On Wednesdays We Read (OWWR Pod)

Mar 11 2025 232 ep. 82 mins 48
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Two best friends do a deep dive into different book series, looking at one book each month and discussing its plot, characters, and themes. 

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BONUS - Re-Release (Wheel of Time Season 2 with Sara of Fiction Fans and C.M. Caplan)

Mar 11 2025 193 mins  
Send us a text We had a few personal things come up, so we are rereleasing a combined version of our episode of Ep. 1-4 of Wheel of Time season 2 and the Patreon episode of Ep. 5-8 featuring Sara of Fiction Fans and C.M. Caplan! Please enjoy, and make sure you are caught up for season 3 of Wheel of Time out next week!! Be sure to follow OWWR Pod! www.owwrpod.com Twitter (updates on

BONUS EPISODE-"Jennifer Lopez is a psychologist." (The Cell with Steve Hugh Westenra)

Mar 04 2025 91 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are traveling into minds in order to assist the FBI, but they get trapped and require author Steve Westenra's help to get back to reality. That's right! The Cell, a Jennifer Lopez sci-fi/horror movie, is the topic of today's episode! Steve, Hannah, and Laura do a deep dive on the themes, cinematography, and horror elements present in a movie that is

Ep. 143- We are dealing with this in our own time. (The Obelisk Gate)

Feb 25 2025 73 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are wrapping up their discussion of N.K. Jemisin's The Obelisk Gate by discussing the book's characters and themes. They also chat about book club reads, axolotls, turtles, and overcoming anxiety/fears to do things. **This episode contains SPOILERS for The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin. Spoiler section begins at 27 min 12 secs. ** *CW for the episode:

TV Tuesday Ep. 20- "Gojo's been crushing it since he was like 6." (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1)

Feb 24 2025 70 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are learning to control Cursed Energy while looking for a Curse's missing fingers, so they decide to bring in friend and author, Moses Ose Utomi, to help them. Hannah, Laura, and Moses discuss Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 digging deep into the characters, themes, and their favorite moments of this amazing anime. **This episode contains SPOILERS for Jujuts

BONUS EPISODE- "I need a whole 'Mad Max' sequence." A discussion of The Diplomacy of the Knife by C.M. Caplan WITH C.M. CAPLAN

Feb 19 2025 53 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are thrilled to welcome C.M. Caplan back to the podcast to discuss book 2 in their Four of Mercies series, The Diplomacy of the Knife!! They dive deep into the characters of the series, chat about sibling dynamics, learn more about Connor's plotting process, and try to remain calm after reading such a tense, incredible ending. *This episode contains

Ep. 142- Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out. (The Obelisk Gate)

Feb 18 2025 72 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are covering the final third of the plot of N.K. Jemisin's The Obelisk Gate and are navigating all the things that are ramping up in the Stillness. They also chat about a movie that made Laura cry and Hannah baffles Laura by describing the plots of J-Lo movies. ***This episode contains SPOILERS for The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin. Spoiler section be

Ep. 141- Just Schaffa being Schaffa...Ugh. (The Obelisk Gate)

Feb 11 2025 75 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are covering the middle section of The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin! Things are getting more complicated, and they do their best to keep things sorted. They also chat about book titles being misleading, historical books that are fun to read, and a zany show about a haunted B&B. **This episode contains SPOILERS for The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

Ep. 140- Most of these chapters are downers. (The Obelisk Gate)

Feb 04 2025 65 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are delving into N.K. Jemisin's The Obelisk Gate, covering the first 7 chapters! And let's just say that Hannah is "not pleased" that a certain character has appeared in book two of this trilogy. Laura also shares more about her read through of Vinland Saga and Hannah watched a romp of a movie that she wants everyone to go see. **This episode contain

BONUS EPISODE- "Utilize the library and be in that space." In conversation on libraries WITH LIBRARIAN, LORA DEL RIO

Jan 28 2025 71 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura have one of their dreams fulfilled in this week's bonus episode because they get the chance to learn all about libraries and their different services from librarian, Lora Del Rio!!!! Lora (MSLIS) is the Director for Research, Teaching, and Learning, Humanities Librarian, as well as an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

BONUS EPISODE- "I love to show the same moment from different perspectives." An author interview WITH ADAM BASSETT

Jan 26 2025 71 mins  
Send us a text Hannah and Laura are thrilled to welcome author Adam Bassett to the podcast to chat about his books Digital Extremities and the newly released, Animus Paradox! Adam shares about imagining futuristic worlds, applications of biological technologies, and engaging readers with action scenes. Hannah and Laura now have a new friend and another Auto-Buy author! ANIMUS PARAD