS) Jan 04, 2021

Our end of year special (before a short hiatus)! The late great spy writer John le Carré! David Cornwell! Plus a rogue's gallery of guests pop in! Jon Lunger! Kristy Brannon! Katie Kametz and Malu Mirones! Matt Struck! And Dr Phil La Porta and Sean Hayes!! Plus: a spy game!

10:32 Jon Lunger

32:12 Kristy Brannon

50:54 GATEKEEPER

59:30 Katie Kametz and Malu Mirones

1:02:29 Final Thoughts

1:14:41 Matt Struck

1:24:43 Dr Phil La Porta and Sean Hayes

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"Snow, Glass, Apples" by Neil Gaiman (with Katie Kametz and Malu Mirones) Dec 28, 2020

The AP Film by Film School Professionals girls join forces for an action-packed, messy as heck episode!! Internet issues, dark subject matters, Snow White, and Neil Gaiman!

(PS, we totally missed that there's an award winning graphic novel adaptation that came out recently...)

33:35 A Literary Game

57:06 Final Thoughts

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F Dying by Dan "Nitro" Clark (with Dr Phil La Porta) Dec 21, 2020

Doc "octopodes" Phil R La Porta (The Whiparound Podcast) returns as the boyos confront their old friend (and potential murderer) Dan Clark, aka NITRO FROM AMERICAN GLADIATORS!! We chat about the good times, total knee replacement surgery, cadaver implants, and (humorous) threats! Plus: a game... that's lost to time!

42:59 A Literary Game(?)

44:51 Final Thoughts

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Favorite Books (That We Read During 2020)! Dec 14, 2020

The boyos decide to share their favorite 5 books they read during this bizarre year. Also: a cyberpunk game!

37:06 A Literary Game

51:50 Final Thoughts

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"The Ladies of Grace Adieu" by Susanna Clarke (with Kristy Brannon) Dec 07, 2020

Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill) returns as one of Daniel’s favorite authors is discussed! Kristy has to listen to these idiots get too drunk! Also: a short game is played! 40:35 A Literary Game 55:52 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin Nov 30, 2020

The boyos talk crazy long about Earthsea and Sharkansas! Then they need to look up something! Plus: a wizard game! 37:42 A Literary Game 52:42 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (with Matt Struck) Nov 23, 2020

It’s Gabe’s birfday! Gabe picks funny person book by Steve Martin! Funny person Matt Struck (Really Late Night with Matt Struck) joins us in funny talk! Also: funny game! 35:46 A Literary Game 53:40 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Man With No Name by Laird Barron Nov 16, 2020

Nic Pizzolatto says this guy Laird is all right, so that’s all right with Slow Readers. First neo noir/yakuza/weird horror story on this show? Also: our longest game ever! 33:00 A Literary Game 59:10 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Nov 09, 2020

The boyos start at the top of the alphabet as they solve a mystery! What’s the mystery? How to start a podcast episode! Also: a game of Gatekeeper! 33:16 A Literary Game 48:34 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"20th Century Ghost" by Joe Hill (with Jon Lunger) Nov 02, 2020

The spookiest season continues as Jon Lunger (The Improvised Wikipedia Podcast, Escape! The Podcast) brings a ghost story about film nerds! Also: a hardcore game! 34:26 A Literary Game 58:35 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "The Temple" by Joyce Carol Oates (with Malu Mirones) Oct 26, 2020

Oates-tober comes to an end! Malu Mirones (AP FILM by Film School Professionals) brings the shortest story ever to wrap up our month of Joyce Carol Oats! Also: the most intense game of Gatekeeper ever! Also: the show gains a celebrity nemesis! 30:08 A Literary Game 1:07:58 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "The Corn Maiden: A Love Story" by Joyce Carol Oates (with Kristy Brannon) Oct 19, 2020

Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill) returns for her third visit to Topgallant closet… and all the juicy corn! Then: a game is played! 33:19 A Literary Game 56:32 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "Lovely, Dark, Deep" by Joyce Carol Oates (with Caitlin Alyn) Oct 13, 2020

Spooky season continues with our hauntingly late episode! Comedian and filmmaker Caitlin Alyn joins us as we read about how scummy Robert Frost truly was! 33:38 A Literary Game 53:53 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "Mystery, Inc." by Joyce Carol Oates Oct 05, 2020

