12 episodes

Two book-loving besties, Aspa and Erifili, talking about books over coffee. If you're a reader, this is the place for you. We publish around 2 episodes per month, follow along so you don't miss them!

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Two book-loving besties, Aspa and Erifili, talking about books over coffee. If you're a reader, this is the place for you. We publish around 2 episodes per month, follow along so you don't miss them!

    Specific book recommendations for any occasion

    Specific book recommendations for any occasion

    Welcome back to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two besties talk about books over coffee. You guys asked us for very specific book recommendations - and we're here to deliver.



    Here are all the books mentioned in this episode:


    Perfume - Patrick Süskind
    We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
    Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton
    Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
    The Secret History - Donna Tartt
    If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio
    Babel - R. F. Kuang
    Good Material - Dolly Alderton
    Rubyfruit Jungle -  Rita Mae Brown
    White Nights - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
    Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    The Stranger - Albert Camus
    The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
    The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides



    Thank you for listening! Connect with us on TikTok and Instagram for memes and other good things ;)



    (p.s. Thanks to John for keeping us hydrated and fed while editing and publishing this episode)

    • 54 min
    Philosophy of love: Plato's Symposium, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky's White Nights

    Philosophy of love: Plato's Symposium, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky's White Nights

    Welcome to our favorite discussion yet, with a special guest: Godesulloh Bawa, one of our favorite philosophy creators! Today we're discussing the philosophy of love, beauty, and existentialism, through:


    Plato's The Symposium
    Kierkegaard's Works of Love
    Dostoyevsky's White Nights

    Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!



    You can join our Patreon to become a member of the Espresso Epilogues book club, join our Discord server to meet like-minded people, and access some really cool (I promise) merch. 3



    To contact us, see some great book memes, or give us episode ideas: 


    Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@espressoepilogues⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@espresso.epilogues⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
    Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠
    Aspa's Substack
    Erifili's Substack



    Have a wonderful day and reach out to us anytime!

    • 1 hr 24 min
    5-star memoirs

    5-star memoirs

    Welcome, welcome. We're here with a discussion on our favorite memoirs! We cover Everything I Know About Love, Educated, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman, and Betty. Enjoy! (and please excuse the audio issues... won't happen again we promise)



    Reminder: WE'VE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY AND A ⁠PATREON⁠! :') Join our Patreon to become a member of the Espresso Epilogues book club, join our Discord server to meet like-minded people, and access some really cool (I promise) merch. We'll love you forever and probably include you in our next gratitude meditation.



    To contact us, see some great book memes, or give us episode ideas: 


    Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@espressoepilogues⁠⁠⁠⁠
    TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@espresso.epilogues⁠⁠⁠⁠
    Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠

    • 44 min
    Speed-reviewing books we loved and hated

    Speed-reviewing books we loved and hated

    Special announcement: WE LAUNCHED AN ONLINE COMMUNITY AND A PATREON! :') Join our Patreon to become a member of the Espresso Epilogues book club, join our Discord server to meet like-minded people, and access some really cool (I promise) merch. We'll love you forever and probably include you in our next gratitude meditation.



    In this episode, we (attempt to) speed-review the books we read in 2023! The good, the bad, the 5-star favorites, the 1-star disappointments. Including books like 100 Years of Solitude, The Island of Missing Trees, The Goldfinch, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Crime and Punishment, White Nights, Piranesi, Swimming in the Dark, and more. Thank you for listening!



    To contact us, see some great book memes, or give us episode ideas:


    Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@espressoepilogues⁠⁠⁠
    TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠@espresso.epilogues⁠⁠⁠
    Our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠

    • 39 min
    Franz Kafka: The Trial, Letters to Milena, Metamorphosis

    Franz Kafka: The Trial, Letters to Milena, Metamorphosis

    Hi friends!! We're here with the most requested episode yet: Kafka! In this one we discuss The Trial, Metamorphosis, Letters to Milena, and Kafka in general.

    SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We just launched our online community that you can join for free until January 15th, to connect with other lovers of literature, philosophy, and words in all their forms. If you join by January 15th 2024, you will remain a free member forever. After that, we are launching a Patreon and turning community access into a paid benefit for new members. We're so excited to welcome you on board!

    You're listening to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two book-loving besties, Aspa and Erifili, talk about books over coffee. We're so happy you're here.

    To contact us, see some great book memes, or give us episode ideas: Instagram ⁠⁠@espressoepilogues⁠⁠, TikTok ⁠⁠@espresso.epilogues⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ :)

    • 46 min
    Dostoyevsky, Camus, existentialism and absurdism

    Dostoyevsky, Camus, existentialism and absurdism

    We're here with an episode mixing philosophy and literature, our favorite topics. Today we're talking about existentialism and absurdism, through Fyodor Dostoyevsky's White Nights, and Albert Camus' The Stranger / The Outsider.

    You're listening to Espresso Epilogues, a podcast where two book-loving besties, Aspa and Erifili, talk about books over coffee. We're so happy you're here.

    To contact us, see some great book memes, or give us episode ideas: Instagram ⁠@espressoepilogues⁠, TikTok ⁠@espresso.epilogues⁠, and our ⁠website⁠ :)

    • 33 min

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