No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 30



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 30th episode of No Improvement, we take a look at the recent Netflix film Death Note with guest host Katya (from All in Good Storytime) and talk about what we liked, what we didn't like, and how we would improve it.

Next week, we will be watching the Goosebumps movie (2015).

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No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 29

No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 29th episode of No Improvement, we take a look at the film Ingrid Goes West and talk about what we liked, what we didn't like, and how we would improve it.

Next week, we will be watching the Netflix Death Note movie (2017).

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All in Good Storytime 📚 Episode 15

All in Good Storytime is an interactive, bookish, book club podcast hosted by Alanna, Katya, and Tia. To join the club, make sure you're following us on Twitter to get updates on what book we're reading and to what chapter we are reading through (or what anime we're watching and what episode we are watching through), and listen to the podcast here or on iTunes (see link below) to join in on the discussion. And don't forget to read along!

In the 15th episode of All in Good Storytime we finish reading Acceptance, the final book in the Southern Reach Trilogy (previous books: Annihilation and Authority). We discuss Saul's final transformation into the Crawler and share our thoughts on the Director's decision to let the linguist back out of the 12th expedition. We examine our feelings toward the Director in light of the fact that she was cast as the villain in the first book, but by the end of this book she was the emotional heart of the story. We are finally given a clearer understanding as to why the biologist was so sought after by the Director, due to her connections with Area X through her husband. We touch on key details that we had somehow missed in our reading such as the fact that Control became a rabbit and the Director had cancer. Finally, we discuss how satisfying this ending was given that the origin of Area X was basically aliens all along.

By the week of October 1, we will have read sections 1 and 2 of Human Acts by Han Kang. For the next two weeks we are on break! (Hurricane catch-up.)

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No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 28



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 28th episode of No Improvement, we take a look at the finale episode of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale (check out the book as well and our podcast on that) and talk about what we liked, what we didn't like, how we would improve it, and where we hope the story will go.

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All in Good Storytime 📚 Episode 14

All in Good Storytime is an interactive, bookish, book club podcast hosted by Alanna, Katya, and Tia. To join the club, make sure you're following us on Twitter to get updates on what book we're reading and to what chapter we are reading through (or what anime we're watching and what episode we are watching through), and listen to the podcast here or on iTunes (see link below) to join in on the discussion. And don't forget to read along!

In the 14th episode of All in Good Storytime we continue reading Acceptance, the final book in the Southern Reach Trilogy (previous books: Annihilation and Authority). We discuss the surprising, dramatic reveal that Grace has been in Area X for three years, criticize the characterization of Lowry as a stereotypical and bland villain, question what happened during the fight between the two Whitbys, and consider the likelihood that the original biologist went insane versus the chance that her husband actually became an owl. Finally, we finish by making predictions for how this trilogy will end.

Next week we will be reading chapters 15 to the end of Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer.

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No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 27



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 27th episode of No Improvement, we take a look at the ninth episode of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale (check out the book as well and our podcast on that) and talk about what we liked, what we didn't like, how we would improve it, and where we hope the story will go.

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