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Sarah Purnell & Sophie Waters
The Dark Academicals
The podcast where we delve into the mythos of dark academia one book at a time.
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Ratings & Reviews
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3.5 stars from 12 ratings
Great bookish podcast
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“Love the podcast and subject matter.
Any chance you will be doing “Engleby” by Sebastian Faulks? Reading it now and it seems right up your alley.”
Chris Machnacki via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/11/24
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“Why do these two have a podcast? They sound miserable and uninformed about the books. I won’t waste my time on this.”
readinginthesouth via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/02/23
Speed It Up
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“I’ve listened to this podcast, which can be so much better, but it’s painful. It’s filled with a lot of long pauses and spaces where they seem to be “giving each other strange stares” like-“You know what I’m saying…”
The sound needs to be improved because it’s like they are either far away from...”Read full review »
Chachados via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/18/22
Recent Episodes
We read the first book in this series, ‘Belladonna’, back in season seven and we’re so excited to revisit Signa at Thorn Grove following the cliffhanger at the end of the first novel.
‘Belladonna’ is one of the most fun books we’ve read for the podcast and I think this is just going to be just...
Published 11/12/24
Our dark academia adjacent title for this season is one of Sophie’s favourite books. ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne du Maurier is a masterclass in Gothic suspense and it’s something that we’ve needed to tackle on the podcast for a very long time.
On a trip to the South of France, the shy heroine of...
Published 10/29/24
Published 10/29/24
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