Camp Required Reading is BACK, campers! Victoria Harley (A Breath of Fresh Movie podcast) joins me to discuss RL Stine's 12th book in the Fear Street saga: Lights Out. Holly doesn't like the outdoors, but she'll be a camp counselor to help her uncle save his failing camp - but someone's trying to sabotage it all! Check out some of our other camp ep…

Poverty is violence - violence is poverty SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Chelsea Pope, Victoria Harley

Keara Sullivan returns to Required Reading to go to camp and, frankly, it's horrifying. We dive into Goosebumps THE HORROR AT CAMP JELLYJAM by RL Stine. Wendy and her brother Elliot fall off their parent's car, down a mountain, and into Camp Jellyjam where something STINKS. Follow Keara! Read her Substack! Support the podcast! Follow Erin!…

Playboys, Bollywood Divas, and a poor English acting troupe trying to understand their place in India. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Chelsea Pope, Victoria Harley

Time to get into Errol Flynn in his most upstanding role yet. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Mike "Sally" Faerber

We had so much to talk about with Emily Candini last week, we had to add an episode. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Emily Candini, Chelsea Pope, Victoria Harley

Author, creator, and marketing maven Madeline North returns to discuss a dragon classic: ERAGON by Christopher Paolini. Young Eragon finds a dragon egg and quickly Saphira the dragon hatches. All matter of mayhem breaks loose as forces from throughout the kingdom seek out the egg. Follow Madeline! Check out Madeline's new marketing agency! Listen t…

We had so much to talk about with Emily Candini this week, we split this one into two episodes. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope, Emily Candini

Before she was compared to Leni Riefenstahl, Kathryn Bigelow was making her own brand of action films - none more iconic than POINT BREAK. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

It's week two of Camp Required Reading and Chelsea Pope returns to discuss Goosebumps #9: Welcome to Camp Nightmare! The food at Camp Nightmoon isn't great. The counselors are a little strange. And the camp director, Uncle Al seems sort of demented. OK, Billy can handle that. But when other campers disappear... and his parents don't answer his lett…

Based on a prize-winning novel of the same name, this poetic film illustrates the frustration of being trapped into a system you had no part in creating. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

This week I am debuting a special summer camp series!! Haley OC joins me to discuss SUNKISSED by Kasie West, a YA romance inspired by Dirty Dancing. Avery has always used music as an escape. But after her best friend betrays her, even her perfectly curated playlists can't help her forget what happened. To make matters worse, her parents have dragge…

This week, we're settling into New England in the early 1960s with Cher and Bob Hoskins. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Writer Chad Morton (Abbott Elementary) joins me to discuss the most banned book of the 21st century: Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. Fourth graders George and Harold accidentally hypnotize their terrible principal into actually becoming Captain Underpants, the comic book hero they drew! See Chad's work on Abbott Elementary on ABC! Check out the w…

Dearest listeners, we're taking a minute to breathe as fate takes a hand here in Los Angeles. Support the Mutual Aid Network: https://mutualaidla.org/By Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Krista Moy returns to discuss William Golding's 1954 classic Lord of the Flies! Also it's EPISODE 75!! We did it babes! A group of boys crash-land on an island and all hell breaks loose. Check out Krista's previous episode about A Streetcar Named Desire! Follow Krista! Follow Erin! Support the podcast!…

What $25m's worth of prosthetics and glitter looks like SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

This week Justine Engel joins me to read our first American Girl DOLL book: Meet Samantha! In 1904 wealthy orphan Samantha Parkington realizes the injustices that exist in the world around her, including child labor, segregation, and women's suffrage. Next week is our 75th episode! We will be reading Lord of the Flies - come prepared! Follow Justin…

A dark comedic romp through the horrors of being human SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

I'm a Lebowski, you're a Lebowski -- that's terrific, but I'm very busy, as I can imagine you are. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Filmmaker Molly McGlynn joins me to discuss our first poetry collection - Shel Silverstein's WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS! We ask the critical question: was Shel Silverstein hot? Let us know. Follow Molly! Follow Erin! Support the podcast!

