Rob Walker (with the phenomenal handle of @TimidWerewolf) is here from Colorado to discuss with us the detective classic, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE by Edgar Allen Poe. Read the full text of the short story here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/

This episode... does not have a lot to do with books. Sorry! But we do go ham (pun intended) talking about America and farms and American self-definition and food. Lots and lots and lots of food.Follow Jessica on Twitter (https://twitter.com/damselspodcas

The dynamite Jessie Losch (https://twitter.com/JessieLosch) is here to guide me through one of her favorite childhood books one I'd never read before and maybe got more magic out of as an adult than I know I would have as a child. I make a few references

KidLit September begins with this essential episode. And you know what's coming. But the full extent of it? Michelle Athy (https://twitter.com/PrpleMichelle) and I are here to dig into the text of one of the most moving and beautiful books on American pov

Listen. I know it's dumb. I know it's not true. I know it's legitimately bad. But I LOVE the Langdon-verse movies, with poor Tom Hanks huffing and puffing his way through historical European cities trying to salvage the reputation of the Roman Catholic Ch

CW: Divorce, some transphobiaI have to admit, I had no idea this famous Robin Williams movie was based on a UK children's book. I'm trilled I got the chance to re-watch it (for the first time in many years!), and chat with Philip Ellis (@Philip_Ellis) abo

My beloved Dani Ryan (@danirat) is here to discuss piracy, but also Billy Connolly and Tim Curry and how we'd like to see the Muppets continue for Disney+. You can check out all of Dani's writing on tv and media over at /Film! Become a patron of FBOL

CW: Some discussion of H*rry P*tter & the writerChael (@NarratorChael) from Once Upon A Re-Watch & Vampires Ruined My Life (https://linktr.ee/Narratorchael) is here to discuss the boy who won't grow up-- but does, both physically and emotionally,

CW: Rape, sexual language, Paul Walker's alleged crimes, racism/hate speechListen. We know this isn't literature. But there is something truly sublime about ripping into a movie based on a book you love. Especially when the terribleness of the movie helps

Alice in Wonderland is an essential piece of modern folklore, and yet... how many of us have ever read the book? Not as many as you'd think. So Jonny Holt (@jonnyliterati) and I sit down to discuss the logic of the trip, the morality of the crazy, and whe