Why you should reread 'To Kill A Mockingbird'

We have a long running joke on the MashReads Podcast: Can our co-host Aliza Weinberger reference to To Kill A Mockingbird, her favorite book, in every episode that we record?

Given that joke, we are happy to say, this week on the MashReads Podcast, we finally took the plunge and read Harper Lee's classic.

Join us as we discuss To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee's portrayal of racism in the south, if Atticus is actually the hero we all say he is and why you should reread this book.

Then, inspired by our revisit of To Kill A Mockingbird, we discuss books that change when you reread them.

And as always, we close the show with recommendations:

• Aliza recommends Black Mirror. "It's hauntingly similar to our day to day lives."

• Peter recommends the graphic novel Lone Wolf and Cub. "It's enormous and it's great, and it's been a while since I've been able to tuck into a good comic."

• MJ recommends Is ‘Empathy’ Really What the Nation Needs?, an article from the New York Times Magazine examining why everyone is using the word 'empathy' lately and whether our new focus on empathy is actually helping us understand one another. "I think it's the start of a conversation of about how we treat empathy, how we connect with others, why we do it, etc."

Next week we are reading Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle! We hope you'll join us.

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