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Reading With The Rockefellers
by The Rockefellers
A family YA book club podcast. Season 1 starts with the Red Queen book series by Victoria Aveyard.
Episodes
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S3e4: Eww. Just Eww.
Sigh… We’re here with Mare after her interrogation with Samson. She’s exhausted and feels dissected. Maven is here to make sure that she has suffered and yet, play cat and mouse with her. Once he has her back under his thumb, his next plan for her is right out of the Calore/ Merandus playbook....
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S3e4: Cameron’s Opinion Hour
We’ve finally made it to our first non-Mare chapter! The bad news is, it’s a Cameron chapter. We do find out that Maven kept his word and that all of her group was released. Tuck was evacuated and the survivors have been moved to a new underground base. When we join Cameron there, we catch up…
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S3e3: Who Needs A Shower?
Mare finally gets taken out of her gilded cage and she knows exactly where she’s being taken, a room where death has happened in front of her. No one is expecting her and Evangeline is trying to make a very public point. The consequences for her words land on Mare and she is spared no mercy. Beth...
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S3e2: Guh-Rous
This week, Mare is constantly guarded but feels alone. Silent stone keeps her powers out of her reach and Maven never comes to visit. The pity parties are back and in full effect. Now that she has nothing to do but think, it’s the Mare we’ve come to know (and love?) When she finally does get a...
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S3E1: WE’RE BACK!
We're back!! Christmas, birthdays, technical difficulties, and Covid set us back a little but we are finally back! Today, we cover chapter 1 of King's Cage. Let's catch back up with Mare after her unbelievable deal with the devil. Where is Maven keeping her and why? There are so many things to…
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S3 Update
Hey everyone! Check out this update for season 3 and see us on Instagram for all coming eps. As always, you can send fan art and fan casting ideas to [email protected], connect with us on Instagram @readingwiththerockefellers, or visit our website for pictures and our blog at...
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S2E37: Fancasting Part 3
Join us this week for the fourth and final Bonus Episode! Today, we continue our season 2 fancasting. It's a great discussion going in depth into the characters and what we think it will take to portray them. We discuss everyone from J. Lo to Kyle Chandler. You won't want to miss a minute! To see...
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S2E36: Fancasting Part 2
Join us this week for the third of our Bonus Episodes! Today, we continue our season 2 fancasting. It's a great discussion going in depth into the characters and what we think it will take to portray them. As always, you can send fan art and fan casting ideas to...
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S2E35: Fancasting Part 1
Join us this week for the second of our Bonus Episodes! Today, we start our season 2 fancasting. We've got some returning favorites and some fun new surprises! As always, you can send fan art and fan casting ideas to [email protected], connect with us on Instagram...
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S2E33: Character Review
Join us this week for the first of our Bonus Episodes! Today, we are reviewing the characters that have been introduced or grown in Glass Sword. As always, you can send fan art and fan casting ideas to [email protected], connect with us on Instagram @readingwiththerockefellers,...
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S2E33: Jeopardy
This week is pure fun. It's Mia vs Mom in head to head jeopardy. As always, you can send fan art and fan casting ideas to [email protected], connect with us on Instagram @readingwiththerockefellers, or visit our website for pictures and our blog at…
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S2E32: The Helpening
The Blackrun is spiraling out of control and is a flaming twist of metal. The face to face showdown with Maven is finally here. Mare expected that Maven would fulfill his promise of hunting her down before her birthday but she never imagined this. What will happen to her? What about the others…
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S2E31: I Put The Hot In Psychotic
All of the grown ups and big wigs are gathering at Tuck to discuss how stopping “Operation Human Shield” is going to go down. Tensions are running at an all-time high and everyone is doing their best to keep up appearances. But the tenuous bonds between everyone could snap at any moment. The...
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S2E30: She Is Way Short On Spoons
Mare is finally getting around to going to see her family in the wake of Shade’s death. Emotions run high when she makes a stunning announcement with even more stunning responses from her surviving brothers. Plus, we do a recap of where everyone is geographically and emotionally. We’re getting so...
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S2E29: Another Player Has Joined The Game
This week, after arriving back in Tuck, Mare meets a set of incredibly odd twins that are very interested in her. What are their true motives though? They have an odd request that puts Mare’s “anyone can betray anyone” attitude to the test. Will she risk the safety of all those she has rescued?...
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S2E28: Love Blinds
Over 300 Reds, Newbloods, and Silvers are on their way out of Corros after the prison break and Mare is on a girl on a stick, twisted mission. Her “allies” are all questioning her choices. Has Mare lost her humanity? Farley is here to push her to the limits while their grief dissolves into near...
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S2E27: Emotional Support Podcast
Ok, fam... The prison break is finally here. Who will make it out and who will fall in the chaos? Take a deep breath and press play, we’re all in this together. Our references this week, as we try and find humor amongst the violence, include My Favorite Murder, pockets for women, Multiplicity…
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S2E26: Sprinkle A Whole Bunch Of Violence
This is part two of our coverage of chapter 25, and Our group has landed at the prison with Nanny disguised as Maven, ready to break in to the Corros prison. Mare has a physical reaction but has to overcome it and focus on the task at hand. Too much can go wrong for her to lose focus now. We get...
