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ReLiterated
by Chocolate Milk Friends
Andy, Harold, and Josh are three grown-ass men looking back on the books that were either popular or taught in school in the days of their youth in the ’90s, offering their totally grown-up opinions and analysis of the lessons they learned from them then and how those lessons hit now. Maybe in all this they will find out why they and their whole generation is so messed up, but probably not. At least they’re reading. (Warning: Contains language and behavior not suitable for children. Listener discretion is advised.)
Episodes
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Episode 61: Matilda
If there's any book that says "Give a shit, read some lit", it's Matilda. Is it just us, or was this book one of the absolute staples of growing up in the 90s? We all loved this book growing up, and in this episode we'll look at how it's held up to a modern reading, especially considering the...
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Episode 60: Fear Street #23 - Double Date
Our first foray into the Fear Street series introduces us to the absolute winner that is Bobby Newkirk. He's got it all. Good looks, nice car, wealthy family, and an overabundance of self-assured charisma. Just a solid role model. He's also so good with the ladies, he's got a dating relationship...
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Episode 59: Goblins in the Castle
Here we are again! Chapter 9 of the podcast begins afresh with new titles by previously visited authors, just not sequels to any books we've read. We start with Bruce Coville's (My Teacher is an Alien, My Teacher Fried My Brains) fantastical story of goblins, witches and wizards, secrets and...
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Episode 58: Reliterated Reiterated #8
That's a wrap for our first all-request chapter of the podcast! Special thanks to Janelle, Mark, Matt, and Trip for their contributions to the last few episodes of the show. This week we'll cover the film/tv adaptations of the books as well as see what this AI thing is all about as we get ChatGPT...
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Episode 57: Sideways Stories From Wayside School (ft. Trip Hazard)
Can you imagine having to climb thirty flights of stairs every day to get to class? Man, the kids in Mrs. Jewls's class must have well toned quads and cardiovascular systems of steel. They also count out of order, read upside down, fall out of the window, smile for no reason, sell their toes, and...
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Episode 56: I, Houdini (ft. Matty Ice)
Houdini is a self-described exceptional hamster that can escape almost anything. He goes on an adventure of self-discovery when he sets off a series of events that make him flee the home of the humans that own him. Or something. I don't know. Not all of us read the book. But Matty Ice did! And he...
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Episode 55: Goosebumps #20 - The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight
Goosebumps is BACK! This time we're down on the farm with a whole bunch of nefarious scarecrows doing evil things like... moving... waving... walking... not staying on their stake... and other various non-threatening things that are creepy. Will we find out why they're alive and what they want?...
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Episode 54: Where the Red Fern Grows (ft. Janelle Allison)
New year, new chapter! The all-request chapter of Reliterated begins with a story about a boy and the dogs that he loves. So of course you know how this book is going to end. THE LINKS: Rate and review us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Audible! Chat with us on our Discord View and discuss…
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Episode 53: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 7
Chapter 7. The Survival Chapter. We've finally made it to the recap episode, where we'll discuss misheard words, movie adaptations, allergic reactions, and all the fondly remembered moments of the past few episodes. Join us as we put this chapter, and this challenging year to bed before…
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Episode 52: Worlds of Power - Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (ft. Matty Ice & Marky Mark)
Ever see The Last Starfighter? No? Good. Here's a totally original story that nobody ever saw before about a teenage boy who's so good at a video game that he gets transported to that game's world to save it from evil. All while he battles his own demons of...chocolate addiction. Andy, Harold,...
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Episode 51: Lord of the Flies
Kids want nothing more than to do whatever they want. But what happens when there's absolutely no adults around to tell them they can't, hampering their fun? Andy, Harold, and Josh discuss Sir William Golding's story of a group of schoolboys who get stranded on an island with total freedom to do...
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Episode 50: Island of the Blue Dolphins
In the game Animal Crossing New Horizons, you build yourself a home on an island, collect resources, catch fish, befriend your animal neighbors, and spend ridiculous amounts of free time crafting items. So Island of the Blue Dolphins is basically the story of that game in a real world setting....
