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House of R

Surviving in 'The Last of Us' Universe, Reading Recommendations, 'Doctor Who' Prep, and More Mailbag!

House of R

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Mal and Joanna answer a bunch of your mailbag questions and tackle your burning theories about what they love to see in the world of fandom. Mal's Book Recommendations: ‘The Great American Novel’ (Philip Roth) ‘Watership Down’ (Richard Adams) The works of Ursula K. Le Guin ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’ (Gabrielle Zevin) ‘Project Hail Mary’ (Andy Weir) ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ (TJ Klune) ‘The Once and Future Witches’ (Alix E. Harrow) ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’ (Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone) ‘Station Eleven’ (Emily St. John Mandel) Adapt: ‘Fairyland’ novels (Catherynne M. Valente) Reboot: ‘The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy’ series (Douglas Adams) Jo's Book Recommendations: ‘The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards’ (Kristopher Jansma) ‘All the Birds in the Sky’ (Charlie Jane Anders) ‘Carry On’ (Rainbow Rowell) ‘Circe’ (Madeline Miller) ‘Night Watch’ (Terry Pratchett) ‘Dealing with Dragons’ (Harcourt Brace) ‘Fire’ (Kristen Cashore) ‘Bitter Blue’ (Kristen Cashore) ‘Any Way the Wind Blows’ (Simon Snow) Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson Senior Producer: Steve Ahlman Social: Jomi Adeniran Addition Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello Media Consumers, I'm Ryan Curtis and I'm David Schumacher.

0:06.2

We're the hosts of the Ringer's Press Box Podcast.

0:09.2

Twice a week, we have a free-flowing conversation where two old friends talk about media and

0:14.5

sports and a little politics.

0:16.2

Plus interviews with guests like John Crackauer and Jamel Hill, funny stuff like the overworked

0:21.3

Twitter joke of the week.

0:22.7

Join us every Monday and Friday on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast.

0:27.0

I think that's right.

0:30.0

Greetings and welcome into the Ringerverse, here on the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:53.6

I'm Mallory Ribbon and it is my absolute pleasure to invite you not only back to the Boston

0:58.9

QZ, but also to join us here on the Ringer's Nexus Podcast feed for all things fandom.

1:06.9

Joining me today now that she's finished telling me she never asked me for anything, not

1:13.6

to feel the way she felt.

1:18.8

Just to do the intro for this podcast so that we can get to today's mailbag, it's my

1:22.3

house of art.

1:24.3

How dare you invoke mushroom tendrils on a Friday morning, we have like two more days

1:41.0

before I have to think seriously about mushroom tendrils again, you know.

1:44.1

I just assumed you were whipping up a new recipe tonight.

1:47.2

I am actually mushroom burger and young, there you go, there you go, it is mushroom time

1:52.8

certainly.

1:53.8

It is also mailbag time today, but before we dive into your wonderful emails, some quick

1:59.6

programming reminders of the midnight boys have a super fun episode waiting for you on

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