Plain Bad Podcasters

Lark & Alex
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Join Lark and Alex as they re-read and analyze the lesbiest book of all time, emily m. danforth’s ”Plain Bad Heroines.”

  1. Episode 1

    Ep 1: Pages 1-70 & Mary MacLane

    Welcome to the first episode of Plain Bad Podcasters, our podcast about emily m. danforth's exquisite 2020 novel, Plain Bad Heroines. In this episode, we summarize the chapters "An Excerpt from The Story of Mary MacLane" through "Tinseltown" and dive deep into the life and work of Mary MacLane. You can find our recreation of the Mary MacLane highball and other supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp. This episode's bibliography is The Story of Mary MacLane and Other Writings by Mary MacLane, edited by Penelope Rosemont.

  2. Episode 2

    Ep 2: Pages 71-134 & Truman Capote

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "How to Import a Martian Into Your Contacts" through "Across Town, a Scuttle" and do a Deep Dive into the life of Truman Capote and his influence on Plain Bad Heroines. You can see Truman Capote's scandalous author photo and other supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp. This episode's bibliography is Capote: A Biography by Gerald Clarke.

  3. Episode 3

    Ep 3: Pages 135-180 & Cursed Movie Productions

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "Playing Dress-Up Dinner" through "Gray Dawn, Bleak Mo[u]rning" and do a Deep Dive into two other supposedly-cursed movie productions. You can find the names of the authors Alex forgot and other supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp. This episode's bibliography is Hollywood Hex by Mikita Brotman.

  4. Episode 4

    Ep 5: Pages 227-277 & Shirley Jackson w/Esa

    Join us as Lark, Alex, and special guest Esa discuss the chapters "Fin de Siècle Meet Cute" through "Libbie Brookhants Takes a Bath" and do a Deep Dive into the work of Shirley Jackson and her influence on Plain Bad Heroines. You can see a photo of Harper Harper's motorcycle and other supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp. This episode's bibliography is The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, both by Shirley Jackson.

  5. Episode 5

    Ep 4: Pages 181-226 & Horror Influences

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "The (Unofficial) Chemistry Read" through "The (Real) Chemistry Read" and do a Deep Dive into two major influences on this book: the novel Picnic at Hanging Rock and the movie The Blair Witch Project. You can see a photo of the titular Hanging Rock and other supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp. This episode's bibliography is Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay.

  6. Episode 6

    Ep 6: Pages 283-338 & Side Talk with Girls

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "Side Talk #1: Bo Dhillon Makes His Case" and "Side Talk #2: Harold Brookhants Makes His Case" and do a Deep Dive into the book Side Talks with Girls. You can find supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp. This episode's bibliography is Side Talks with Girls by Isabel Mallon writing as Rush Ashmore.

  7. Episode 7

    Ep 7: Pages 345-404 & the Newberry Library

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "What to Make of This Arrangement?" through "An Undesirable Morbidness" and visit Chicago's Newberry Library to see two of Mary MacLane's hand-written manuscripts. You can find supplemental posts on our Tumblr page: plainbadpodcasters.tumblr.com. Find more of Richie Smith's music on Bandcamp.

  8. Episode 8

    Ep 8: Pages 407-456 & the Brookhants song!

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "Road Apples" through "A Tower Tour, A Carpet Picnic, A Sound in the Night" and record the Brookhants song on ukulele and accordion!

  9. Episode 8 Bonus

    The Brookhants Song

    A stand-alone recording of the Brookhants song. Ostensibly as a bonus, but mostly because we're stupid proud of it.

  10. Episode 9

    Ep 9: Pages 458-502 & Symbolism in PBH

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "Finally, Someone Tends to Those F*****g Plants" through "Apple Bruise" and then take a Deep Dive into the yellow jackets and other symbolic elements. This episode's bibliography is: How to Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov with notes by Alfred Appel, Jr.

  11. Episode 10

    Ep 10: Pages 503-569 & Female-Driven Queer Horror Movies

    Join us as Lark and Alex discuss the chapters "Updates from the Set of The Happenings at Brookhants as Told Online" through "Providence" and then take a Deep Dive into two female-driven queer horror movies. This episode's bibliography is: "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather   The Claudine Novels by Collette   "Both Ways" by Carmen Maria Machado   Six Reasons to Stop What You're Doing and Watch "Lyle" | Autostraddle

  12. Episode 11

    Ep 11: Pages 570-617 & an Interview with emily danforth

    Join Lark and Alex for the final, extra-long episode of Plain Bad Podcasters. We discuss the chapters "Elaine Brookhants, Socialite and Philanthropist, Dies at Age 81" through "The Red Carpet After" and for our final Deep Dive, a long conversation with the author herself, emily danforth! We talk about our experience making the podcast and wrap up with some book and podcast recommendations. If you don't want to listen to the whole thing, here are the major markers: Interview with emily danforth starts at 57 minutes 45 seconds Book and podcast recommendations start at 2 hours 50 minutes 50 seconds Those recommendations are: Alex Books Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White Model Home by Rivers Solomon Anything by Stephen Graham Jones, but especially The Only Good Indians and The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle Anything by N. K. Jemesin Anything by Kate Alice Marshall Podcasts The Locked Tomb Podcast Worst Bestsellers If Books Could Kill I Don’t Even Own a Television Bad Gays Old Gods of Appalachia Lark The Magnus Archives podcast emily danforth mentioned the book The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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Join Lark and Alex as they re-read and analyze the lesbiest book of all time, emily m. danforth’s ”Plain Bad Heroines.”

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