Unabridged: A Book Podcast
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Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
In this Unabridged Book Club discussion, we talk about Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. This phenomenal book is a remix for young people of Kendi’s original Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, and we all felt that it was a phenomenal read and is such a great fit for the classroom.
Bookish Check-In
Ashley - Tiffany D. Jackson’s Monday’s Not ComingJen - Robert Kolker’s Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American FamilySara - Sheila Williams’s The Secret Women
Book Pairings
Ashley - Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Jen - Kwame Mbalia’s Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Sara - Nic Stone’s Dear Martin and Rita Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer
Give Me One - Favorite Dessert
Ashley - Oreo Ice Cream Dessert (This recipe is similar to the handwritten one I have)
Jen - Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecake Bars
Sara - Ice cream, but Sara also recommends Monster Cookie Dough Dip
Other Mentions
Tiffany D. Jackson's Allegedly
Jamie Golden with The Popcast
@readwithtoni buddy read for Hidden Valley Road (Don't miss our episode with Toni!)
the Hamilton musical
Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy
Unabridged Episode - Great Books for the Classroom Written by Black Authors
Revisionist History episode, "The Lady Vanishes" (Note: In the episode, Jen mentions a Freakonomics episode about the Prime Minister of New Zealand and says she'll check on the link. This episode of Revisionist History, about the Prime Minister of Australia, is the correct reference.)
Ibram X. Kendi's interview on Armchair Expert
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
In this Unabridged Podcast episode, we are sharing about a favorite topic of ours, seasonal reads. We discuss some favorite reads that revolve around winter in some way, including Fredrik Backman’s Beartown, Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child, Ruta Sepetys’s Between Shades of Gray, and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series.
Our Recommendations
Ashley -
Fredrik Backman’s Beartown
Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
Sara -
Megan Collins’s The Winter Sister
Eowyn Ivey’s The Snow Child
Jen -
Ruta Sepetys’s Between Shades of Gray
George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series
Other Mentions
Ruta Sepetys's Salt to the Sea
American Gods - the TV series
The 100 - the TV series
Game of Thrones series
Modern Mrs. Darcy - Anne Bogel's blog
What Should I Read Next - Anne Bogel's podcast
Give Me One - Favorite Cold Weather Activity or Drink
Ashley - sledding and hot chocolate
Sara - visiting a local vineyard
Jen - making snow cream
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-00:54
*Main Discussion: 00:54-37:15
*Book Pairings: 37:20-47:50
*Classroom Connections: 47:50-50:07
Book Pairings
*Sara - Jennifer Brown's The Hate List
*Jen - Edgar Cantero's Meddling Kids
*Ashley - Meg Wolitzer's Belzhar
*Jenni - Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Books and Authors Mentioned
*Berenstain Bears
*Curious George
*Mo Willems's Elephant & Piggie and Mo Willems and Laurie Keller's We Are Growing
*Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
*Hilo series - Judd Winick on Twitter
*Harry Potter - illustrated series
*C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia
*Diary of a Wimpy Kid
*Raina Telgemeier
*Ramona books
*Series of Unfortunate Events
*Kwame Alexander
(nonfiction books (Presidents, heroes from the Bible, kids who are in trouble)
*Malala
*The Running Dream
*Llama Llama Red Pajama
*Geronimo Stilton's Kingdom of Fantasy
*Dinosaurs Love Underpants and Monsters Love Underpants
*Creepy Pair of Underwear
*Captain Underpants
*Wonder (on audio)
*Chronicles of Narnia (on audio)
*Jean Fritz's Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider and Why Not, Lafayette?
*Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon
*Lisa McMann's The Unwanted series
*Holes on audio
*Disney records with stories (available on amazon?)
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so check out the timeline if you want to avoid them.
timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-0:45
*Main Discussion: 0:46-28:08 - Spoilers at 11:10 (skip to Book Pairings!)
*Book Pairings: 28:09-41:06
Classroom Connections: 41:07-45:48
book pairings
*Jen - Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi
*Ashley - Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
*Sara - Kathryn Erskine's Mockingbird
*Jenni - John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
what's coming up next?
*Episode 4, Short Story Episode - Our Young Relatives' Favorite Reads
*Episode 5, Our Book Club's Book - One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
*Episode 6, Short Story Episode - Recommended Series
*Episode 7, Young Adult Book - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
Recommendations
*What Should I Read Next (podcast)
*Modern Mrs. Darcy (blog)
*Book Riot (website)
*Book Riot - The Podcast (podcast)
*Get Booked (podcast)
*Annotated (podcast)
*Recommended (podcast)
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
NOTE: Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!
timeline
*Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-1:01
*Main Discussion: 1:02-19:35
*Book Pairings: 19:51-27:00
*Classroom Connections: 27:01-30:05
book pairings
*Jen - Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
*Ashley - Peter Heller's The Dog Stars
*Sara - Fannie Flagg's Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
*Jenni - Julie Kibler's Calling Me Home
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Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Welcome to Unabridged, the podcast where four teachers take on books.To follow along with our schedule, visit our website, unabridgedpod.com. In our episodes, we’ll chat about our Book Club’s pick of the month, discuss selected young adult novels, recommend related books, and share our nerdy English teacher love of reading. You want opinions about books? We’ve got them.