Join Andrew and Shiah as they read the books they were supposed to read in High School, but didn't. They are going through the "classics" - chapter by chapter - to see if they are any good and to help you with your homework. It's like spark notes but more fun and less organized.
In Chapter 10, our heroes return to the world of drugs and sex with some new companions, John and his mother. This is not going to go well.
In this very brief chapter, our heroes follow Lenina as she does drugs, Bernard as he makes plans, and John as he obsesses over the smells and textures of Lenina's belongings.
In Chapter 8 of Brave New World, our heroes learn a bit about John's battle to belong, growing up on the reservation, as well as Linda's struggle to exist outside of World State. Spoiler Warning: No one is having a good time.
In Chapter 7, our heroes join Bernard and Lenina on their intrepid date into the Savage Lands of North America and somehow manage to find the only other white people there.
This is episode, our heroes watch as Bernard gets reprimanded by his boss for listening to a story, Bernard and Lenina take their casual relationship to the next casual level, and we all go on a trip to the savage lands.
Our heroes continue their journey through Brave New World in Chapter 5. They follow Lenina on her date with Henry Foster as they discuss the dead, as well as Bernard as he reluctantly attends an orgy with strawberry ice cream..
In Chapter 4 of the Brave New World series, our heroes follow Lenina as she takes a helicopter date over the park with Henry Foster, and Bernard as he whines about girls to his only friend, Helmholtz.
In Chapter 3, our heroes learn about some of our main characters and discuss the industrialization of consumer goods and romantic relationship.
In Chapter 2 of Brave new World, our heroes learn how babies are conditioned to hate nature and reading, but love living in a cast system.
In the first episode of our Brave New World series, our heroes stumble through the opening chapter of the first book they've read in years and learn about the test tube babies of the future.
Join Andrew and Shiah as they read the books they were supposed to read in High School, but didn't. They are going through the "classics" - chapter by chapter - to see if they are any good and to help you with your homework. It's like spark notes but more fun and less organized.
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