When All is Read and Done

About When All is Read and Done

When All is Read and Done is a podcast where two readers, Aimee Lee and Josh Teh, share their perspectives and human rights issues surrounding the books they read. In the process, we try to make sense of the world one book at a time! You can find us on Instagram at readanddone or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

Publisher

Aimee Lee and Josh Teh

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Mar 2021

Latest episode

19 Jul 2021

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Jul 2021

   #10: Free Britney from the Toxic Circus

   In our season finale, we talk about Britney Spears, the toxic circus of her conservatorship, and how Britney's loss of autonomy reflects that of millions of people worldwide. Also, Britney suffering from domestic violence? What we’ve learned about Britney Spears’s conservatorship case changes everything (https://www.vox.com/culture/22280627/britney-spears-conservatorship-free-britney-explained-framing-britney-spears) Britney Spears’s Conservatorship: What to Know (https://www.vox.com/culture/22280627/britney-spears-conservatorship-free-britney-explained-framing-britney-spears) #FreeBritney! And while we're at it, free the women of Saudi Arabia too (https://www.salon.com/2021/07/04/freebritney-and-while-were-at-it-free-the-women-of-saudi-arabia-too/) Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want (https://www.salon.com/2021/07/04/freebritney-and-while-were-at-it-free-the-women-of-saudi-arabia-too/) Liz Day's Twitter (https://twitter.com/LizDDay?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Britney Spears has had to sit through incredibly misogynistic and invasive interviews. Here are the worst ones. (https://twitter.com/LizDDay?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Bodily autonomy: Busting 7 myths that undermine individual rights and freedoms (https://www.unfpa.org/news/bodily-autonomy-busting-7-myths-undermine-individual-rights-and-freedoms?fbclid=IwAR1MWjkt8nN6jeuRNgvNxlL8AAZs0VJ2T_q5eP-Q9LxVo_QLpLl4LlZO83M) For Women Under Conservatorship, Forced Birth Control Is Routine (https://www.thenation.com/article/society/conservatorship-iud-britney-spears/) RADRecs Sex Object (Jessica Valenti) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40725154-sex-object?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ipktVm1b73&rank=1) Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622780-wide-sargasso-sea?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6BGUZ7K9KX&rank=1) No Visible Bruises (Rachel Louise Snyder) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33786693-no-visible-bruises?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9E2TArsV5d&rank=1) Disability Visibility (Alice Wong) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51456746-disability-visibility?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QWmfvI3Il3&rank=1) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com. See you in Season 2!

2. 

   5 Jul 2021

   #9 Amazon: Who Pays at the Everything Store?

   This week, we discuss the Rocket Man Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and how they've changed the game, for better or worse, for how book lovers shop online. Booksellers fear 'stranglehold' as Amazon snaps up British rival The Book Depository (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/05/amazon-the-book-depository) Amazon.com and 'Big Five' publishers accused of ebook price-fixing (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/15/amazoncom-and-big-five-publishers-accused-of-ebook-price-fixing) Amazon and Its Missing Books (https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/amazon-and-its-missing-books/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=technology&_r=0&mtrref=en.wikipedia.org&assetType=PAYWALL) A Final Word Before Mr. Bezos Blasts Off (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/opinion/jeff-bezos-amazon-ceo.html) Power and Peril: 5 Takeaways on Amazon’s Employment Machine (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/politics/amazon-warehouse-workers.html) Amazon offers 'wellness chamber' for stressed staff (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57287151) The Amazon That Customers Don’t See (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/15/us/amazon-workers.html) Brick and Mortar: Lessons About the Future of Bookselling (https://iop.harvard.edu/get-involved/harvard-political-review/brick-and-mortar-lessons-about-future-bookselling) Brick-and-mortar bookstores dying in electronic age? No, many are thriving (https://www.pressherald.com/2018/09/06/brook-and-mortar-bookstores-dying-in-electronic-age-no-many-are-thriving/) China’s brick-and-mortar bookstores are making a comeback (https://supchina.com/2021/04/08/chinas-brick-and-mortar-bookstores-are-making-a-comeback/) RADRecs: Libby (https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/) BookBar (https://www.bookbaruk.com/) Lit Books (https://litbooks.com.my/) Gerakbudaya (https://www.gerakbudaya.com/) Silverfish (https://silverfishbooks.com/) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com. And free Britney, you cowards!

3. 

