Ranked #1
Episode 8: It's About Dragons (Part 1)
Episode 8: It's About Dragons (Part 1)
This episode we get fired up about tails of dragons reading A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan and Dragonflig... Read more
19 Jul 2018
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1hr 6mins
Ranked #2
Alex & Alex Are Reading: Paul Aster, Austin Grossman, Nnedi Okorafor, China Mieville, Gail Honeyman, Laini Taylor
Alex & Alex Are Reading: Paul Aster, Austin Grossman, Nnedi Okorafor, China Mieville, Gail Honeyman, Laini Taylor
We're back, and we're reading. What an outrage! What a menace! The books were good though, so come find out why. Alex go... Read more
21 Jun 2018
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15mins
Ranked #3
Episode 7: It's About Animal Pals (Some of Part 2)
Episode 7: It's About Animal Pals (Some of Part 2)
What are ghosts? Will Alfie knock over a bunch of cymbals? Alex talks about how he was a king’s poop-collector in a past... Read more
8 Jun 2018
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22mins
Ranked #4
Episode 7: It's About Animal Pals (Part 1)
Episode 7: It's About Animal Pals (Part 1)
This episode, we're reading The Northern Lights (Golden Compasss) by Phillip Pullman and Zoo City by Lauren Beukes. We'r... Read more
10 May 2018
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41mins
Ranked #5
Prequel to Episode 7: The Book Of Dust
Prequel to Episode 7: The Book Of Dust
Before we launch into an episode on Animal Pals feat. Northern Lights and Zoo City, we talk about The Book Of Dust, Phil... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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39mins
Ranked #6
It's About 2017, with Kara Schlegl & Pierce Wilcox
It's About 2017, with Kara Schlegl & Pierce Wilcox
We're back and (literally) bigger than ever in a bumper episode talking about the best and worst books we read in 2018, ... Read more
1 Feb 2018
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2hr 4mins
Ranked #7
Alex & Alex Are Reading: Jessica Townsend, Peter V. Brett, V.E. Schwab, Ada Palmer, N.K. Jemisin, James Rebanks
Alex & Alex Are Reading: Jessica Townsend, Peter V. Brett, V.E. Schwab, Ada Palmer, N.K. Jemisin, James Rebanks
We're lean, mean, book reading machines but we've been busy not doing podcast and doing life. Oops. But we're back and t... Read more
22 Nov 2017
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24mins
Ranked #8
Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 2)
Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 2)
Do aliens have elbows? Could learning a new language change your brain? What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis? (Answers: Ma... Read more
24 Oct 2017
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #9
Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 1)
Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 1)
What makes words good? You won't find answers to that here, but you will learn about first contact, verbose sci-fi, and ... Read more
5 Oct 2017
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54mins
Ranked #10
Alex & Alex Are Reading: Naomi Alderman, N.K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, Abigail Ulman, Brian Catling
Alex & Alex Are Reading: Naomi Alderman, N.K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, Abigail Ulman, Brian Catling
We're back, we're talking, and we're reading a nonstop list of complete bangers that you can pick up right now. Alex &am... Read more
22 Sep 2017
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13mins