Save Me From My Shelf Podcast
@smfmspodcast.bsky.social
A literature comedy podcast by two friends and academics. We take classic texts off their pedestal by making fun of them. Hosted by
@DrAbigailBoucher and @dcjenkin-smith
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Some of you guessed our clue correctly:
For International Men's Day (19 November), we will be release the most laddish book we've ever read on the show: William Golding's 1954 anti-colonialist schoolboy castaway narrative, 'Lord of the Flies'.
No girls allowed, and 'Sucks to your Auntie!'
For International Men's Day (19 November), we will be release the most laddish book we've ever read on the show: William Golding's 1954 anti-colonialist schoolboy castaway narrative, 'Lord of the Flies'.
No girls allowed, and 'Sucks to your Auntie!'
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Some of you guessed our clue correctly:
For International Men's Day (19 November), we will be release the most laddish book we've ever read on the show: William Golding's 1954 anti-colonialist schoolboy castaway narrative, 'Lord of the Flies'.
No girls allowed, and 'Sucks to your Auntie!'
For International Men's Day (19 November), we will be release the most laddish book we've ever read on the show: William Golding's 1954 anti-colonialist schoolboy castaway narrative, 'Lord of the Flies'.
No girls allowed, and 'Sucks to your Auntie!'
Happy Halloween, Shelfers!
We receive the ultimate honour (and Abby has been able to scratch this off her bucket list): a listener went as not one, but BOTH hosts for Halloween this year. Posted here with permission.
Apologies that we don't have their socials--please tag yourself if this is you!
We receive the ultimate honour (and Abby has been able to scratch this off her bucket list): a listener went as not one, but BOTH hosts for Halloween this year. Posted here with permission.
Apologies that we don't have their socials--please tag yourself if this is you!
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Happy Halloween, Shelfers!
We receive the ultimate honour (and Abby has been able to scratch this off her bucket list): a listener went as not one, but BOTH hosts for Halloween this year. Posted here with permission.
Apologies that we don't have their socials--please tag yourself if this is you!
We receive the ultimate honour (and Abby has been able to scratch this off her bucket list): a listener went as not one, but BOTH hosts for Halloween this year. Posted here with permission.
Apologies that we don't have their socials--please tag yourself if this is you!
It's time to guess the clue to our next episode, which will be released on International Men's Day (19 November).
For this episode, we don't want to hear a woman in our text. We don't even want to SEE a woman. And turns out, neither do any of the male characters.
What are we reading?
For this episode, we don't want to hear a woman in our text. We don't even want to SEE a woman. And turns out, neither do any of the male characters.
What are we reading?
October 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's time to guess the clue to our next episode, which will be released on International Men's Day (19 November).
For this episode, we don't want to hear a woman in our text. We don't even want to SEE a woman. And turns out, neither do any of the male characters.
What are we reading?
For this episode, we don't want to hear a woman in our text. We don't even want to SEE a woman. And turns out, neither do any of the male characters.
What are we reading?
When you're going through hell, just keep going. Or so says The Divine Comedy!
Join us (and medieval heresy expert Justine) to discuss Dante (Caesar fanboy, civil engineering girlie, cringe bisxeual), and to hear Daniel's increasing anger over Abby's chosen circle.
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Join us (and medieval heresy expert Justine) to discuss Dante (Caesar fanboy, civil engineering girlie, cringe bisxeual), and to hear Daniel's increasing anger over Abby's chosen circle.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM
When you're going through hell, just keep going. Or so says The Divine Comedy!
Join us (and medieval heresy expert Justine) to discuss Dante (Caesar fanboy, civil engineering girlie, cringe bisxeual), and to hear Daniel's increasing anger over Abby's chosen circle.
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Join us (and medieval heresy expert Justine) to discuss Dante (Caesar fanboy, civil engineering girlie, cringe bisxeual), and to hear Daniel's increasing anger over Abby's chosen circle.
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For our spoooooky Halloween text, we will recap Dante's Divine Comedy (major focus on the 'Inferno' section).
And to help us do this, we will be joined by medieval heresy historian (and Abby's best friend/Daniel's enemy), Justine!
Tune in 15 Oct. for Dante's embarrassing self-insert Bible fanfic.
