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S2E41 Believe it or not, Adam is STILL trying to fight his way off Fire Island. Waiting in store for him today are Trolls, Shamans and lizard therapy advice from agony aunt and special guest star Lucille D'Flapignon.   Title Music: "Not Drunk" by the Joy Drops.  All other music by Epidemic Sound.  www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E40 Today we're back in La Mancha. Part II of Cervantes' masterpiece sees Quixote adapting to his own fame, and reconciling himself with plagiarism, doubt and death.  Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.  Sound Bites from Man of La Mancha (1972) www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E39 Shocking shootings, candid chins and like that.  Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.  www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E38 Another three chapters of Xmas Ladies Kill Squad get analysed by Ash and Adam. Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.  www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E37 Our fiftieth episode starts with a bit of explaining a recent pod-tragedy, after which we get stuck into Part I of Don Quixote. Today's episode explores the origin of the man from La Mancha's madness, the role of Sancho Panza and the fate of Shakespeare's lost play, Cardenio. Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.  Sound Bites from The Trip (2010), The Adventures of Don Quixote (1933) and Sharpe's Sword (1995) www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E36 Simon Armitage responds to criticism the only way he knows how. A thrilling script from Richard Woof sees the boys dealing with fruity dames and hot weather, and a quiz in the form of a murder mystery...  Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Mystery Sax' by Kevin MacLeod  www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E35 Today Ash talks about the second story in Ovid's Metamophoses - the story of the four ages of mankind. At first the world was Golden (and veggie). Then came the Silver Age, the Brazen age and finally the age of Iron. Ovid's the original, but since this is a Latin-free podcast, Ash relies heavily on the translations of Ted Hughes, Arthur Golding and in particular for today's episode, John Dryden.  Intro: The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Land on the Golden Gate' by Chris Zabriskie (www.chriszabriskie.com) www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E34 Today we observe an Ear Read This Christmas tradition: talking about James Patterson. We're taking his latest (by the time you finish reading this sentence it won't be his latest anymore), 19th Christmas and using it to play bingo. www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E33 Warm up in festive style with a third visit to Fire Island. Christmas songs, slave dwarfs, and BDSLM: Bondage and Domination of Snakes, Lizards and Marine Iguana.  www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis

S2E32 Today we've got a classic of the hardboiled detective genre, stuffed with husky dames, fat masterminds, and at the centre of it all a scowling anti-hero, the pleasant blond satan, Sam Spade. Dashiell Hammett's novel gets us talking about the differences between English and American crime fiction, nomenclature and inevitably, Raymond Chandler. Intro: Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941) Outro: 'The Maltese Falcon' by Adolph Deutsch www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earreadthis@gmail.com facebook.com/earreadthis