Dec 19
Retrospectors Quiz of the Year 2025
How much have YOU learned from this yearâs show? Itâs time for our annual trivia test, as Arion and Rebecca face Ollyâs fiendishly difficult questions for 2025. And, for the first time, this year you can PLAY ALONG! Just click the link here đ https://forms.gle/ytZpWTei392F7YvCA ... Show More
27m 11s
Jun 2023
Closed Captions: On or Off?
This week, the panel is first joined by Slate senior editor Sam Adams to review Past Lives, Celine Songâs gentle yet affecting directorial debut. Then, Dana and Stephen dive into The Ultimatum: Queer Love with Slateâs June Thomas. Finally, the trio debate the virtues of closed ca ... Show More
55m 49s
Feb 2025
160: ICON, Sex Kitten, and BLACKLISTED?! WTF happened to Eartha Kitt
<div>Hi friends, happy Wednesday!<br>
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Most celebrities are lucky to be known for one big thing. But some are famous for different things, across multiple generations. To me, those are the icons. <br>
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And one of those people is Eartha Kitt. A lot of millennials recognize ... Show More
49m 58s
Dec 2024
Episode 509 || Best Books of the Year with Hunter Mclendon
<p>This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/shelfbyshelf/'>@shelfbyshelf</a>) discuss their top 10 favorite books of 2024.</p>
<p>To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, <a href='https:/ ... Show More
57m 36s
Apr 2025
Close Readings: 'Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray
Thackeray's comic masterpiece, 'Vanity Fair', is a Victorian novel looking back to Regency England as an object both of satire and nostalgia. Thackerayâs disdain for the Regency is present throughout the book, not least in the proliferation of hapless characters called George, ye ... Show More
33m 7s
Happy New Year, Retrospectors! Weâll return with new episodes from Monday 5th January, but in the meantime the team have been choosing their favourite episodes from 2025 that are worthy of a second listen. First up, Olly has selected our conversation about âNew Cokeâ.
Coca-Cola was approaching its 100th birthday on 23rd April, 1985, when it unveiled a new b ... Show More
<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class=""><strong>Bookish Moments:</strong> silencing notifications and crying over books</p> </li> <li> <p class=""><strong>Curren ... Show More
<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">On this episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Roxanna are discussing:</p> <ul data-rte-list="default"> <li> <p class=""><strong>Bookish Moments:</strong> shifts in our reading and brain farts</p> </li> <li> <p class=""><strong>Current Reads</ ... Show More
