Welcome to The Mary & Blake Show. A pop-culture podcast by nerds, for nerds.
Podcasts where people just shoot-the-breeze are the best. Sometimes you don’t want to be stuck to just one film, television show, or subject. That’s where award winning podcasters, Mary & Blake, come in!
This married couple with two kids will make you laugh as they discuss ridiculous topics, answer life’s most difficult questions, chat television/ film/ pop culture/ books/games/ music, and perhaps, just perhaps, solve some of the world’s many problems*. Regardless, we all need to let our hair down sometimes, make some bad decisions together, and dive head-first into the nonsense.
*No, we won’t.
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 25: Chase.
Blake chats the expert use of Alice’s powers, the natural push and pull of tension, and the unintentional comedy of being at an airport….
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 24: Ambush.
Blake chats why this is a relatively straight forward yet thrilling chase scene, why the Cullen’s are definitely in over their heads, and James can apparently fly?
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 23: Goodbyes.
Blake discusses this being the emotional thrust of the book, finally making choices that effect character and plot in a meaningful way, and why Charlie is just the best…
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 22: The Hunt.
Blake discusses the benefits of a formulaic chase scene, why it’s important that Bella serves as a synthesis for the Cullens, and poor, poor Charlie…
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 21: The Game.
Blake discusses why it’s hard to write a recap of sports events, opening the world but illuminating character, and why we’ve finally entered a good long stretch of this book…
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 20: Carlisle
Blake discusses the visual cues of the paintings for Carlisle’s story, a surprising use of dark comedy, and my terrifying recurring dreams of Mary’s carbon copy…
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 19: Home.
Blake discusses why it’s not a coincidence that we first hear about the “visitors” arriving when harmony is finally created, the fine line of love and antagonism, and some much needed levity…
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 18: Mind Over Matter.
Blake discusses why this is a companion piece to the previous chapter, how Edward and Bella should actually share the antagonist/protagonist relationship, and why there was some serious unintentional comedy about crushing skulls….
In today’s installment of Blake’s Book Club, Blake chats Midnight Sun – Chaptah 17: Confessions.
Blake discusses how this chaptah recontextualizes the emotional arc of the book, the significance of the various transformative experiences, and why everything changed the moment I met Mary many moons ago.
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