Katies “KAK” Kametz (AP Film by Film School Professionals) is back! So that means CHAOS REIGNS!!! See her grapple with her second JCO story ever! See her contest over a game of film trivia (you’d think she’d be better)! And hear what people across the pond think of this dumb show! 41:39 A Literary Game 1:16:18 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "Angel of Wrath" by Joyce Carol Oates Sep 28, 2020

In our house, Halloween starts in September! That also goes for OATES-TOBER! The boyos pick this disturbing yet human story from the book The Female of the Species. We’re going all Oates until they make us stop! 34:17 A Literary Game 54:09 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Mariel of Redwall (Redwall 4) by Brian Jacques Sep 21, 2020

They’ve done it! They’re finally did it! They overdose on too much warrior mice, evil seafaring pirate rats, and fated quests! Yup, we done with Redwall! 22:48 A Literary Game 47:22 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

What's Not To Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer (Part One) by Jonathan Ames Sep 14, 2020

Puberty, crabs, virginity, exhibitionism, male baldness, and MORE hit HARD in these stories by the doofus who created Bored To Death and You Were Never Really Here(?). 21:02 A Literary Game 30:56 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

High Rhulain (Redwall 18) by Brian Jacques Sep 07, 2020

A wild cat gets his face ripped off! An annoying full cast audiobook is too much to handle! And a game of Gatekeeper turns the tables! This and more as the boyos keep talking about the Redwall books! 18:48 A Literary Game 35:24 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"Hell Is The Absence of God" by Ted Chiang Aug 31, 2020

The boyos pick up their old buddy Chiang again to experience all the hate God has for us! Plus: a game! 28:39 A Literary Game 38:32 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Redwall by Brian Jacques Aug 24, 2020

The boyos jump back in time to their mouse-warrior-with-a-sword days as they delve into THE fantasy book series of their childhoods! 27:13 A Literary Game 36:14 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Gladiator by Dan "Nitro" Clark (with Dr Phil La Porta) Aug 17, 2020

Doc “Octopodes” Phil La Porta (The Whiparound podcast) brings the high-octane hurt to the cowering nerd boyos with this memoir by Nitro from American Gladiators! Plus: another game fizzles! 35:44 A Literary Game 55:57 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Sandman (audio drama) by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs Aug 10, 2020

The boyos check out the new confusingly titled audio drama adaptation of the classic comics series! It’s a long ep cuz it a lotta Sandman! Plus: TWO games of Gatekeeper go horrible wrong! 42:03 A Literary Game 54:09 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Call of Cthulhu by HP Lovecraft Aug 03, 2020

The boyos say, “eff it, let’s do Cthulhu!” They gab about the history of Cthulhu and its author, then have a chill time talking about how they think Lovecraft is dull! Good times! 31:24 A Literary Game 41:19 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries 4) by Martha Wells Jul 27, 2020

The boyos reach the end of the first arc (first four novellas) to the dang ole Murderbot books! The episode is kinda long because they go into their thoughts on the series thus far. Sorry not sorry? 28:27 A Literary Game 44:05 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries 3) by Martha Wells Jul 20, 2020

The boyos murder their way through Murderbot part3! The book’s gotta whiney Woody Allen robot or whatever! Good god! 22:32 A Literary Game 32:55 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries 2) by Martha Wells Jul 13, 2020

The boyos continue into the void with the Murderbot books! They apply their artificial conditioner and play the most intense literary game yet! 27:52 A Literary Game 50:30 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries 1) by Martha Wells (with Kristy Brannon) Jul 06, 2020

Awesome horse girl Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill podcast) returns as the nerd team picks up a new, highly acclaimed series! Also: A game is played! Kristy Bannon: @kristybannon @alldownhillpod 29:29 A Literary Game 45:20 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"A Really Big Lunch" by Jim Harrison (with Ethan Parkinson) Jun 29, 2020

The boyos are joined in studio with old school friend of the show Ethan “E-Brake” Parkinson! They gab about food and how food makes us happy! 32:00 A Literary Game 47:12 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