And to help us do this, we will be joined by medieval heresy historian (and Abby's best friend/Daniel's enemy), Justine!
Tune in 15 Oct. for Dante's embarrassing self-insert Bible fanfic.
October 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For our spoooooky Halloween text, we will recap Dante's Divine Comedy (major focus on the 'Inferno' section).
And to help us do this, we will be joined by medieval heresy historian (and Abby's best friend/Daniel's enemy), Justine!
Tune in 15 Oct. for Dante's embarrassing self-insert Bible fanfic.
And to help us do this, we will be joined by medieval heresy historian (and Abby's best friend/Daniel's enemy), Justine!
Tune in 15 Oct. for Dante's embarrassing self-insert Bible fanfic.
We've had a lot of guesses about our clue to the next episode (a text that's both hotter than 'Fahrenheit 451' and also ice cold), but no one has come close to getting it right.
Another clue:
After a long hiatus, the hosts will be joined by Abby's best friend, and MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR, Justine.
Another clue:
After a long hiatus, the hosts will be joined by Abby's best friend, and MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR, Justine.
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We've had a lot of guesses about our clue to the next episode (a text that's both hotter than 'Fahrenheit 451' and also ice cold), but no one has come close to getting it right.
Another clue:
After a long hiatus, the hosts will be joined by Abby's best friend, and MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR, Justine.
Another clue:
After a long hiatus, the hosts will be joined by Abby's best friend, and MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR, Justine.
Time to guess the clue to our next episode!
This summer, we did a mini-season of texts that were 'Hot' (Streetcar), 'Hotter' (Fanny Hill), and 'Hottest' (Fahrenheit 451).
But can we find a text that is *even hotter* than Fahrenheit 451? Or maybe it's not hot at all. Maybe it's ice cold.
This summer, we did a mini-season of texts that were 'Hot' (Streetcar), 'Hotter' (Fanny Hill), and 'Hottest' (Fahrenheit 451).
But can we find a text that is *even hotter* than Fahrenheit 451? Or maybe it's not hot at all. Maybe it's ice cold.
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Time to guess the clue to our next episode!
This summer, we did a mini-season of texts that were 'Hot' (Streetcar), 'Hotter' (Fanny Hill), and 'Hottest' (Fahrenheit 451).
But can we find a text that is *even hotter* than Fahrenheit 451? Or maybe it's not hot at all. Maybe it's ice cold.
This summer, we did a mini-season of texts that were 'Hot' (Streetcar), 'Hotter' (Fanny Hill), and 'Hottest' (Fahrenheit 451).
But can we find a text that is *even hotter* than Fahrenheit 451? Or maybe it's not hot at all. Maybe it's ice cold.
'I really miss seeing racists and misogynists on TV' - verified Abby quote in Bookends 23, out today!
ALSO: outtakes from the 'Catcher in the Rye' episode, erotic imaginings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a massive upset involving Henry Fielding.
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ALSO: outtakes from the 'Catcher in the Rye' episode, erotic imaginings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a massive upset involving Henry Fielding.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
'I really miss seeing racists and misogynists on TV' - verified Abby quote in Bookends 23, out today!
ALSO: outtakes from the 'Catcher in the Rye' episode, erotic imaginings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a massive upset involving Henry Fielding.
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ALSO: outtakes from the 'Catcher in the Rye' episode, erotic imaginings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and a massive upset involving Henry Fielding.
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Daniel Jenkin-Smith, one half of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social, is a guest on @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social. Bigger than the 1968 crossover Thanksgiving episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. Can't wait to listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/3mD0... @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social @drabigailboucher.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3mD0... @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social @drabigailboucher.bsky.social
Episode 15: Daniel Jenkin-Smith, Bureaucracy, Utopia, Dystopia
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September 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Daniel Jenkin-Smith, one half of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social, is a guest on @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social. Bigger than the 1968 crossover Thanksgiving episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. Can't wait to listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/3mD0... @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social @drabigailboucher.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3mD0... @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social @drabigailboucher.bsky.social
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I should add, if you like what you hear from our guest in this episode you can follow him @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social and his podcast is the brilliant @smfmspodcast.bsky.social.
September 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I should add, if you like what you hear from our guest in this episode you can follow him @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social and his podcast is the brilliant @smfmspodcast.bsky.social.
