Competitive Literature
Competitive Literature is a podcast where hosts Julie Greiner and Grace Freud (Thomas) compete each week to determine who has the best opinions on a book picked, and judged, by our guest. Who is smart? Who is bad? All that and more will be answered on Competitive Literature.
Episodes
13 episodes
Check out The Girl God Experience
Hello old friends,Grace here. In the last couple of years, I've started a comedy duo with my friend April Clark called Girl God and we just launched a new podcast titled The Girl God Experience. I'm uploading the first episode onto the ol' ...
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1:17:13
Demi Moore's Inside Out with Jourdain Searles
Julie and Grace talk to film critic and writer Jourdain Searles about Inside Out, Demi Moore's wild and moving autobiography. Follow Jourdain on Twitter at @Jourdayen and make sure you subscribe to Competitive Literature so you never, ever, eve...
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Episode 11
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1:25:50
Station Eleven with Jen Ashley Wright
Julie and Grace talk with author Jen Ashley Wright about Emily St. John Mandel's thrilling tale of pandemic theater kids, Station Eleven. Follow Jen on Twitter @jenashleywright.
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Episode 10
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1:29:40
The Secret History with Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport Pt. 2
This is it. Julie and Grace's greatest battle of wits yet comes to its thrilling conclusion as podcast grandmasters Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport (Hollywood Handbook) choose who is worthy to join their little clique and who is an absolute f...
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Episode 9
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1:02:16
The Secret History with Sean and Hayes Pt. 1
Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport from Hollywood Handbook join Julie and Grace to admire and explore The Secret History by Donna Tartt, the only book that has never been adapted into a movie and the first book we've covered that couldn't fit in...
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Episode 8
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57:35
Hangsaman with Lindsay Katai
Lindsay Katai (Infinity Train) uses her expert skills as an avowed critic of horror literature to absolutely grill Grace and Julie to a crisp about Shirley Jackson's classic psychological thriller, Hangsaman. Follow Lindsay @LindsayKatai and ch...
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Episode 7
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2:00:00
Grendel with Daniel Kibblesmith
Writer of comedy, comics, children's novels and more Daniel Kibblesmith joins Grace and Julie to talk about John Gardner's Beowulf-inspired novel Grendel. But who did a better job of reading the book and is therefore an objectively smarter, mor...
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Episode 6
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1:30:45
The Sneetches with Rajat Suresh and Jeremy Levick
The scholarly pair of Rajat Suresh and Jeremy Levick join Grace and Julie to talk about Dr. Seuss' most important work: The Sneetches and Other Stories. Follow Rajat and Jeremy on Twitter at @rajat_suresh and @jeremylevick, and rem...
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Episode 5
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1:29:11
Confessions of the Fox with Harron Walker
W Magazine columnist Harron Walker joins us to talk about the first and only novel ever written by and/or about transgender people, Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg.Follow Harron at @HarronWalker, Grace at @GraceGFreud, Julie a...
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Episode 4
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1:42:14
BTTM FDRS with Steenz
Multi-hyphenate cartoonist, editor, professor and more Steenz joins Grace and Julie to dive into BTTM FDRS, the acclaimed graphic novel Ezra Clayton Daniels and Ben Passmore.Who understands what this book has to say about gentrification...
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Episode 3
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1:47:41
Sapiens with Doug Freud
When Grace first met her future father-in-law and data scientist Doug Freud, he insisted she read a particular book. A book he brings up in just about every conversation they've ever had. Doug joins Julie and Grace to discuss that book: Sapiens...
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Episode 2
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1:45:13
A Series of Unfortunate Events with Jamie Loftus
Grace and Julie kick off Competitive Literature with world renowned book reader (Lolita Podcast) and book eater (she ate Infinite Jest) Jamie Loftus! She decides which of our hosts has the better opinions about A Series of Unfortunate Events.&n...
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Episode 1
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1:43:07