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Millennial Nostalgia for Season 3
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Season 3 of the Book Club Podcast starts now! This season, we are exploring Millennial Nostalgia. We’re reading books that we have loved since childhood to determine if they helped prepare us for adult life.
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Read One in a Millennial for our first book discussion. You can get your copy of all the books using our affiliate links here:
- One in a Millennial by Kate Kennedy
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Thanks for listening!
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Transcript
Introduction to Season Three
00:00:09
Speaker
Hello listeners, welcome to season three of the book club podcast. The theme for this season is millennial nostalgia. This season will be a little different. My co-host Caroline will not be joining us this season. Her time is taken up with doing a job that actually pays her money.
Guest Introductions and Format Changes
00:00:25
Speaker
Instead, we will have a guest or two for each book discussion, so you'll hear some new voices and some familiar voices. Another change is our publication schedule. Instead of publishing episodes once a week, new episodes will appear about once a month.
Exploring Millennial-Themed Books
00:00:41
Speaker
For the millennial nostalgia theme, our guests and I chose beloved books from our youth. We will revisit those books to see if they have helped us prepare for adult life or somehow define the millennial generation.
00:00:52
Speaker
The first book we'll read is One and a Millennial by Kate Kennedy. It's a memoir that will give us a framework for discussing genre themes and defining what it means to be a millennial. This is our first nonfiction book on the podcast.
Book Discussions: 'The Giver', 'A Wrinkle in Time', 'Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of NIMH', 'Harry Potter'
00:01:05
Speaker
Next, we'll read The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Giver follows Jonas, a 12-year-old about to accept his predetermined life assignment in his idyllic community. His assignment makes him unique and that puts him at odds with the entire social structure.
00:01:20
Speaker
Then we'll read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline Lengel in which teenager Meg travels across the galaxy to rescue her father. Our fourth book is Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of Nim by Robert C. O'Brien about a widowed mouse with four children who seeks the help of super intelligent rats to move her family to safety.
00:01:39
Speaker
After that, we have Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. The Harry Potter series was a huge part of growing up for millennials. In this fourth book of the series, Harry finds himself competing in a tournament that could kill him.
Humorous Look at a Millennial Movie-Based Book
00:01:52
Speaker
Our last book of the season will be The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Most millennials I know grew up loving the movie, but I also love the book. The best description is from the back of my ragged paperback.
00:02:05
Speaker
What happens when the most beautiful girl in the world marries the handsomest prince in the world and he turns out to be a son of a bitch.
Listener Engagement and Subscription
00:02:12
Speaker
You can get a copy of all the books using our affiliate links in the show notes. Subscribe now in your favorite podcast player so you don't miss a single episode of season three on Millennial nostalgia. Join our sub stack newsletter at bookclubpod.com and you can leave comments about each episode. A huge thank you to our paid subscribers for supporting the podcast. Thanks for listening.