   21 Jun 2021

   #8 Reading Refugees: Stories of the Displaced

   For World Refugee Day, we discuss the refugee crisis, moving beyond an Euro-centric view of the crisis, and what we can do to help. 1951 Refugee Convention (https://www.unhcr.org/3b66c2aa10.html) UNHCR viewpoint: ‘Refugee’ or ‘migrant’ – Which is right? (https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/7/55df0e556/unhcr-viewpoint-refugee-migrant-right.html) ‘Home’ by Warsan Shire (https://www.facinghistory.org/standing-up-hatred-intolerance/warsan-shire-home) 12 Book about Syria to Help You Learn about the Ongoing Conflict (https://bookriot.com/books-about-syria/) Elizabeth Day talks to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Committed (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p099js1q) RADRecs: The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives (Viet Thanh Nguyen) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35888417-the-displaced?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Y2wijZKCt8&rank=1) The Best We Could Do (Thi Bui) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29936927-the-best-we-could-do?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=SrqJESXirj&rank=1) Monstress (Marjorie M. Liu) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43471348-monstress-book-one?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=VmU0z6BK2M&rank=1) Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System (Alexander Betts, Paul Collier) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34726375-refuge?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=9qqOSGQTJK&rank=1) Beyond the Books: MSRI (http://msri.org.my/) Dignity for Children Foundation (https://dignityforchildren.org/) El Shaddai (https://ecb.org.my/) British Red Cross (https://www.redcross.org.uk/) Refugee Action (https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/) Save the Children (https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

4. 

   7 Jun 2021

   #7 Reading Romance: Love in the Time of Covid

   Aimee challenges Josh to read 'The Kiss Quotient' and challenges his perception of love, romance novels, and the universe. The Romance Writers of America (https://www.rwa.org/Online/Romance_Genre/About_Romance_Genre.aspx) The Romance Publishing Industry and Its Reputation (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12109-019-09703-2) Meeting Harry Styles and what it taught me about "gender contamination" in business (https://wealthofwomen.substack.com/p/meeting-harry-styles-and-what-it) Diana Gabaldon on Why Outlander Isn’t Really a Romance and Writing Her First Episode (https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/diana-gabaldon-outlander-isnt-really-a-romance.html) RADRecs: The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion) (https://lithub.com/a-feminist-critique-of-murakami-novels-with-murakami-himself/) Call Me By Your Name (Andre Aciman) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36336078-call-me-by-your-name?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=vc8PvRblEZ&rank=1) Blankets (Craig Thompson) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25179.Blankets?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=cL7bVap0rm&rank=1) The Prince and the Dressmaker (Jen Wang) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34506912-the-prince-and-the-dressmaker?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1dkKdlpq7T&rank=1) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

5. 

   24 May 2021

   #6 Cancelled! Un-Fantastic Authors & Where to Find Them

   In a follow-up to the last episode, we talk about cancel culture in the readers' community and publishing industry. Cancel culture can be a powerful tool to democratize accountability, but it can also be a double-edged sword used by bigots and activists alike. The second wave of “cancel culture” (https://www.vox.com/22384308/cancel-culture-free-speech-accountability-debate) Why ‘Cancel Culture’ Is a Distraction (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/podcasts/daily-newsletter-cancel-culture-beirut-protest.html) The Daily Podcast - A Vast Web of Vengeance (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/podcasts/the-daily/a-vast-web-of-vengeance-part-1.html) A Feminist Critique of Murakami Novels, With Murakami Himself (https://lithub.com/a-feminist-critique-of-murakami-novels-with-murakami-himself/) RADRecs: We Need New Stories (Nesrine Malik) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46129024-we-need-new-stories?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=tsxdtgvJJa&rank=1) The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars (Meghan Daum) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44648620-the-problem-with-everything?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=tT9wtBFYe8&rank=1) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

6. 

   10 May 2021

   #5 When Authors Disappoint: JK Rowling and the Chamber of TERFS

   We talk about whether authors’ politics and behavior affect how we enjoy their books. These include authors who we adored as children as well as current authors (JK, we're looking at you). Tintin in the Land of Cancel Culture (https://www.theeastbywest.com/home/tintin-in-the-land-of-cancel-culture) JK Rowling's controversial essay on transgender persons (https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/) Charisma Carpenter statement on Joss Whedon's alleged abuse (https://twitter.com/allcharisma/status/1359537746843365381?lang=en) RADRecs: N.K. Jemisin (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2917917.N_K_Jemisin?from_search=true&from_srp=true) Asterix the Gaul (René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71292.Asterix_the_Gaul?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=F9pjxUkspR&rank=1) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

7. 