PRYDAIN'ED: The High King by Lloyd Alexander Jun 22, 2020

The boyos boat away to the Summer Country after finishing the Chronicles of Prydain! How do they feel? Will they make connections to Lord of the Rings? Find out! 31:36 A Literary Game 44:30 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

PRYDAIN'ED: Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander Jun 15, 2020

SUSPENSE! One of the boyos tries to murder the other with BUTTER! How will they escape this situation?! Also, they discuss the penultimate book in The Chronicles of Prydain or whatever. 43:21 A Literary Game 50:44 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Vol. 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze Jun 08, 2020

A nation tearing itself apart? Revolution in the streets? Only in the pages of comics! The boyos pick up Coates’s first entry into comics! 40:11 A Literary Game 52:40 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

PRYDAIN'ED: The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander Jun 01, 2020

The boyos lose their baubles over the third book in theChronicles of Prydain! There’s a kitty cat! Meow! 34:56 A Literary Game 46:49 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

PRYDAIN'ED: The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander May 25, 2020

The dumb dumbs keep talking about this Prydain thing! Now they talk about the one Disney sorta made into a movie. But mainly they spend a lot of time remembering what happened in the book! Also: a Disney game is played! 36:59 A Literary Game 51:35 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

PRYDAIN'ED: The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander May 18, 2020

The boyos take a Welsh journey to ole Prydain land! Will we do all these books? Probably! I dunno! 35:00 A Literary Game 45:50 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath May 11, 2020

STRANDED continues with a book we selected ourselves! Because leaving the selections to chance is a nightmare! Anyway: this beloved American classic is discussed! Also: A fan favorite segment returns! 41:21 A Friend Returns! 51:21 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Prophet: Remission by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, Farel Dalrymple, Giannis Milonogiannis May 04, 2020

Daniel forces us all to reflect on this awesomely grotesque graphic novel that’s a ‘sort of’ sequel a Rob Liefeld comic! By the eye! Also: a Rob Liefeld game is played! 29:45 A Literary Game 38:35 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (with Kristy Brannon) Apr 27, 2020

New guest (ghost?) and comedian Kristy Brannon (It’s All Downhill) shares the story-truth with the boyos in this Vietnam book/historical fiction/metafiction classic! Plus: A game is played! Kristy Bannon: @kristybannon @alldownhillpod 42:00 A Literary Game 59:20 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell Apr 20, 2020

The boyos finally learn to read and write English with this Orwell essay on language and oppression! Then they play a game about war and Metal Gear Solid or whatever! 40:33 A Literary Game 50:16 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Apr 13, 2020

Stranded returns! The boyos hit up the bonnet-filled classic by Jane Austen! They discuss everything from first impressions to last impressions to everything Colin Firth! Plus: a game is played! 30:27 A Literary Game 43:47 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Third Year Anniversary! Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling Apr 06, 2020

Oh no, this episode is so long! Happy three years all you weirdos! The boyos return to WIZARD SCHOOL PARTS ONE THROUGH SEVEN to bring in our fourth year doing this crazy show. A lousy Sorting Hat app thing is played! Batteries run out! Magic happens! Happy Corona-tine everyone! 8:00 Wizard School and Rowling 48:51 A game! 1:02:06 The sorting hat game 1:21:43 Goblet of Fire TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"A Temporary Matter" by Jhumpa Lahiri Mar 30, 2020

The boyos drop into the Pulitzer Prize winning The Interpreter of Maladies and dig up this little matter! They tell each other secrets in the dark and confront dark secrets! Also: a game is played! 30:27 A Literary Game 43:47 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa Mar 23, 2020

The boyos take a trip down memory lane to when they were nerds before it was cool! They read something called a ‘light novel’ the was adapted into an anime they both loved, like, 100 years ago. Plus they discuss the historical pandemic sweeping the nation… CATS! 40:50 A CATS Game 55:56 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

150 EPISODE SPECIAL! One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Mar 16, 2020

150 episodes of this madness! The boyos continue the STRANDED subseries by delving into this big ole book of magical realism! Plus: a game the recalls our crazy past! 36:37 A Literary Game 48:24 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"The Echo of Neighborly Bones" by Daniel Woodrell Mar 09, 2020

The boyos get all neighborly in this murder ballad by the fellow who wrote Winter’s Bone and Tomato Red! Also: a game is played! 28:07 A Literary Game 41:02 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"Gravel" by Alice Munro Mar 02, 2020

