Pleonastic : A Book Discussion Podcast

Pleonastic : A Book Discussion Podcast

Darwin and Lonan have always used their weapons grade yapping skills to terrorize those in close proximity with unasked for media analysis. Now, with microphones, they can be your problem too. Join your verbose hosts as they casually discuss a collection books they happen to have read, from childhood favorites to classics and more. Brevity not included.

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June 30, 2025 228 mins

Welcome back to the Pleonastic Podcast!


This episode we finish our discussion of Erin Morganstern’s debut Novel ‘The Night Circus’.


We’ve managed to talk about the book for longer than the duration of the audio-book, so we’re really living up to the name of the podcast in this one. We’ll be discussing themes of thriving despite your circumstances, carving out happiness even when things become bleak, and the DnD movie for some...

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Welcome back to the Pleonastic Podcast!

This episode we’re in the middle of recapping and discussing Erin Morganstern’s Novel ‘The Night Circus’.

Big questions to answer in this one, like, how do you say foot in Spanish? And how did I meet your dragon? All these and more (actual discussions on the book) will be covered. Featuring special guest; Hiccup, the fantastic loudly snoring dog!

This adventure will be as whimsical as it is trag...

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Welcome back to the Pleonastic podcast!

Join us in this episode as we begin reading Erin Morgenstern (That is the authors name despite how many times we freestyle her last name) 2011 debut novel The Night Circus. In this episode we discuss our experiences with the book, the divisive opinions of those who have read it, some general background information on the author and the beginning of the book.

This adventure will be as whimsical...

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May 19, 2025 44 mins

Hello and Welcome to the Pleonastic Podcast!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled book ramble with a clip show. Due to some time constraints, we’ve had to push back the release of our next book discussion.

But in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this collection of outtakes and our first ever recording.

Thanks for listening!


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Welcome back to the Pleonastic podcast!


In this episode join us as we wrap up reading Lois Lowry's 1993 young adult dystopian novel The Giver.


Lois WTF is the main thing on our mind as we continue our discussion on how the community of The Giver is the perfect environment for the questionable things occurring without resistance from its inhabitants. We also see Jonas transition from a beta to a chad.


Oh and we also talk about how the ...

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Welcome back to the Pleonastic podcast!


Join us as we begin reading Lois Lowry's 1993 young adult dystopian novel The Giver. In part one, we share fun facts about the author and how her life experiences influenced the way she wrote the novel. Those discoveries lead to discussions as we share our thoughts on the world of The Giver .

We, as always, keep it pleonastic and do a lot of jumping around in chronology so we do encoura...

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Welcome to episode two of the Pleonastic podcast, this is the second and final part of our discussion on Douglas Adams’ 1979 science fiction novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"


Join Darwin and Lonan as we get back to actually talking about the book and along the way learn many important things such as how to write amazing poetry, how to win a c...

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Join Darwin and Lonan in the inaugural episode of Pleonastic! We’re going to go to great lengths to explain why we made podcast, and eventually get around to talking about Douglas Adams’ seminal science fiction novel; “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”


Join us for part one of two, as we discuss how the Hitchhiker’s universe got created, recreated and reincarnated over the decades, the importance of towels, Douglas Adams approac...

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