Episodes

  • Summer Break!

    Summer Break!
    Jul 16 2024
    What’s the book this week? The cover is empty, because Jake is on Mars. Catch up with us and find out what we’re up to this week 🙂 If you ...
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    16 mins
  • Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, by Andrea Pitzer

    Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World, by Andrea Pitzer
    Jul 9 2024
    A crew of Dutch explorers, including navigator William Barents, get icebound in the arctic circle in Nova Zembla in 1596. The crew spends 10 months stuck in the arctic, fighting ...
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    39 mins
  • The Mistress, by PA Stockwell

    The Mistress, by PA Stockwell
    Jul 2 2024
    Jake really wanted to pick out the sequel to this book, which had an image of people walking through the desert on its cover. But, after talking to the author, ...
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    42 mins
  • The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age, by Steve Olson

    The Apocalypse Factory: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age, by Steve Olson
    Jun 25 2024
    If you’re interested in the development of the atomic bombs and the implications for our world, this book is for you. Steve Olson makes the argument that Hanford was the ...
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    42 mins
  • grayson, by Lynne Cox

    grayson, by Lynne Cox
    Jun 18 2024
    While out on a training swim in the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles at 17 years old, Lynne Cox is followed by a baby gray whale and spends ...
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    32 mins
  • Olivetti, by Allie Millington

    Olivetti, by Allie Millington
    Jun 11 2024
    Jake picked this book because of the typewriter on the cover. Turns out, he has always wanted to type on a typewriter, and this book inspired him to go and ...
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    30 mins
  • A Complex Coast, by David Norwell

    A Complex Coast, by David Norwell
    Jun 4 2024
    Katie was drawn to the cover of this book by the beautiful watercolor art on the front and the words “a kayak journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska.” This is ...
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    36 mins
  • Fairy Tale, by Stephen King

    Fairy Tale, by Stephen King
    May 28 2024
    You may remember from a previous episode that Jake does not read Stephen King. But, he read this book!! Go Jake. This story follows a teen, Charlie, who inherits a ...
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    37 mins