The boyos finally figure out who this Alice Munro person is! The revelation is pretty exciting! They read a story from her latest short fiction collection, Dear Life. Also: a game is played! 28:27 A Literary Game 36:49 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"The Infamous Ramírez Hoffman" by Roberto Bolaño Feb 24, 2020

Okay, so the boyos get kinda drunk and go on for a long time about this short story from the dark satire book Nazi Literature in the Americas by the late great Bolaño. Much fun is had! Plus: a Kanye game is played! 36:53 A Literary Game 46:46 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Chambermaids: "The Courtship of Mr Lyon" and "The Tiger's Bride" by Angela Carter Feb 17, 2020

The gang is doing, like, another Beauty and the Beast tale! They’s also returning to the Angela Carter book of fairy tales! So yeah, many returns! 32:54 A Literary Game 45:04 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Daniel, Take My Hand: Sacred by Dennis Lehane Feb 10, 2020

The boyos catch up with Kenzie/Gennaro in the third book of Dennis “the Hatred” Lehane’s detective series (which includes Gone Baby Gone). Also: a slapdash literary game is played! 31:54 A Literary Game 42:59 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"Replacements" by Lisa Tuttle Feb 02, 2020

The boyos take a shot in the dark and select this speculative fiction from an award winning author they didn’t really know about! Plus: a game is played! 30:36 A Literary Game 42:16 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Jan 27, 2020

STRANDED! returns with this true crime pioneer! The boyos gab about the Philip Seymour Hoffman movie, veracity, and true crime podcasts while sort of discussing the nonfiction novel! Also: a Philip Seymour Hoffman game is played! 39:51 A Literary Game 48:32 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Chambermaids: "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter Jan 20, 2020

New subseries! We go bluebearding for the titular story in this classic 20th century fairy tale collection! Also: a game is played! And “octopodes” and The Whiparound podcast is briefly discussed… 31:07 A Literary Game 46:37 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"The Great Silence" by Ted Chiang Jan 13, 2020

The boyos delve into one of Obama’s favorite books of 2019 (Exhalation: Stories) for the shortest story they’ve done for a single episode! Plus a game about birds is played! TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Bewitchered: "A Grain of Truth" by Andrzej Sapkowski Jan 06, 2020

We’re celebrating the new Netflix The Witcher show by returning to the Witcher stories! This is a short from the first book: The Last Wish! Plus: a game about The Witcher is played! 33:30 A game is played 42:07 Final thoughts and The Witcher show TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (with Katie 'KAK' Kametz) Dec 30, 2019

It’s cross over week! Slow Readers meets Watchmen: On the Clock, as the gang discusses the legendary graphic novel that the lousy HBO show is based on! Much merriment is had! Then: a creative exercise is played! TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Dec 23, 2019

We’re continuing the sub-series (ugh) STRANDED! Where we slowly chew through all 80 books in the reader-favorited Strand 80 list! We throw ourselves under the wheels of this big ole Russian classic! 41:29 A Literary Game 56:02 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"The Cheater's Guide to Love" by Junot Diaz Dec 16, 2019

We read a story from Diaz’s This Is How You Lose Her. So yeah, the author’s history is complicated. We talk about that a lot. 44:24 - A Game! 58:24 - Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver Dec 09, 2019

What’re we talking about this week? We’re talking about three Carver stories: “Why Don’t You Dance?”, “The Bath,” and “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.” Have too many drinks and join us! Also: A game is played! 50:00 A Literary Game 01:02:29 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

STRANDED! The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (Part Two) Dec 02, 2019

All roads lead to this! We return to the (horrible) sub-series Stranded! and the (kinda great) acclaimed novel by Barbara Kingsolver! Also: a (not) literary game is played! 50:30 A (Non) Literary Game 1:10:00 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Nov 25, 2019

It’s Gabe’s Life Day! He selects Anne of Red Hair Fame! Plus: A game is played! 35:17 A Literary Game 50:30 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway Nov 18, 2019

The boyos down two classic Hemingway short fictions and then play a game! Who can call themself a Hemingway champ? 40:39 A Literary Game 57:43 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Simple Act of Murder by Raymond Chandler Nov 11, 2019