   26 Apr 2021

   #4 What We Read in Lockdown? Probably Nothing

   We talk about the books that helped us get through lockdown, and how they gave us hope even amidst adversity. RADRecs: The Property (Rutu Modan) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16059656-the-property?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5teD9Twxma&rank=3) Low (Rick Remender) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34865201-low?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jLDEnHJXbG&rank=1) Probably Nothing (Matilda Tristam) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21844081-probably-nothing?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=nhOATAmzPu&rank=1) Beyond the Books: The Body Coach TV (https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1) Tom Holland (Not Spider-Man) (https://www.youtube.com/user/BowflexStories ) Pocket Mountains (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30825972-devon?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=enuxlQZkBZ&rank=1) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

8. 

   12 Apr 2021

   #3 Rape Culture: Not That Bad (It's Worse)

   Following the devastating death of Sarah Everard, we discuss rape culture, its roots, and the survivors who have spoken out against it. RADRecs: Tomorrow Sex will be Good Again (Katherine Angel) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52514416-tomorrow-sex-will-be-good-again?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WmhDcUnZNc&rank=1) Dear Ijeawele (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33585392-dear-ijeawele-or-a-feminist-manifesto-in-fifteen-suggestions?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5R2fYGz62R&rank=1) We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22738563-we-should-all-be-feminists?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=h3NLFDfNwg&rank=1) Not That Bad (Roxane Gay) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068524-not-that-bad?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=kPtxb3K45a&rank=1) Drawing Power (Diane Noomin) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43908942-drawing-power?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=AK39poPYOc&rank=1) Know My Name (Chanel Miller) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50196744-know-my-name?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1S9208OSRG&rank=1) Beyond the Books: The Havens (UK) (https://www.thehavens.org.uk/) The Survivor's Trust (UK) (https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/) Women's Centre for Change (Malaysia) (http://wccpenang.org) Women's Aid Organization (Malaysia) (https://wao.org.my/) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

9. 

   29 Mar 2021

   #2 Diversity and #OwnVoices: A Savage Reality

   We continue our discussion about diversity in our second episode! Aimee shares her journey of diversifying her bookshelf (thanks, Donald!), and we dive into gatekeeping in publishing, the struggles of #OwnVoices authors to be heard, and auditing our bookshelves. Corinne Duvyis #OwnVoices (https://twitter.com/corinneduyvis/status/640583351531884544) RADRecs: The Poppy War (RF Kuang) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068705-the-poppy-war?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8Tjd3qlfQb&rank=1) The Weight of Our Sky (Hanna Alkaf) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35614314-the-weight-of-our-sky?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jw0D5iZEIo&rank=1) Gender Queer (Maia Kobabe) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42837514-gender-queer?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=4tepC4J3X2&rank=1) On a Sunbeam (Tillie Walden) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36952615-on-a-sunbeam?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rrkOwO653p&rank=1) Christine T (IG: lookprettybooks) (https://www.instagram.com/lookprettybooks/) Nat (IG: anattynook) (https://www.instagram.com/anattynook/) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

10. 

    29 Mar 2021

    #1 Reading Diverse Characters: Girls, Women, Others, Us

    Welcome to Episode 1 of WAiRaD! We start by discussing why diverse characters in fiction is important to us, and share books we've enjoyed recently with great representation and diversity. RADRecs: Monstress (Marjorie Liu) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43471348-monstress-book-one?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=nl4RNG5ucU&rank=1 ) Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41081373-girl-woman-other?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CUNSUk5VGb&rank=1) We, The Survivors (Tash Aw) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40872707-we-the-survivors?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=QSqj3hcFKx&rank=3) Evening is the Whole Day (Preeta Samarasan) (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2154433.Evening_Is_the_Whole_Day?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=cV25tswm30&rank=1) You can find us on Instagram at readanddone (https://www.instagram.com/readanddone/) or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

11. 

    2 Mar 2021

    Trailer: When All is Read and Done

    When All is Read and Done is a podcast where two readers, Aimee Lee and Josh Teh, share their perspectives and human rights issues surrounding the books they read. In the process, we try to make sense of the world one book at a time! In this teaser trailer, we share the genesis of When All is Read and Done, as well as what our upcoming first episode will be about. Like and subscribe to keep up to date on when the very first episode will drop (soon, we promise!). Slide into our DMs @readanddone on Instagram or email us at readanddonepod@gmail.com.

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