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Episode 49: The Boxcar Children
Every detective begins somewhere. For the Alden kids, it begins with a tale of survival for like a week in a boxcar they find near a town while on the run from a mean old man they don't want taking custody of them. How this transitions to a series of mystery-solving youths I don't know, but for…
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Episode 48: Hatchet
We begin our survival-themed chapter with a survival story that's way more realistic than My Side of the Mountain. Imagine, if you will, a 13 year old boy thrust into a wilderness survival situation without the assistance and encyclopedic knowledge of nature and access to civilization that Sam...
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Episode 47: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 6
It's been ice to be able to stay frosty with some cool wintry tales to chill out with in this chapter! Snowflakes Andy, Harold, and Josh recap the books that made us shiver, freeze in our tracks, or left us in the cold. The number of laughs you'll get this week is not below zero, so be sure to…
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Episode 45: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (ft. Janelle Allison)
This episode we try to enjoy this tale of a magical land of fauns, gnomes, talking animals, and a wintry curse, but instead we choose to rant about Christianity, exaggerate scene setting, ridicule belief in ghosts, and trash talk Republicans, and then recast the story with Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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Episode 44: Magic Tree House #22 - Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Andy, Harold, Josh, and Harold's dad's bird travel back in time with Jack and Annie Smith to Christmas 1776 in order to steal someone's mail to save Camelot. They also witness the fateful night the Continental Army crossed the Delaware River to rough up some Hessians and inspire one of the most...
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Episode 43: Goosebumps #51 - Beware, the Snowman
Jaclyn is the new girl in town, and the town is an Arctic village in the middle of nowhere with an identical creepy-looking snowman in every yard to, uh, pay tribute to the giant evil snowman who lurks on the mountain top? Andy is haunted by the comma in the title, Harold takes longer to…
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Episode 42: Bob’s Your Uncle, 1 Year of Reliterated
It's been one year since we launched the podcast! This week we're discussing our elusive Bruce Coville interview, favorite and least favorite episodes, books, and jokes, and more! This episode also available with video on our Facebook and Youtube channels! THE LINKS: Rate and review us on…
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Episode 41: The Call of the Wild
A domestic dog is stolen away and sold into a hard life put to work as a sled dog in the Klondike gold rush and undergoes a metamorphosis into a primordial beast in touch with his primitive side, and it makes us wonder...is this really a book that ought to have "shaped America" as many claim it...
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Episode 39: The Giving Tree
We're taking a between-chapter intermission with a mini-episode on a children's storybook. The Giving Tree is "one of the most divisive books in children's literature", and its message is as wide open to interpretation as to whatever the expression on Shel Silverstein's face is in his photo on…
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Episode 38: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 5 (ft. Janelle Allison)
Janelle rejoins us for some discussion on our chapter on sequel books and for an EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT at the top of the episode. But don't check out after the announcement because we have a great discussion. Interact with us! Rate and review us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Audible! Chat with…
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Episode 36: My Teacher Fried My Brains
Happy new year! Our first episode in '22 is the follow-up to My Teacher is an Alien (which we covered in Ep. 22), in which Duncan Dougal discovers there's another teacher at school who is an alien. We pay tribute to Sidney Poitier and Betty White and try not to compare Steve Irwin to Adolf…
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Episode 35: Worlds of Power - Metal Gear (ft. Matty Ice and Marky Mark)
You've been a good audience, so Christmas is gonna come a few days early and your gift is a mega-crossover episode with BOTH hosts of the hit video game 'cast The Matty Ice and Marky Mark Podcast to talk Metal Gear! We discuss how ridiculous and fun both the book and the games are while ALL BEING...
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Episode 34: On the Far Side of the Mountain (ft. Matty Ice)
Matt from The Matty Ice and Marky Mark Podcast joins us this week for the second installment in the story of Sam F*cking Gribley. The first book made generations of kids want to run away and live in the wilderness. Will this story make us want to take up falconry and learn how to use a sling?...