We cover one of the great art criticism essays by the hard-boiled master himself: Raymond Chandler! Also: a literary game is played! 36:22 A Literary Game 52:25 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

STRANDED! The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Nov 04, 2019

Oh no! It’s another STRANDED! We’re picking our way slowly (and painfully) through the Strand 80 List of readers’ 80 favorite books! This time we’re taking a slow plane to the Congo to preach Jesus to the locals with Kingsolver’s classic book! Also: a literary game is played! 28:57 A Literary Game 40:28 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "Feral" by Joyce Carol Oates Oct 28, 2019

OATES-TOBER is over! We end with this creepy story about parenthood and all the ways you can lose a child… Then a game is played! 33:31 A Literary Game 42:30 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! The Triumph of the Spider Monkey by Joyce Carol Oates Oct 21, 2019

Another Oates book for the month of October! The boyos machete-dance to this reprinted Hard Case Crime edition of this long lost Oates novel! Also: a literary game is played! 25:42 A Literary Game 41:58 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

OATES-TOBER! "Haunted" by Joyce Carol Oates Oct 14, 2019

Oates-tober continues! We gotta short story that means special to Daniel. Also: Another game is played regarding the King and Queen of the Goths! 29:21 A Literary Game 39:30 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for Sailors

"The Doll-Master" by Joyce Carol Oates Oct 07, 2019

It’s a spooky season, so we’re doing a SPOOKY story! It’s Oates-tober and the first Joyce Carol Oates story of the season is “The Doll-Master!” Also: A game is played involving Oates and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Fun! 36:49 A Literary Game 50:08 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud Sep 30, 2019

The boyos pick up their first non-fiction book! If you wanna know how to read the dirtiest comics out there, listen to these dumb dumbs talk about McCloud’s seminal book on understanding the craft! Also: A game is played about comics! 29:20 A Literary Game 39:04 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"Exhalation" by Ted Chiang Sep 23, 2019

Erm, so we did another Ted Chiang short fiction! This one is about as heady and hard sci-fi as you can get! Bring it on! Also: A game is played involving Hugo winners and nominees! 31:18 A Literary Game 45:12 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Sep 16, 2019

The boyos crash in the Sahara desert and encounter a Little Guy! They have a wholesome time! Also: a Joyce Carol Oats game is played! 35:48 A Literary Game 46:16 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (with Katie 'KAK Attack' Kametz) Sep 09, 2019

KAK Attack is back! She forces the boyos to dig through the vicious underbrush of Little Women! Cuz she’s so looking forward to the new movie coming out later this year! Also: Daniel’s mic apparently, like, stopped working. So… sorryyy. 40:35 A Literary Game 58:06 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Fanzer Kunst: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Vol. 5 by Yukito Kishiro Sep 02, 2019

The final episode on the Battle Angel Alita manga!!! We discuss the end, the movie, Last Order, Mars Chronicles, and Joyce Carol Oates stories and David Cronenberg movies! 41:10 A Literary Game 53:00 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Fox 8 by George Saunders Aug 26, 2019

It’s a short story kinda week, so the boyos hit up the illustrated version of this Georgie Saunders short! 30:55 A Literary Game 41:35 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Fanzer Kunst: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Vol 4 by Yukito Kishiro Aug 19, 2019

The boyos are back with another chit chat on Battle Angel Alita! We talk recaps, wedding dresses, and other crap! 35:25 A Literary Game 52:50 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger Aug 12, 2019

So, Daniel makes reference to the fact that Salinger books aren’t available via digital medium… literally earlier the same day they’re announced to be finally sold in ebook form. Huh. Anyway, Strand 80! Salinger! Embarrassing games! 34:36 A Literary Game 47:07 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (with Dr Phil R La Porta) Aug 05, 2019

The Whiparound podcast’s Dr Phil R La Porta, science’s bad boy, calls in for a trip down memory lane! Remember flappers? Remember courting? Also, Gabriel sets up a game where Phil and Daniel compete their sad knowledge of Philip Kindred Dick and Neon Genesis Evangelion! 35:16 Philip K Dick v. Neon Genesis Evangelion 51:50 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Jul 29, 2019