Hey, ya phonies! Enjoying back-to-school? Well, our (anti)hero sure isn't! Join us for JD Salinger's 1951 ode to teen angst, 'Catcher in the Rye'.
Let's all have Buckfast at Tiffany's, put on weird hats, and argue about who has it worse in winter: ducks or fish.
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Let's all have Buckfast at Tiffany's, put on weird hats, and argue about who has it worse in winter: ducks or fish.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hey, ya phonies! Enjoying back-to-school? Well, our (anti)hero sure isn't! Join us for JD Salinger's 1951 ode to teen angst, 'Catcher in the Rye'.
Let's all have Buckfast at Tiffany's, put on weird hats, and argue about who has it worse in winter: ducks or fish.
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Let's all have Buckfast at Tiffany's, put on weird hats, and argue about who has it worse in winter: ducks or fish.
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If you've been saving up your urine for a rainy day, tune in to our 'Catcher in the Rye' (1951) episode, which includes an investigation into the famous 'Hughes principle': the proposed overlap between aviation and bra technology.
Taking flight this Wednesday!
Taking flight this Wednesday!
September 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you've been saving up your urine for a rainy day, tune in to our 'Catcher in the Rye' (1951) episode, which includes an investigation into the famous 'Hughes principle': the proposed overlap between aviation and bra technology.
Taking flight this Wednesday!
Taking flight this Wednesday!
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A week today we'll be putting out our next episode and you can listen to me chatting about bureaucratic dystopias (and utopias) with @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social 'fame'!... I use fame in scare quotes because I know he'd want me to!
September 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A week today we'll be putting out our next episode and you can listen to me chatting about bureaucratic dystopias (and utopias) with @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social 'fame'!... I use fame in scare quotes because I know he'd want me to!
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Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival
You guessed correctly! For the start of the autumn term, we're ... accidentally doing a Christmas book (look, neither of us had read this before).
Join us 17 September for J.D. Salinger's surprisingly funny masterpiece of teenage ennui, ducks, and hostile cab drivers: 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951)
Join us 17 September for J.D. Salinger's surprisingly funny masterpiece of teenage ennui, ducks, and hostile cab drivers: 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951)
September 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
You guessed correctly! For the start of the autumn term, we're ... accidentally doing a Christmas book (look, neither of us had read this before).
Join us 17 September for J.D. Salinger's surprisingly funny masterpiece of teenage ennui, ducks, and hostile cab drivers: 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951)
Join us 17 September for J.D. Salinger's surprisingly funny masterpiece of teenage ennui, ducks, and hostile cab drivers: 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1951)
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Will do, and thank you! I am also a fan of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social and listened to their episode on Fahrenheit 451. My novel is (sadly) a little too relevant these days. Here's an essay I wrote about it last year before the 2024 elections. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/real-monster...
Who Is the Real Monster in Frankenstein? | Essay
Mary Shelley’s Novel and Its Many Adaptations Challenge Us to Explore Bias and Belonging
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August 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Will do, and thank you! I am also a fan of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social and listened to their episode on Fahrenheit 451. My novel is (sadly) a little too relevant these days. Here's an essay I wrote about it last year before the 2024 elections. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/real-monster...
Your hosts are in the throes of prepping for a new school year, so we're going to guess the clue to our next episode a little early this time.
This is another pretty obvious clue, but what better way to celebrate the new school term than with someone deciding to play hookey?
What are we reading?
This is another pretty obvious clue, but what better way to celebrate the new school term than with someone deciding to play hookey?
What are we reading?
August 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Your hosts are in the throes of prepping for a new school year, so we're going to guess the clue to our next episode a little early this time.
This is another pretty obvious clue, but what better way to celebrate the new school term than with someone deciding to play hookey?
What are we reading?
This is another pretty obvious clue, but what better way to celebrate the new school term than with someone deciding to play hookey?
What are we reading?
Join us during this heatwave for our hottest text yet: Ray Bradbury's dystopian 'Fahrenheit 451' (1953).
Today we get one step closer to EGOT-ing, see more of Abby's French-Vermonter roots, and discuss some scholastic terms: fridging, Bowlderisation, and Futurismo.
