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Workers’ Lit
@socialistshelf.bsky.social
A podcast about books and the news with Lenore, Aysha, Jen, and Jacob

Books/Culture episodes on Mondays!

News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays!

Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future!

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"Obscenity" laws, suppression of LGBTQ+ rights, and the Witcher.

Clip from our episode with Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social

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December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On the juxtaposition of the old and the new in "The Saint of Bright Doors" by Vajra Chandrasekera.

Clip from our full episode.
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In, "The Saint of Bright Doors," Fetter's mother tells him that the only way to change the world is through, "the application of directed violence." We discuss what that means for the characters in the novel as they take on their own rickety liberal institutions.

Full episode out now!
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Will you join the Piggly Wiggly Brigade? Or the Costco Commandos? The freedom of consumer choice is YOURS!
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This book's plot is thrilling...and yet it's kind of boring.

But that doesn't mean we didn't like it!

Check out the full episode to learn why.
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A clip from our bonus interview with Brian Recker...Christian or not, we think you'll enjoy this discussion!
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On Pete Hegseth's war crimes, Franklin the turtle, and imperialism in the Caribbean.

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December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
On the Washington DC National Guard shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the CIA's Zero Units, and imperialism coming home.

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December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On the brutal (complimentary!) epilogue of "The Secret History"
(with @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social )

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December 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On being a college psuedointellectual loser (a rite of passage!)

Clip from our "The Secret History" episode.
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I love going to Scotland to build a woman

From our Frankenstein episode which you should for sure listen to YES YOU!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM