How I've Read - John Paul Scotto

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Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace.

Monday, January 26, 2026 • Duration 16:21

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A Christmas Memory

Thursday, December 25, 2025 • Duration 36:49

Scotto discusses Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," a short story you can find in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Plus: fruitcake, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, whiskey, nostalgia, family, warmth, money, ornaments, childhood, and a bunch of other stuff I cannot think of right now.

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The Vegetarian

Monday, September 29, 2025 • Duration 37:30

Scotto reacts to Nobel Prize laureate Han Kang's The Vegetarian.

The patreon is currently shut down--but it may open up again someday. In the meantime, if you want to support Scotto, rate the podcast and share it!

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A Small Place

Monday, July 7, 2025 • Duration 44:27

Scotto reacts to Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place and discusses why he hasn't been many places. This episode explores the relationship between consumers and workers, Scotto's domestic travel experiences, tourism, colonialism, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and much more.

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Veronica

Monday, June 23, 2025 • Duration 49:02

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Scotto connects with Mary Gaitskill's Veronica.

Machines of Loving Grace

Monday, June 9, 2025 • Duration 55:35

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Scotto reacts to Karl Ove Knausgaard's "The Reenchanted World," which you can read in the June 2025 issue of Harper's: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/06/the-reenchanted-world-karl-ove-knausgaard-digital-age/

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My Brilliant Friend, Chapter 16

Monday, May 26, 2025 • Duration 39:52

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Scotto reacts to a chapter from Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.

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Moving On feat. Rob Couch

Monday, May 19, 2025 • Duration 31:29

Guest episode! Rob Couch talks about reading Larry McMurtry's Moving on. You can listen to Rob's podcast about King of the Hill here: https://www.yeppodcast.com/

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Student Writing

Monday, May 12, 2025 • Duration 34:32

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Are Prisons Obsolete?

Sunday, May 4, 2025 • Duration 51:20

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The murder of Robert Brooks in a New York prison motivated Scotto to reread Angela Y. Davis's Are Prison's Obsolete. The book made him think about the innacurate and pervase representation of prisons in American media and the ramifications of a draconian and racist criminal justice system. This episode includes discussions of the prison in Scotto's hometown, Orange Is the New Black, Oz, Goodfellas, The Sopranos, The Godfather, Guantanamo Bay, Trump, Obama, and much more.

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