Wanting someone to want you is a perfectly human foible. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Longest episode title ever? Perhaps. You're welcome. Teaching artist Sara Childrey joins me to discuss TWO movies: The Swan Princess (1994) and Barbie of Swan Lake (2003)! Follow Childrey's substack! Check out some other movie episodes: The Nightmare Before Christmas! The Last Unicorn! Support the podcast! Follow Erin!…

Is there anyone more wonderfully, vulnerably open-hearted than Gene Wilder? SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Poet and author Erin Taylor joins me to discuss Kate Chopin's 1899 novel THE AWAKENING. Edna Pontellier struggles between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century Louisiana. (Wikipedia) Erin Taylor's book Bimboland! Support the podcast! Follow Erin!…

We can see the roots of THE SUBSTANCE in Coralie Fargeat's REVENGE - a bold debut from the French filmmaker. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Author Alex Brunkhorst joins me to discuss what was almost our very first book - The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald. It just turned 100! Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his form…

Pay close attention to the throughline of sweet treats. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Another solo episode! Do you like these? Please let me know. Goosebumps book 3 follows Evan Ross when he discovers a can of "Monster Blood" in an old toy store. And it's got an appetite. Follow Erin! Support the podcast! Listen to Goosebumps Book 2! Listen to Goosebumps Book 1!

That's a great Timpano right there. Also - can we please have movies again? BIG NIGHT explores so much about the human condition, artists, assimilation, and failure - yet makes us hungry for food and for life by the end. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLIC FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: abreathoffres…

Book two in our Goosebumps deep dive! Something weird is going on with Dad ever since he got fired from his job - and why is he wearing that hat all the time? Could be he's a mad scientist! Follow Erin! Support the show! Listen to Goosebumps Book 1!

Zannah Schorer returns to discuss Brandon Mull's absolutely buck wild novel: FABLEHAVEN. Kendra and Seth discover their grandparents live on a nature preserve for all the world's mythical creatures (a haven, you might say, for fables...) Follow Zannah! Follow Erin! SUPPORT THE PODCAST Listen to Zannah's previous episode about The Tail of Emily Wind…

I love this one :) Writer Christin Campbell joins me to discuss the 1982 Rankin/Bass film THE LAST UNICORN! A unicorn leaves the protection of her enchanted forest to discover if she really is the last of her kind. Follow Christin! Follow Erin! Support the podcast! Another Required Viewing episode: The Nightmare Before Christmas!…

Rachel Moss joins me to discuss Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo from 2002! Many write it off as a Harry Potter rip-off but - hear this - it might be a whole lot better. When Charlie Bone discovers he can hear the voices of people in photographs he is whisked away to the Bloor Academy to train his powers, where he becomes entrenched in a ge…

Satire is a dish best served hot! And Scottish! SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Color films used to be special. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

It's just me this week! I am debuting a new intermittent series where I read all of RL Stine's immaculate Goosebumps series! Follow me! Support the show!

We love a leftist new wave Japanese filmmaker re-telling an old buddhist fable SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Madeline Douglass returns and this time we've got a third: former co-worker Luke Henke! We all worked in a Girl Scout Museum in college. Jealous? From Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1850 comes one of the first mass-produced books of all time: The Scarlet Letter. The novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter with a man (minister Arthu…

Bring back on-location shooting in Los Angeles. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Maria Callas is Mother. Jason sucks. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Not to be biased but this is a really good one! Author Gretchen Schreiber joins me to discuss two-books-in-one, Crown Duel and Court Duel by Sherwood Smith from 1997/1998/2002? The first book follows the adventures of young Countess Meliara "Mel" Astiar of Tlanth as she and her small group of forces rebel against the greed of King Galdran; along th…

Grab your friends, wear your florals. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Its a long one because its STEPHENIE MEYER!!!! It's what she would want. Repeat guest Jess Woodworth returns to discuss The Host! The book is about Earth, in a post-apocalyptic time, being invaded by a parasitic alien race known as "Souls", and follows one Soul's predicament when the consciousness of her human host refuses to give up her body. (Wik…

Content Warning: A dog dies in this one, and Billy Zane doesn't die fast enough. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

Author Darrin Simpson (Abby's Big Debate) joins me to discuss Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY in our 60th episode!! Support the show! Follow Erin!

Is banna fíor é KNEECAP, ó áit fíor, le fíorfhadhbanna. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

This week it's French! Kelsey Buckley joins me to discuss Antoine de Saint Exupery's 1943 classic The Little Prince! There's a little "easter" "egg" in this episode - I hope you like it! Follow Kelsey! Follow Erin! Support the show!

We have Robert Eggers' spooky New England childhood to thank for this brand of folk horror. SUPPORT THE SHOW: PATREON FOLLOW THE SHOW: INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // TIKTOK // YOUTUBE EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] SHOP THE SHOW: TEE PUBLICBy Victoria Harley, Chelsea Pope

This week we are all eating dirt - comedian Carter Hambley joins me to discuss Brian Jacques' sword-toting-mice-fantasy series Redwall! Watch Happy Gilmore 2! Support the podcast! Follow Erin!