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S2E25: This One’s A Bit Of A Mess
This is part one of our coverage of chapter 25, we are on our way to the prison and Mare can’t muster any hope of victory or being optimistic for her crew. Everyone has their own pre-battle rituals and Mare’s is being a downer. Nanny uses her ability to “turn in to” Maven and Mare is SHOOKETH!…
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S2E24: A Trauma Off
In this chapter, Mare and Cameron are just generally being teen girls, kinking the planning of the Corros prison break. Cal gets followed by kids everywhere he goes, and it’s totally adorable. Mare comes across Shade and Farley sneaking away, but it goes totally over her head as to why. Everyone…
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S2 E23: But Then, You Are Pretty Stupid
This week, in Chapter 23, the “adults” have gathered for a very important meeting that definitely couldn’t have been an email. There’s a plan to put together and Mare needs all the bodies and abilities that she can get. Kilorn might even be able to go this time! Cameron “meets” the group and we...
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S2E22: She’s Gonna Poo All Over Your Party
This week, we meet the Ultimate Party Pooper, Cameron, a character with an awesome power that just so happens to be attached to her crappy personality. We discuss the history of Norta and try to figure out where all these strange accents come from while we also marvel at Shade’s expert military...
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S2 E20: What’s Grayer Than Gray?
In Part 2 of our discussion on Chapter 20 of Glass Sword, we see Mare being extra stubborn. It’s just a taste of things to come. Our gang is landing for a mission and Mare is tired of people telling her things. I think she is just plain tired. Let’s just say that communication isn’t her strong...
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Bonus Episode #1: Life Comes At You Swiftly: 1989 vs Midnights This or That Pt 1
Pt 1 of our discussion putting these albums head to head, one track at a time.
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S2 E19: The Most Toxic, Codependent Thing Ever
Mare and Cal have began sharing a bed chamber. It is all the hot goss at the Notch. Maven is always one step ahead but never sets anything to snare Mare for long. Maven is playing heavy games and Mare can’t tell anyone about what she really knows. Kilorn is giving Mare the major cold shoulder…
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S2 E18: she Just Can’t Not Touch It
3 days of hunting have gone by with finding nothing but dead Newbloods and Mare is a super bummer about it. What else is new, right? We meet some of the Newbloods that were recruited while Mare was unconscious or plot devices as I call them. Everything leads up to several of our group making a…
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S2 E17: Marry Me But Give Me Space
Mare is coming back to her senses after waking up from her “coma” and kissing Cal. Good ole Kilorn is there to help her pick up the pieces like no one else can. Truth bombs abound! Plus, we get a montage of newblood saving and Maven dodging. They know he’s out there and hunting them and they…
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S2 E16: Your Meat Shoulder To Cry On and Your Beefy Boyfriend
Mare wakes up after being ambushed by Maven and is super confused and wants answers. So much has happened and Mare has been through the ringer. How will they proceed from here and what was that machine?? Mare is coming completely unglued. Will she come back from the edge or did Maven push her too...
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S2 E15: There You Go, Mare. Are You Happy?
This week, our group has just found Wolliver dead and everyone is playing the blame game. Especially Mare, who of course blames herself. Cal is the only cooler head, which is good because stuff is about to go REAL sideways, REAL fast. Lots of chapters in this series are gamechangers but this one…
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S2 E14: Slicin’ And Dicin’
In part 2, we’re continuing our discussion of chapter 15. Mare, Cal, and Farley break into the Security Center to try and get to the newblood records. It’s time to go big or go home. This chapter is literally on fire. The references this week are all over the map. They include Into The Badlands,...
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S2 E13: Hang In There, It Gets Worse
Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties with episode 12 and ultimately the file got corrupted and we weren’t able to publish it. I really appreciate everyone’s patience while we tried to get it worked out. BUT This week we are giving you chapter 15 in 2 parts. Our conversation was so...
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S2 E11: This Is No Joyous Reunion
In episode 11, our gang heads into Harbor Bay on their most dangerous mission yet. Mare can apparently feel batteries and what type they are now?? Interesting… We meet some new Guard members but as usual, not all is as it seems. Who is Egan and can they all trust Crance? Our references include...
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S2 E10 Obsess Much?!
This week, Mare is literally obsessing over Maven and seeing him everywhere she goes in this “new world” where she and Cal are terrorists. Cal and Nix square up and Cal has to face the truth. Mare cannot stop with the “what-ifs” and distracting herself from their mission. Nix and Kilorn bond, and...
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S2 E9: He’s Basically Just An Albatross Around My Neck
In episode 11, our group lands near Coraunt and sets off to find Nix Marsten, whom we are all too eager to just call “him.” Cal’s privilege is showing during a trek through the woods and what is up Shade and Farley? Then, once we find Nix, things take a turn quickly. Very quickly. Plus, we have…
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S2 E8: Teen Girl Logic
In this week’s episode, our rebels are flying through the air with the greatest of ease and Mare is finding out so much about how the world underneath everything she has known is nothing she could have imagined. The conversation this week is awesome! So many references: : Star Wars (obviously),...