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Episode 33: Runaway Ralph
We're talking about the squeakuel to The Mouse and the Motorcycle this week! Running away from home, waxing nostalgic about camp, the first Thriftbooks fail ever, and more. Interact with us! Join the discussion and view and post relevant material on our subreddit! Like us on Facebook Tweet us...
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Episode 32: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
It's time to jump into some sequels! We begin this chapter devoted to second installments with the second story in the Charlie Bucket duology. Topics of discussion include the physics of atmospheric re-entry, Josh downplaying the United States' achievements in the Space Race, Harold admitting...
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Episode 31: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 4
It's time to wrap up spooky season just in time for Thanksgiving! Topics of discussion include Josh's vacation plans, Harold's possum friend, and Andy's guest spot on another great podcast in the 989 Podcast Network Interact with us! Join the discussion and view and post relevant material on our...
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Episode 29: Michigan Chillers #14 - Bionic Bats of Bay City (ft. Janelle Allison)
Twelve-year-old Jamie recounts the horrible events of last Summer, when ginormous bats attacked Bay City. And you can tell it's Bay City because he says it's Bay City...and that's about it. Harold isn't here to suffer through this with us this week, but we do have our very first guest host and...
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Episode 28: Something Wicked This Way Comes
Hurry, hurry, hurry! Come one, come all! Listen to a tale of a dark carnival and two boys out to discover its twisted secrets. It's a story that could not be done justice by three very tired guys recording past their bedtime. There's no need to prick your thumbs for Something Wicked This Way…
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Episode 27: Goosebumps #16 - One Day at Horrorland
Lizzy and her family get lost on their way to Zoo Gardens, and wind up at a horror-themed amusement park where they face their doom at every turn. Will Lizzy stay calm amidst these trials? How little does it take to get Josh and Andy talking about pro wrestling? And what's the most dangerous ride...
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Episode 26: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH! We're kicking off Season Two, Chapter One: "Books for Spooky Season" with this classic collection of horror tales widely popular with kids in the 80s and 90s. But did they withstand the test of time? Guess you gotta listen to this episode of Reliterated to find out, huh? Interact...
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Episode 25: The Best of Season One
We're still on hiatus! As the guys gear up for Season Two (mostly by just going about their day jobs), let's look back at some of our favorite moments from Season One. Enjoy! We're back starting Chapter One of Season Two on October 5th! Interact with us! Join the discussion and view and post...
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Episode 24: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 3
It's the Season One FINALE as Andy, Harold, and Josh wrap up their chapter on sci-fi selections of days past. We recap our reads, Harold recaps his adventures in tubing, and we form an elite team of Reliterated Avengers from all the superhuman kids we've read about. Greatest episode? Or best...
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Episode 22: My Teacher is an Alien
We discuss Bruce Coville's story of a sixth grade class infiltrated by an impostor from out of this world. Harold thinks there might be a second deep-cover alien spy, but the others aren't so convinced. Tangents this week are kept to a minimum. We were pretty efficient. Not no-nonsense, but just...
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Episode 21: Ender‘s Game (Part 3)
We're back to discussing Ender's Game, and this time it's Game Over. We power through the rest of the story as we follow Ender through his harrowing experiences in Battle School, the world domination schemes of his brother and sister (which chillingly predict the influence of social media in...
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Episode 20: Harold and the Purple Crayon
We're down a host this week, so we're taking an intermission from Ender's Game and Sci-Fi this week to bring you a childhood favorite of Harold's. Harold and Josh discuss the name Harold, lack of young savvy Harolds, and a young Harold who can do fantastical things with his writing utensil....
