The Dark Academicals
Sarah Purnell & Sophie WatersThe podcast where we delve into the mythos of dark academia one book at a time.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 76 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BooksArts | |||
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It’s time for our Dark Academia adjacent title of the season! And we’re doing it in Gothic style. ‘The Monk’ is one of those books that both of us have wanted to read for a long time.
Back in season three we dove in Mona Awad’s ‘Bunny’ with no idea what we were getting into, and even less idea how foundational a text it would be for this podcast and our discussions around dark academia and genre.
We were both fascinated with how ... more
Season twelve is here and we’re kicking off the season with one of the biggest releases of the latter half of 2025: RF Kuang’s dark academia fantasy, ‘Katabasis’.
We had a rocky time wth ‘Babel’, but we’re taking another chance on Kuang for her lat... more
It’s already time for the finale of season eleven! This season has truly flown by and we’re hoping to send it off with another brilliant 2025 release.
Kate van der Borgh’s debut novel, ‘And He Shall Appear’, has been recommended for fans of ‘The Sec... more
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Not informed, little research. Avoid.
Apple Podcasts1Reviewer0012212
United Statesa month ago - Great bookish podcast
Love the podcast and subject matter.
Any chance you will be doing “Engleby” by Sebastian Faulks? Reading it now and it seems right up your alley.
Apple Podcasts5Chris MachnackiUnited States2 years ago - Slow
Why do these two have a podcast? They sound miserable and uninformed about the books. I won’t waste my time on this.
Apple Podcasts1readinginthesouthUnited States2 years ago - Speed It Up
I’ve listened to this podcast, which can be so much better, but it’s painful. It’s filled with a lot of long pauses and spaces where they seem to be “giving each other strange stares” like-“You know what I’m saying…”
The sound needs to be improved because it’s like they are either far away from the mic or super close.
It seems like they are freestyling a conversation with no outline. Start by writing out good and bad points of the book. Explore then give your opinion. Don’t drop your “Well, ... more
Apple Podcasts2ChachadosUnited States3 years ago
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