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Learning The Tropes: A Reading Podcast

Learning The Tropes: A Reading Podcast

By: Erin Leafe and Clayton Gumbert
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Longtime friends Erin and Clayton sit down for a monthly chat about all things books.Copyright 2019 All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Erin & Clayton read The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

    Erin & Clayton read The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
    Mar 23 2026

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Erin and Clayton read Lonesome Dove!

    Erin and Clayton read Lonesome Dove!
    Feb 16 2026

    We're back!

    A little older, wiser and with a whole new vibe. In this episode Erin and Clayton discuss where they've been, what they've been reading and why they're back!

    Full episode also on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@learningthetropespodcast

    Erin's Best Reads of 2025

    These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

    Our Song by Anna Carey

    You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

    The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

    Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

    A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

    Clayton's Best Reads of 2025

    The Wall Marlen Haushofer

    Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

    Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Labato

    Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams

    Stainless by Todd Grimson

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    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@learningthetropespodcast

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • It Ends With Us (2024) Movie Review (w/Clayton Gumbert)

    It Ends With Us (2024) Movie Review (w/Clayton Gumbert)
    Aug 29 2024

    Clayton & Erin return to discuss the Colleen Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us!

    See Clayton and Producer Patty live onstage in Los Angeles on Tuesday October 8:

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bo-boys-present-box-office-save-america-tickets-908516526387

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    1 hr and 5 mins

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