We Read That

We are two political scientists (and friends), Jenny & Dani, who love to read books and talk about them, life, and just random thoughts. "We Read That" has two simple rules: (1) one of us picks the book each episode and can't tell the other why they picked it; and (2) the book has to be fiction. If you love books and/or need to dissociate for an hour in the car or while doing chores, we are the right podcast. Come along on the journey with us! Beware: spoilers are everywhere.

We Read That is a arts podcast hosted by Jenny and Dani, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Jenny and Dani hosts We Read That, a arts show with 22 episodes published.

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  Evelyn Clarke’s The Ending Writes Itself: (Murder) Mysteries, Indiana Jones, and Endings

  Aug 12, 202652 min

  Disclaimer! Jenny had to record from the middle of nowhere and had issues with the audio. We did our best to fix it, but ... please be kind b/c the conversation is still funny, engaging, and full of the usual shenanigans. ----------------------------------------------------------------- We are back! Jenny and Dani are talking about Evelyn Clarke's The Ending Writes Itself (2026), a new murder mystery book by V.E. Schwab and Cat Clarke. Dani and Jenny attempt to define what a good mystery is ... hopefully, they somehow succeed. When it comes to the book of the week, though, Dani has a lot of thoughts and feelings about happenstance, divine intervention, and whether the title actually makes sense. Spoilers abound. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for supporting us! linktr.ee/wereadthat --> Like and Subscribe! Tell a friend! Tell more than one friend!

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  Sarah Langan's Trad Wife: Trad Wives (Again), Horror, and Feminist Choice

  Aug 5, 20261h 11m

  This week Dani allows Jenny to monologue on the fiction literature about trad wife culture. Instead of working, Jenny read not only Sarah Langan's Trad Wife (2026), but also Saratoga Schaefer's book (2026) and Elizabeth Richardson's TRAD Substack. The ladies ponder why horror seems to be the go-to genre for this kind of niche, and what sort of questions these works throw out and possibly answer. Dani wants to know whether the patriarchy allows for genuine feminist choice, or whether our choices are based on societal expectations. Come along as two people who know little about trad wives, but have read books about them, discuss the societal phenomenon in detail, including references to Ballerina Farm and Nara Smith's Interview on Call Her Daddy (our main competitor in the market). Our weekly book question deals with the "perfect bookstore" and whether bookstores are tourist attractions. ------------------------------- Thank you again for all your lovely support. We appreciate all of our listeners and enjoy your comments! Shownotes: linktr.ee/wereadthat Elizabeth Richardson's Substack: https://elizabethrichardsonbooks.substack.com/p/trad-index?r=3tkuh

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  Zoe Dubno's Happiness & Love: Weird Girl Lit, Grief, and Paul Walker

  Jul 28, 202657 min

  A day late, but not a buck short. This week Dani and Jenny tackle Jenny's pick Happiness and Love by Zoe Dubno (2025). The story is about a woman's internal monologue while attending a dinner party with an artsy elite group of people in New York City. The protagonist churns through issues of nepotism, wealth, elitism, artistry and grief. Although Jenny and Dani appreciate the ideas and the conversation it evokes between them, they can't help but be annoyed in certain instances. Nonetheless, they have a solid conversation about grief and appropriate ways of grieving (spoiler alert: there are none), why Jenny needs to get a grip when it comes to Paul Walker, and what levels of nepotism and money can do to the artistic process. Jenny also becomes a motivational speaker and just advises everyone to focus on their own work. The Book Question of the Week tries to define the parameters of Weird Girl Lit. You be the judge of whether you agree with the definition or not. ---------------------------------- Thank you for your weekly support! We appreciate each and everyone one of you. Link to all our socials: linktr.ee/wereadthat HAPPY READING!

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  Lisa Jewell's It Could Have Been Her: Tropes, Cozy Murder Mysteries, and Show Don't Tell

  Jul 20, 20261 hour

  Today, Jenny and Dani are tackling Lisa Jewell's It Could Have Been Her (2026). This new book is a homecoming for the two, as they share a love for Jewell's work and actually made in their very first episode ever one of the author's work their main topic (hint hint - go check it out). Jewell's latest book prompts the question: can you have a cozy murder mystery in a house of horrors? The ladies talk all things tropes and what they like in them, agreeing that isolation is just great for all plots and characters to go off the deep end. Yay for forced proximity. Towards the end of the episode, all Swifties should feel deeply offended, for that Jenny and Dani (mostly Jenny) are deeply sorry. -------------------------- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. Like and subscribe! And! Tell a friend. All our socials: linktr.ee/wereadthat

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  Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries: Bookmaxxing, Science Fiction, and Snark

  Jul 13, 202648 min

  This is one is a short one. Jenny suggests the first book of The Murderbot Diaries series (2017), and the ladies just do not click with it. They click more with Alexander Skarsgard on the Murderbot show on AppleTV. What ensues is an in-depth conversation about what makes good science fiction (according to Dani and with plenty of great examples), and Jenny relates to Murderbot and his affinity for Reality TV. The ladies tackle bookmaxxing after Jenny read a blurb about it on The Guardian: Dani fights all elitism, Jenny embraces some of it. So - the usual. --------------------------- Thank you for supporting the podcast! Tell a friend about it! Like and subscribe! Exclamation mark! Find our socials and bookshop here: linktr.ee/wereadthat

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