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 • David Kern
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 • David Kern
Age of Innocence: Chapters 19-25
Welcome back to our ongoing series about The Age of Innocence! This week we’re discussing when a thought becomes a sin in this book, whether there’s…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:05:15
Short Story Hour: Elmore Leonard's "3:10 to Yuma"
Hey CRHQ subscribers, welcome to a new monthly series on which we’ll be discussing a variety of really good short stories!
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:02:42
The Age of Innocence: Chapters 10-18
Welcome back to our series on Edith Wharton’s excellent novel.
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:28:36
1:10:52
Henry V: Acts 3-5
Let’s talk about the battle of Agincourt and King Henry’s Crispin’s Day speech.
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:07:33
Age of Innocence: Chapters I-IX
Welcome to our first series of the new year, as we jump into Edith Wharton’s novel of the Gilded Age, The Age of Innocence. This we discuss the way…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:57:30
2025: A Year of Reading in Review
Welcome to our longest episode of the year, during which we discuss our favorite reading experiences of the year, share our individual top five books…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
54:27
Henry V: Acts I-II
It’s time to dig in to the final play in our ongoing series about Shakespeare’s Henriad.
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
49:45
Much Ado About Nothing: Q&A Episode
You had questions, we had answers, so join us for the final conversation about Shakespeare’s classic comedy!
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:03:20
Monthly Mystery: Murder in the Mill-race
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: E.C.R Loran’s story about a provincial small town with more secrets than it wants to reveal.
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
1:23:32
A Christmas Mailbag
For your errand-running, long drive, baking, cleaning, or lounging listening, we present a Christmas mailbag in which we answer your questions about…
 • David Kern, Heidi White, and Sean Johnson
1:14:25
Much Ado About Nothing: Act 5
Welcome back to our series on Much Abo About Nothing! This week we’re discussing Hero’s role in the story, which characters have a positive…
 • David Kern, Tim McIntosh, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
58:59
Much Ado About Nothing: Act IV
In this week’s conversation about Shakespeare classic comedy, we discuss the famous “kill Claudio” demand from Beatrice: How it opens up the drama of…
 • David Kern, Sean Johnson, and Heidi White
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