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BiblioTakes

by Paul Wojda and Cody Palomo

BiblioTakes is a book club podcast following the frequently irreverent opinions of co-hosts Paul Wojda and Cody Palomo on literary works. Tune-in for hot takes and a style of analysis that could get you kicked out of your English class.

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Episodes

  1. Killers of the Flower Moon: Episode 4

    First, Cody and Paul wrap up their discussion of "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann. Then they finish the episode with a discussion of the 2023 film adaptation directed by Martin Scorsese. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  2. Killers of the Flower Moon: Episode 3

    Cody and Paul finish Chronicle Two of David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  3. Killers of the Flower Moon: Episode 2

    Paul and Cody recap and discuss chapters 8-15 of David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  4. Killers of the Flower Moon: Episode 1

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss Chronicle One of David Grann's "Killers of the Flower Moon." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  5. Jurassic Park: The Movie

    Paul and Cody are joined by two special guests to discuss the 1993 film adaptation of Jurassic Park. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  6. Jurassic Park: Episode 5

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss the final two sections of Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  7. Jurassic Park: Episode 4

    Paul and Cody recap and discuss the fifth iteration in Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  8. Jurassic Park: Episode 3

    Paul and Cody discuss Iteration 4 of Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  9. Jurassic Park: Episode 2

    Paul and Cody recap and discuss Iteration 3 from Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  10. Jurassic Park: Episode 1

    Paul and Cody discuss the prologue and first two iterations in Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  11. The Princess Bride: Episode 6

    Paul and Cody are joined by a special guest to discuss the 1987 film adaptation of "The Princess Bride." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  12. The Princess Bride: Episode 5

    Paul and Cody wrap up their discussion of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  13. The Princess Bride: Episode 4

    Cody and Paul finish Chapter 6 and start Chapter 7 of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  14. The Princess Bride: Episode 3

    Cody and Paul continue their discussion of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  15. The Princess Bride: Episode 2

    Paul and Cody continue their recap and discussion of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  16. The Princess Bride: Episode 1

    Paul and Cody are back from break with their discussion and recap of William Goldman's "The Princess Bride." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  17. Blood Meridian: Episode 6

    Paul's dad joins the podcast to discuss Blood Meridian and draft a dream cast for a Blood Meridian movie. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  18. Blood Meridian: Episode 5

    Paul and Cody finish discussing Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  19. Blood Meridian: Episode 4

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters 15 - 19 of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  20. Blood Meridian: Episode 3

    Paul and Cody recap and discuss chapters 11-14 of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  21. Blood Meridian: Episode 2

    Cody and Paul continue their discussion of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian." Recapping and discussing chapters 6-10. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  22. Blood Meridian: Episode 1

    Cody and Paul start their discussion of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness of the West." Chapters 1-5 Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  23. No Country for Old Men: The Movie

    Paul and Cody are joined by a special guest to discuss the Coen Brothers' 2007 film adaptation of "No Country for Old Men." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  24. No Country for Old Men: Episode 5

    Paul and Cody wrap-up their discussion of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  25. No Country for Old Men: Episode 4

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters 7 and 8 of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  26. No Country for Old Men: Episode 3

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters 5 and 6 of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  27. No Country for Old Men: Episode 2

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters three and four of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  28. No Country for Old Men: Episode 1

    Cody and Paul start their recap and discussion of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  29. Death on the Nile: The Movie

    Paul and Cody welcome on a special guest to discuss the Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" as well as the 2022 film adaptation starring and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro:...

  30. Death on the Nile: Episode 4

    Cody and Paul wrap-up their recap and discussion of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile" Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  31. Death on the Nile: Episode 3

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters 14-22 of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  32. Death on the Nile: Episode 2

    Paul and Cody discuss chapters 6-13 of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  33. Death on the Nile: Episode 1

    Cody and Paul read and discuss the first five chapters of "Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  34. Little Women: The Movies

    Cody and Paul are joined by special guests to discuss two "Little Women" film adaptations from 1994 and 2019. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  35. Little Women: Episode 6

    Cody and Paul finish the last nine chapters of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  36. Little Women: Episode 5

    Cody and Paul discuss and recap chapers 32-38 of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  37. Little Women: Episode 4

    Paul and Cody recap and discuss the first eight chapters of Part Two of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  38. Little Women: Episode 3

    Cody and Paul wrap-up Part 1 of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once Is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  39. Little Women: Episode 2

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters 9-15 of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  40. Little Women: Episode 1

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss the first eight chapters of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  41. Where the Crawdads Sing: The Movie

    Cody and Paul answer discuss some listener submitted questions and the 2022 film adaptation of Delia Owens' "Where the Crawdads Sing" Music Credit: Joseph McDade Into: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  42. Where the Crawdads Sing: Episode 5

    Cody and Paul wrap up their discussion and recap of "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  43. Where the Crawdads Sing: Episode 4

    Cody and Paul recap and discuss chapters 32 - 44 of Delia Owens' "Where The Crawdads Sing." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  44. Where the Crawdads Sing: Episode 3

    Cody and Paul continue their recap of "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. Summary and Discussion of chapters 22 - 31. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  45. Where the Crawdads Sing: Episode 2

    Cody and Paul finish up their recap of Part 1 of "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  46. Where the Crawdads Sing: Episode 1

    Cody and Paul start a new book this episode, diving into "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  47. A Knight's Tale

    Cody and Paul welcome on special guests to discuss 2001's "A Knight's Tale" starring Heath Ledger, Shannon Sossamon, Rufus Sewell, and Paul Bettany. Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  48. The Canterbury Tales: Episode 7

    Cody and Paul discuss The Franklin's Tale, the Second Nun's Tale, The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, The Manciple's Tale, and The Parson's Tale in this final episode focussed on Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Into: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit…

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  49. The Canterbury Tales: Episode 6

    Cody and Paul discuss the Clerk's Tale, the Merchant's Tale, and the Squire's Tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

  50. The Canterbury Tales: Episode 5

    Paul and Cody break down and discuss the Pardoner's Tale, Wife of Bath's Tale, Friar's Tale, and Summoner's Tale, from Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales." Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation Music Credit: Joseph McDade Intro: Once is Enough Outro: Elevation

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BiblioTakes is a book club podcast following the frequently irreverent opinions of co-hosts Paul Wojda and Cody Palomo on literary works. Tune-in for hot takes and a style of analysis that could get you kicked out of your English class.

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