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Today we get one step closer to EGOT-ing, see more of Abby's French-Vermonter roots, and discuss some scholastic terms: fridging, Bowlderisation, and Futurismo.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Join us during this heatwave for our hottest text yet: Ray Bradbury's dystopian 'Fahrenheit 451' (1953).
Today we get one step closer to EGOT-ing, see more of Abby's French-Vermonter roots, and discuss some scholastic terms: fridging, Bowlderisation, and Futurismo.
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Today we get one step closer to EGOT-ing, see more of Abby's French-Vermonter roots, and discuss some scholastic terms: fridging, Bowlderisation, and Futurismo.
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The excellent people over at @smfmspodcast.bsky.social are doing Fahrenheit 451 this month, so if you want to hear their entertaining take, you can listen to it here: open.spotify.com/episode/7npQ...
Episode 70 - Fahrenheit 451
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August 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The excellent people over at @smfmspodcast.bsky.social are doing Fahrenheit 451 this month, so if you want to hear their entertaining take, you can listen to it here: open.spotify.com/episode/7npQ...
Recorded, and released, during a heatwave, we discover in this episode that high temperatures can yield provocative new visions about literature and culture.
Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' (1953) - out tomorrow!
Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' (1953) - out tomorrow!
August 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Recorded, and released, during a heatwave, we discover in this episode that high temperatures can yield provocative new visions about literature and culture.
Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' (1953) - out tomorrow!
Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' (1953) - out tomorrow!
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Just finished recording an interview with the super smart @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social fame on the relationship between bureaucracy and utopia/dystopia! Lots of great insight and a really fun chat. Looking forward to the episode making its appearance.
August 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Just finished recording an interview with the super smart @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social fame on the relationship between bureaucracy and utopia/dystopia! Lots of great insight and a really fun chat. Looking forward to the episode making its appearance.
Loads of people guessed correctly! Our next very banned (and, ironically, often burned) book is Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopia about the perils of anti-intellectualism, 'Fahrenheit 451'.
Tune in on 13 August for a lot of histrionics about technology!
Tune in on 13 August for a lot of histrionics about technology!
August 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Loads of people guessed correctly! Our next very banned (and, ironically, often burned) book is Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopia about the perils of anti-intellectualism, 'Fahrenheit 451'.
Tune in on 13 August for a lot of histrionics about technology!
Tune in on 13 August for a lot of histrionics about technology!
It's time to guess the clue to our next episode in our season on banned books--and this might be the most obvious clue we've ever given.
Our summer texts have been getting increasingly hot. But what could possibly be hotter than our last episode, 'Fanny Hill'?
Our summer texts have been getting increasingly hot. But what could possibly be hotter than our last episode, 'Fanny Hill'?
July 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
It's time to guess the clue to our next episode in our season on banned books--and this might be the most obvious clue we've ever given.
Our summer texts have been getting increasingly hot. But what could possibly be hotter than our last episode, 'Fanny Hill'?
Our summer texts have been getting increasingly hot. But what could possibly be hotter than our last episode, 'Fanny Hill'?
Today's episode of SMFMS Bookends is a wild ride.
We reveal the podcast's best-kept secret (three years and we said nothing!), in addition to our plans to destroy every other podcast that might vie with us for your affections.
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We reveal the podcast's best-kept secret (three years and we said nothing!), in addition to our plans to destroy every other podcast that might vie with us for your affections.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Today's episode of SMFMS Bookends is a wild ride.
We reveal the podcast's best-kept secret (three years and we said nothing!), in addition to our plans to destroy every other podcast that might vie with us for your affections.
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We reveal the podcast's best-kept secret (three years and we said nothing!), in addition to our plans to destroy every other podcast that might vie with us for your affections.
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ATTENTION ALL PERVS: our 69th episode, covering John Cleland's 1749 erotic novel 'Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' (AKA 'Fanny Hill'), is out now!
Expect strapping footmen, polite applause during orgies, and plenty of red-hot turtlebilling!
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Expect strapping footmen, polite applause during orgies, and plenty of red-hot turtlebilling!
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July 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
ATTENTION ALL PERVS: our 69th episode, covering John Cleland's 1749 erotic novel 'Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' (AKA 'Fanny Hill'), is out now!
Expect strapping footmen, polite applause during orgies, and plenty of red-hot turtlebilling!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Expect strapping footmen, polite applause during orgies, and plenty of red-hot turtlebilling!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...