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Episode 19: Ender‘s Game (Part 2)
Ender's Game continues as our hero starts school...in outer space! He'll spend all his time on high stakes laser tag as he dodges jealous classmates, power-mad platoon leaders, and virtual monsters. Harold still thinks he can take Ender in a fight. Interact with us! Join the discussion and view…
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Episode 18: Ender‘s Game (Part 1)
It's the beginning of the End...er's Game coverage on this week's ReLiterated! Ender Wiggin is yet another young boy gifted and talented beyond his years. It's becoming a bit of pattern here. In this episode we get Harold started on Christian Supremacists, stumble into endorsing a local car…
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Episode 17: Goosebumps #26 - My Hairiest Adventure
The story of Larry Boyd is no fairy tale; it's a hairy tale. We discuss My Hairiest Adventure: a thrilling story with a surprising conclusion, but we manage to make it a super-sized (but also super fun!) episode getting lost on such topics as webbed fingers, Trapper Keepers, the great "owned pet"...
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Episode 16: A Wrinkle in Time (Part 2)
This week we go on a cross-dimensional interplanetary journey to learn more about tesseracts, centaurs that aren't centaurs, the big "Black Thing", mind-controlling brains, furry tentacles, and isn't Charles Wallace one of the hosts of 60 Minutes? It's the conclusion to the sci-fi fantasy classic...
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Episode 15: A Wrinkle in Time (Part 1)
A Wrinkle in Time is a strange book that is beloved by many despite being criticized for being too magical for religious people, too much religious allegory for atheists, too childish for adults and too complex for kids. PERFECT for a book club podcast that's too mature for kids and too immature...
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Episode 14: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 2
We've reached the end of another chapter! We reflect on this collection of episodes dedicated to woman authors in our usual unqualified manner, discuss movie adaptations, go off on irrelevant tangents, and add filler with a trivia game show segment: Andy's Askhole! Interact with us! Join the...
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Episode 12: My Side of the Mountain
It's officially camping season! Time to get away from the pressures of city living and get back to nature. What are you taking? A 20' trailer? Campground reservations? Flashlights? Marshmallows? Bug repellent? That's cute. Sam Gribley is taking the clothes on his back, an ax, some flint and…
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Episode 11: The Indian in the Cupboard
On this week's episode we discuss the finer points of time travel, American history we think we know, and glory holes. If there's a hot button topic we didn't touch in this episode, we musta missed something. Interact with us! Join the discussion and view and post relevant material on our...
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Episode 10: The Baby-Sitters Club #9 - The Ghost at Dawn‘s House
The boys finally get brave enough to take on one of their childhood fears: reading something meant for giiiiirls! Nevermind that Dawn's house is haunted. We're just fascinated by the well-oiled machine of business that is the club itself. Maybe that was the point? Interact with us! Join the...
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Episode 9: The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Gentlemice, start your engines! Pb-pb-b-b-b-b-b... It's the first story in our chapter on children's novels written by woman authors, and what better way to kick it off than this tale by Beverly Cleary? Interact with us! Join the discussion and view and post relevant material on our subreddit!…
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Episode 8: Reliterated Reiterated Chapter 1
It's our first talk episode, recapping our first chapter in the annals of podcasting! Topics of discussion include: Butterscotch Krimpet contest winners, death by candy, rotten eggs, Great White Hopes, high heels, Josh is an ending-tease, the Star Wars sequels are fine, and cartoon character...
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Episode 6: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
It's one of the most famous children's novels by one of the most beloved children's authors of the late 20th century and the basis for one of the most well-known cult classic movies of the 1970s. Andy, Harold, and Josh have given you a golden ticket to join them on this journey down the…
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Episode 5: Maniac Magee (Part 3)
Here it is, the final part of our deep dive into Maniac Magee. Young Maniac has been through a lot in his short but storied lifetime. And we've been through a lot reading about it. And you've been through a lot listening to us talk about it. Indulge us for one more episode as we conclude our very...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Andy, Harold, and Josh are three grown-ass men looking back on the books that were either popular or taught in school in the days of their youth in the ’90s, offering their totally grown-up opinions and analysis of the lessons they learned from them then and how those lessons hit now. Maybe in all this they will find out why they and their whole generation is so messed up, but probably not. At least they’re reading. (Warning: Contains language and behavior not suitable for children. Listener discretion is advised.)
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