Literally Espoused

Come along with us deep into the jungles of India, as we read through and analyze the story of Mowgli being raised by a pack of wolves. And then go even farther beyond as we discover a plethora of other stories in this book that even Ralma never read before. In this chapter, we're covering The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, including a brief but still somehow in-depth look at the extra side stories that make up the entire back half of this beloved book and are still often overlooked.We had some audio quality issues with this chapter, for which we are very sorry! Jax forgot to turn off some noise suppression software before recording, and we didn't catch it until after it was already recorded. Next chapter will not have this issue!Next chapter: Science Fiction! We'll be reading and discussing Lost Stars by Claudia Gray.Here's where you can find our podcast!Whooshkaa (RSS feed): https://player.whooshkaa.com/literally-espousedGoogle Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/IpsupinfnbcjiuyvtapwapzumpuApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/literally-espoused/id1483014268Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nerdscape/literally-espousedSocial media info! Follow us for updates, including our reading schedule!-Twitter-Ralma: @ragdoll127Jaxom: @jaxomnautilusPodcast: @literalespousedPrefer an audio-visual podcast experience? Find our episodes uploaded on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/jaxomnautilusIntro/outro music: The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson, performed by Markus Staab, piano - 2011

Follow along on our journey through J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy! In this first chapter of our podcast, we cover the entire first half of The Fellowship of the Ring, notated as Book One per Tolkien's preferences. We discuss the events of the book in (roughly) chronological order, answer a few questions about the mythology of the world that Tolkien is building, as well as begin conversations about our favorite characters and scenes, literary tools used to tell the narrative, and a few themes that come through in the writing.Next chapter: Classic Literature! We'll be reading and discussing The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.Here's where you can find our podcast!Whooshkaa (RSS feed): https://player.whooshkaa.com/literally-espousedGoogle Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/IpsupinfnbcjiuyvtapwapzumpuApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/literally-espoused/id1483014268Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/nerdscape/literally-espousedSocial media info! Follow us for updates, including our reading schedule!-Twitter-Ralma: @ragdoll127Jaxom: @jaxomnautilusPodcast: @literalespousedPrefer an audio-visual podcast experience? Find our episodes uploaded on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/jaxomnautilusIntro/outro music: The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson, performed by Markus Staab, piano - 2011

Before we get started, here's a short introduction to the podcast and your hosts! Find out why we started this project, what you can expect going forward, and which book we'll be tackling first!Social media info! Follow us for updates, including our reading schedule!-Twitter-Ralma: @ragdoll127Jaxom: @jaxomnautilusPodcast: @literalespousedPrefer an audio-visual podcast experience? Find our episodes uploaded on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/jaxomnautilusIntro/outro music: The Waltzing Cat by Leroy Anderson, performed by Markus Staab, piano - 2011