Required Reading

Required Reading

by Erin Bowles
BooksComedy Interviews
Season 1
Flowers in the Attic (THE MOVIE) with Lauren Badillo Milici
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Lauren Badillo Milici returns to discuss Flowers in the Attic THE MOVIE from 1987! Listen to Lauren's episode on the novel Flowers in the Attic! Follow Lauren! Follow the show! Follow Erin!
S1 · E119
Sep 3, 2026
53:17
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with Jess Woodworth
Jess is back for a fourth time with one of the most famous children's books of all time! Listen to Jess' past episodes on The Tale of Desperaux, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Host! Follow Jess! Follow Erin! Follow the podcast!
S1 · E118
Aug 12, 2026
59:35
Return to Oz with Kevin T Porter
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It's a movie episode! Kevin T Porter returns to discuss horrifying 80s classic Return to Oz! Listen to Kevin's episode on Artemis Fowl! Listen to Kevin's episode on Wayside School is Falling Down! Follow Kevin! Listen to Kevin's Good Christian Fun (Erin's been on a few episodes, oooo....) Follow Erin!
S1 · E117
Aug 5, 2026
57:29
The Hardy Boys: The House on the Cliff with Kyle Selig
You can hear me smiling in this episode! The magical Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch...ever heard of it?) joins me to discuss book two in The Hardy Boys series, The House on the Cliff! Gosh, golly, this is a good one! Follow Kyle! Watch Welcome to Flatch! Follow Erin!
S1 · E116
Jul 20, 2026
54:05
The Odyssey with Madeline North
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Just in time for the new movie - Madeline North returns to discuss The Odyssey! Check out The Iliad with Zannah Schorer or Madeline's past episodes covering The Princess Bride, Eragon, and Jane Eyre! Follow Madeline! Follow Erin!
S1 · E115
Jul 14, 2026
1:15:03
Goosebumps: One Day at Horrorland!
Sam Walt Jones returns to discuss the 16th Goosebumps book ONE DAY AT HORRORLAND by RL Stine from 1994. Listen to Sam's first episode covering The Golden Compass! Listen to more Goosebumps episodes! The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Stay Out of the Basement Monster Blood Say Cheese and Die The Horror at Camp Jellyjam Welcome to Camp Nightmare Follow Sam! Follow Erin!
S1 · E114
Jul 6, 2026
46:01
Bunnicula! with Phillip Iscove
Writer and podcaster Phillip Iscove joins me to discuss the 1979 vampire classic, BUNNICULA by James and Deborah Howe, a rabbit tale of mystery about a dog who can eat chocolate, a well-intentioned well-read cat, and a Snoopy-like bunny that drains vegetables of color. Today vegetables, tomorrow the world! Listen to Phillip's podcast! Follow Phillip! Follow Erin!
S1 · E113
Jun 29, 2026
41:42
The Island of Blue Dolphins with Lizzie Logan!
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Lizzie Logan returns to discuss Scott O'Dell's Newbery Award winning book THE ISLAND OF BLUE DOLPHINS. Based on a true story, when Karana's entire village leaves their island to escape raiders, she is left to fend for herself for over a decade. Listen to Lizzie's podcast Hoax! Listen to Lizzie's first episode of the podcast about Rachel Cohn's POP PRINCESS! Follow Erin!
S1 · E112
Jun 6, 2026
47:20
Goosebumps: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
It's RL Stine's world and we're just living it. I'm back on another solo Goosebumps episode covering book 5 of the original series. Check out some of our previous Goosebumps episodes: The Horror of Camp JellyJam Stay Out of the Basement Welcome to the Dead House Monster Blood
S1 · E111
May 23, 2026
33:04
The Iliad with Zannah Schorer
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Zannah Schorer returns to discuss one of the oldest stories ever told: THE ILIAD! And yes, there will be an episode about the Odyssey soon. Follow Zannah! Listen to their episodes about The Tail of Emily Windsnap and Fablehaven! Follow Erin!
S1 · E110
May 16, 2026
1:10:22
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