Books & Nachos

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BOOKS

Book reviews from science fiction to horror to nonfiction, all with a modern pop-culture aesthetic.

21/07/2022

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

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34 min
08/07/2022

Book Review: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

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37 min
30/06/2022

Book Review: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

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30 min
23/06/2022

Now Playing Book Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

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35 min
05/05/2022

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production

JK Rowling collaborates with a pair of theater veterans to tell her eighth Hogwarts adventure Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as a stage play. And while Brock, Stuart, and Arnie couldn’t score tickets, they are ready to review the published script. What happens when Harry’s son goes Slytherin, and travels back in time to change the outcome of the Triwizard Tournament? Listen to find out if fans throw the author into a Goblet of Fire for messing with a classic tale.

54 min
01/04/2022

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

This week Brock, Stuart, and Arnie graduate from Hogwarts as they complete JK Rowling’s seventh and final Harry Potter novel, The Deathly Hallows. Is the boy wizard ready to lead the fight against a Ministry of Magic overtaken by Death Eaters? Where exactly has Dark Lord Voldemort hidden the last piece of his soul? And what is the real reason Professor Snape hates Harry so much? Find out if your predictions for the conclusion come true. Listen Now!

43 min
17/03/2022

Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter was “the Chosen One” for readers around the world even before his sixth adventure became a global best-seller in summer 2005. Now the skeptics rally around the boy wizard too, in the hopes he’ll be able to stop the return of dreaded sorcerer Voldemort. Did a mysterious Half-Blood Prince provide answers for defeating evil in the margins of Harry’s potions book? Brock, Stuart, and Arnie piece this Tom Riddle together on the latest podcast.

39 min
10/03/2022

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Readers around the globe celebrated the 2003 release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. So why are so many terrible things being printed in newspapers about the boy wizard on his fifteenth birthday? Is it all in Harry’s head that Voldemort has infiltrated the Ministry of Magic, and changed Hogwarts curriculum so that students are left defenseless against his rise? Listen now as Brock, Stuart, and Arnie remember what it was like to be an angry teenager.

51 min

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The hosts of Now Playing Podcast dive deep into every franchise from Bond, DC and Marvel to Mad Max, Andromeda Strain to Wolverine, breaking down each film with sharp insight, behind-the-scenes stories, and a lot of humor. If a movie has a sequel (or three), we’ve probably reviewed it with real research, real opinions, and zero patience for bad movies.

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