Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with Vanessa Hammick

About this episode

Sara and Cariad discuss Frankenstein by Mary Shelley with guest Vanessa Hammick, covering various themes including AI and serious topics.

This week's book guest is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian, writer, playwright and friend Vanessa Hammick. In this episode they discuss AI, dissertations, Kenneth Branagh, broad strokes, and Emma Stone. Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss sexual assault and child murder. Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub Produced, recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive . Artwork by Welcome Studio.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Sara, Cariad

Guest: Vanessa Hammick

Topics covered

• AI
• dissertations
• sexual assault
• child murder
• comedy
• literature

Keywords

• Frankenstein
• Mary Shelley
• AI
• dissertations
• comedy
• literature
• sexual assault
• child murder

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Frankenstein

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