Welcome to The Close Read, a podcast where a married couple learns more about each other through books we read. Every episode this season we focus on a book one of us read during their formative years that the other did not.
Latest Episodes
Episode 3 – Henry Reed, Inc
For our third episode, we join Henry Reed on his adventures in rabbit catching, mystery solving, and money making in a rural 1950s suburb. Jay shares his anxieties about beagles in hot air balloons, and Lynn delivers an absolutely devastating burn on Jackson Pollock. Click to download the episode directly.
Episode 2 – Watership Down
In our second episode, Lynn and Jay read the best ever sexist British novel about psychic talking rabbits. Jay shares his love of National Geographic cutaway drawings of underground critters’ homes. Lynn explains how Richard Adams made her pro-choice. Click to download the episode directly.
Episode 1 – Sphere
Who is to blame for Jay writing the Drake equation on his binder in middle school? Meet the hosts of It All Makes Sense Now as they introduce the podcast and discuss spacetime, giant squid, and why Michael Crichton is secretly several characters in Sphere. Click to download the episode directly.
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