Snark Notes: Reading the Classics So My Booktok Peeps Don't Have To

About Snark Notes: Reading the Classics So My Booktok Peeps Don't Have To

Your classic novel cheat sheet, powered by sarcasm and red flags. Get the full plot and the hot takes in 10 minutes. This isn't your high school English class. Remember all those classic books you definitely read in high school? (Yeah, us neither.) Welcome to Snark Notes, the podcast that reads classic literature so you can finally sound like you did the homework. We know your To-Be-Read pile is a disaster and you just don't have time for 600 pages on whale feelings. That's why we do the reading for you and break it all down in 10 minutes. Each episode is a perfect two-part spilling of Classics tea: Part 1: The Summary (The 6-Minute Steep) A fast, funny, and straightforward summary of the entire plot. All the drama, all the hookups, all the murders... none of the dust. Part 2: The Tea (The 4-Minute Sip) A 4-minute hot take. This is where we analyze the themes with some much-needed millennial snark, hand out red flags 🚩, and figure out who the real villain was. (Spoiler: it's often "the economy.") Join us every week to get your dose of culture, comedy, and classic-ish chaos. --- A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION 🧠 Written and Produced by Toni Newman ⚡ Production: The Signal Box --- System Note: This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.

Publisher

Ashlee Kensington | Booktok addict, Lover of all things literature and books

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2026

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

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   22 Oct 2026

   1984: Big Brother Is Reading Your Diary | Booktok for Podcasts

   1984 by George Orwell: Big Brother is watching, and so am I. This week, Snark Notes covers George Orwell's 1984: the surveillance-state nightmare, the forbidden romance between Winston and Julia, O'Brien's betrayal, and the rats in Room 101. Then we hand out red flags, name the real villain, and work out why doublethink sounds a lot like your social media feed. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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   15 Oct 2026

   Middlemarch: Small Town, Big Mistakes, Worse Husbands | Booktok for Podcasts

   Dorothea marries a dusty scholar, a cocky doctor marries the town's prettiest material girl, and a holier-than-thou banker hides a seriously shady past. I give you the whole plot of George Eliot's Middlemarch in six minutes, then hand out red flags, name the real villain (spoiler: the gossip), and crown the true MVP. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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   8 Oct 2026

   Crime and Punishment: Axe Murder Then Anxiety Spiral | Booktok for Podcasts

   A broke ex-student decides he's basically Napoleon, kills a pawnbroker to prove it, and then gets taken apart by guilt, fever and a very patient detective. Let's go over the whole plot of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment in six minutes, then hand out red flags, names the real villain and explain why Razumikhin deserves better. See omnystudio.com/listener (https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.

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