The Strand 80 list continues! We talk about toilets, politics, and adultery! Also, a game is played! Also also, we share news on our favorite reviewer! 33:40 A Literary Game 53:00 Eye Rolling with jonnynothumbs 59:55 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

116.5 RERUN! 059 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Jul 22, 2019

The boyos are too damn busy week. So here’s hot flashback to our old horrible audio quality and structure: New recording space! Welcome to Topgallant Dungeon! We discuss a book about kitchen life and food! We reminisce about our own lives with food! And Gabe won't stop looking at his phone! 11:00 The Shadow from the Deep on GoodReads 18:25 Porco Rosso and Studio Ghibli 36:40 Kitchen Confidential TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"My Chivalric Fiasco" by George Saunders (from Tenth of December) Jul 15, 2019

The dumb dumbs take smart pills to discuss this experimental piece of short fiction by the acclaimed Gergoe Saunders! Also: a game is played! 31:15 A Literary Game 45:41 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell Jul 08, 2019

The Strand 80 List is back and badder than ever! The dumb dumbs hit up the southern melodrama classic Gone With The Wind! Which certainly doesn’t raise any red flags at all! Also: A game is played based on Southern writers! 38:20 A Literary Game 50:50 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

"The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" by Ted Chiang (from Exhalation: Stories) Jul 01, 2019

The boyos are getting lazy this week! They cover the first story in the short story collection Exhalation by Ted Chiang! Plus: A game is played! 25:45 A Literary Game 38:25 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Daniel, Take my Hand: Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane Jun 24, 2019

“The Hatred” returns! Kenzie/Gennaro are back and on the hunt for serial killer! Also: equipment is upgraded. The show is restructured! THIS IS NEW CRAP! 33:25 A Literary Game 45:00 Final Thoughts TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges... And Godzilla (with Katie 'KAK' Kametz) Jun 17, 2019

Katie ‘KAK Attack’ Kametz rides again! She brings with her some nutso story about a library or something! Most importantly, we play a game focused on Godzilla in celebration of the new awful movie! 5:00 Godzilla Game! 33:45 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Part Two) Jun 10, 2019

We return to stranded! We finish our discussion on John Irving’s novelization of Simon Birch! Daniel grows tired of the Strand 80! Also: a game is played! 21:45 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Fanzer Kunst: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Vol. 3 by Yukito Kishiro Jun 03, 2019

Fanzer Kunst returns! What happens when you give a Zapan an Akira body? We journey beyond the scrapyard and meet a bunch of new friends! All good times! Plus, a game is played! 17:21 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Part One) May 27, 2019

The Strand 80 strikes again! This time we’re reading about hot mom-killer Owen Meany! And it’s a looooonnng one! Also: a game is played! 18:55 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway May 20, 2019

The dumb dumbs go to Paris for the most literary American book ever. The conversation is on old F Scott Fitzgerald again! ALSO: A Game of Thrones game is played! 27:52 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

West of Sunset by Stewart O'Nan Part 2 May 13, 2019

Fitzgerald talk continues! But no, we aint reading Fitzgerald, just talking about them. Also: a game is played! 20:00 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Daniel, Take My Hand: A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane May 06, 2019

New series alert! The boyos start talkin’ Kenzie/Gennaro series by “The Hatred” himself! Plus: A game is played! 24:55 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Stranded! The Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger Apr 29, 2019

Stranded! It’s the new name for the Strand 80 List! Which continues with our second book from old sour puss himself: JD Salinger! And we brought our friend, Matt Struck (Really Late Night with Matt Struck), back into the fold for another action-packed hurly burly! Catch Really Late Night with Matt Struck on YouTube! 14:15 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Fanzer Kunst: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Vol. 2 by Yukito Kishiro Apr 22, 2019

Battle Angel Alita talk continues! It’s Motorball time, baby! Also: A game is played (involving Kazuo Koike)! Ryan’s Goslings ride again! And a book is published! 11:00 A game is played 32:20 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

Strand 80: East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Part Two) Apr 15, 2019

Spoiler alert: these morons finally finish the book this time! They finally get to talk about Lee! They also watch the James Dean movie and gripe about! BONUS: Ex-BRO-Liating, and Danecdotes and Gables! 19:12 Booktalk 55:35 Movie Talk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