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She’s Good At Obfuscating
In this week’s episode, we catch up with our group of rebels as they are escaping from Tuck to search for newbloods and Cal is the only hope they have. Good thing he knows how to pilot a Blackrun. Will they make it out and on to their first destination on the list? What will be there if they do?...
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S2 E6: From One Cliffhanger To Another
This week, the hits just keep coming for Mare. The Little Lightning Girl clearly likes prisons and has the worst taste in men. She and Captain Beefcake (Cal) find themselves in a yet another no-win situation. Plus, we add 2 more to the flinch count! In the discussion this week, we finally touch…
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S2 E5: Why is Mare So Attracted to Hot Dummies?
Mare and Kilorn have a mission to carry out and Mare is chomping at the bit to check on Cal. It’s a simple in and out mission, right? Right?? We find out A LOT about the Colonel but it also brings up so many more questions. References this week include My Favorite Murder lexicon, Deep Blue Sea,...
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S2 E4: How Many Times Have We Heard This Already?
This week’s episode shows us the ins and outs of Tuck and let’s just say, Mare is unimpressed. But at least her family is here. She’s definitely happy about that but she’s laser focused on finding Cal and finding out why the Lakelanders are here. Then a run-in with the Colonel throws everything…
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S2 E3: And That’s My Fault Too
Fam, it has taken this long but (for once) MARE KEEPS HER MOUTH SHUT! Things are changing on an hourly basis and Mare is just trying to keep up. She thinks she’s maintaining control but she has no idea. The Scarlet Guard is bigger than she could have imagined and, despite herself, she starts to...
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S2 E2: Have They Tried Giving Mare A Snickers?
We are back with Episode 2 of Season 2 and boy is Mare hangry. Pity parties and claustrophobia abound but hold on to your butts because she’s got impostor syndrome and narcissism all at the same time. There’s a lot of Stranger Things references in this one as well as Christmas vacation, and even...
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S2 E1: It’s Not All Depressing, I Swear
Season 2 is here, fam! We open the season with chapters 1 & 2 of Glass Sword, the second in the Red Queen series. Unfortunately, we go dark right out of the gate. Mare and Cal get no breaks after being rescued from the Bowl of Bones. Even though they are with the Scarlet Guard, things aren’t…
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S1 E23: Fancasting Red Queen: Part 2
HAPPY SEASON FINALE EVERYONE!! We have finally made it all the way through Season 1. From chapter 1 to fancasting the new series, we've covered it all and you have been right here with us. We hope everyone has had as much fun as we have. Enjoy this final bonus episode and join us next week for…
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S1 E22: Fancasting Red Queen: Part 1
OIT’S FINALLY HERE! Part 1 of our Season 1 finale is the first of our fan casting episodes. Join us as we pick our first and second choices for Mare, Cal, Maven, Farley, and Julian. We’ve hinted, we’ve come right out and said some, and we’ve kept some a secret but today they will all be revealed....
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S1 E21: We Can’t Underestimate the Swole
On this week’s bonus episode, we take a look at all of the characters we’ve met so far in the series. Mare, Maven, Cal, Elara, etc. All the big ones are covered here. There’s still plenty of references (Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, Star Wars, and Little House on the Prairie just to name a few)...
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S1 E20: QUIZ SHOW
Greg and Beth go head to head answering questions from Mia, exclusively on our YouTube channel Reading With the Rockefellers. Head over to youtube,com/readingwiththerockefellers and check out Episode 20, Quiz Show today! We’ll be back next week with our character review episode and then our 2…
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S1 E19: Mr. Comfort and Ms. Optimism
We have finally come to the end of the book one in the series Red Queen! Mare and Cal must face the music in the Bowl of Bone and Maven is there to witness it all. With Arven silencing her and Cal’s limited battle options, things are looking very grave. Of course, Mare is her usual optimistic…
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S1 E18: Maven-splaining
This week’s episode is all about exposition, exposition, exposition. The true origins and motive of Elara and Maven’s actions are revealed while sealing Cal and Mare’s fate. Mare’s pity party skills are fire and fully on display as she confronted with the silent stone walls of the dungeons under...
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S1 E17: The Fallout
For Episode 17, we switch things up a little. This week, we are discussing Chapter 26 more in depth and it’s effects on the characters and story. This episode may have a little different feel and flow from our regular episodes since it is purely conversational and not as linear as a normal…
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S1 E16: DEFINITELY GOTTA HAVE THE DAMAGED GUY
It’s all come down to this y’all. Episode 16. The infamous chapter 26. We’ve had many game changing chapters but this one takes the cake. Elara and Maven reveal their true intentions and the unimaginable happens. Anyone can betray anyone is on full display in this episode. The meaning of traitor…
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A family YA book club podcast. Season 1 starts with the Red Queen book series by Victoria Aveyard.
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