102 Two Year Anniversary Special!! Apr 08, 2019

Slow Readers celebrates its two year anniversary! And the boyos are both sick! They manage to play one of the two games promised at the top! Plus they list their Top 5 favorite book protagonists! 24th Annual Donor’s Dash - Ryan’s Goslings 7:00 Patterson’s Cussler’s The Baldacci Woods 27:00 Top 5 Protagonists TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

101 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Part III Apr 01, 2019

It’s here! It’s finally here! The dumb dumbs get back to Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, which has been the show’s fav novel since like a year ago. But hey… DID DANIEL FINISH IT?? Also, Gabriel has a new game for us! 24th Annual Donor’s Dash - Ryan’s Goslings 16:35 Booktalk 48:45 Game Time! TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

100 Episode Extravaganza! Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling Mar 25, 2019

100 years of this? Naw man. 100 episodes of this crap! The boyos hit up Wizard School Part 3: Prisoners of Alakazam! Also: game is played! This ep is extra long because they drink Brut and get lousy drunk and argue over art criticism! 100 more! 24th Annual Donor’s Dash - Ryan’s Goslings 29:30 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

099 Fanzer Kunst: Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Vol. 1 by Yukito Kishiro Mar 18, 2019

New series alert! Fanzer Kunst (ugh) has the dumbies reading through all of Battle Angel Alita! Our first manga! They also discuss the movie and talk for way too long! Also: Gabriel creates a literary game! 20:25 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

098 Strand 80: East of Eden by John Steinbeck Mar 11, 2019

The Strand 80 List continues! John Steinbeck gets a second shot with his VERY big ole book! You think they finish it? Pfft! 19:15 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

097 Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Mar 04, 2019

The boyos hit up this family tragedy from the author of Little Fires Everywhere! Also: They start all gross and dirty, but then talk about upcoming novels by Atwood, Whitehead, and Coates. 24th Annual Donor’s Dash - Ryan’s Goslings Booktalk 20:20 TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for Sailors

096 The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V Higgins Feb 25, 2019

Taking a break from Strand 80 to chat about one of the greatest crime books of the 20th century! They also discuss new books coming out in 2019 and the spooky secret behind George Higgins’s middle name! 25:10 Booktalk! TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

095 Strand 80: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Feb 18, 2019

The Strand 80 List continues! They hit number 80: The Whatever of Dorian Gray! Daniel listens to the abridged audio book! Most importantly, Alita: Battle Angel is discussed! 24th Annual Donor’s Dash - Ryan’s Goslings 6:20 Slow Viewers - Movie club and a new future series 24:00 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

094 Strand 80: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr Feb 11, 2019

We continuing da Strand 80 list, doods! The dumb dumbs read Vonnegut for the third damn time! They also start out talking how you don’t talk about hating creative efforts, but you can totes hate on big dumb summer movies! 16:35 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

093 Strand 80: The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien Feb 04, 2019

Pack your best Hobbit feet cuz the Slow Readers dumb dumbs go there and back again! It’s a messy long one, so prepare to encounter some Tolkien contempt from (cough cough) one of the dumbos! 20:30 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

092 Strand 80: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith Jan 28, 2019

OMG! They back! The dumb dumbs record from a new studio (and city and coat) and promise that everything will change for the better! Also: This is the first stab at hitting up a book from the STRAND 80! Check it out, doods! 24:15 Booktalk TopgallantRadio - Radio for sailors

091.75 RERUN! 039 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick (with Ryan Snyder) Jan 21, 2019

The boyos are still MIA, so we go back a year to explore how we were doing! This was part of a cross over with Ryan’s Sex + Violence! We did Blade Runner 2049 on his show, then the Dick book that inspired Blade Runner! I cut out the thirty minute argument over The Shape of Water! You’re welcome! TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

091.5 RERUN! 016 L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy (with Ryan Snyder) Jan 14, 2019

Busy times call for busy solutions! We take a trip down memory to two years ago! Back when our audio quality was terrible and our humor was very questionable! For the first time all three Topgallant boyos (Gabriel, Daniel, and the late great Ryan) talk books on Slow Readers! Spring 2017 suddenly feels like a million years ago! 3:19 Episode 16 22:10 Booktalk TopgallantRadio.com - Radio for sailors

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