Synopsis
Join Alex Reads and Raifa Rafiq in their journey to keep up with the millennial experience, while exploring the intersection between literature, wellness and pop-culture. Tune in weekly as they discuss everything that is ‘lit’ in a fun and insightful way! #ShowDemBooksManager and Executive Producer Clarissa PabiContact us MostlyLit@gmail.com.
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Oct 21, 2019
Ugh, Those Tears Again: A Little Life, Final Chapter and Moving On (Part 2)
Welcome to Mostly Lit!Part 2! A much lighter and more joyful episode to its more depressing sibling. Sit back, relax and listen to the end - thank you…
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Oct 7, 2019
Tears: A Little Life, Mental Health Awareness Week and Trauma (Part 1)
Welcome to Mostly Lit!#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2019#BlackHistoryMonth2019On this two part episode, we delve into A Little Life giving you an equal ba…
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Sep 23, 2019
London Podcast Festival: Mostly Lit Live ft JJ Bola
Mostly Live is back again with the live show, this time at London Podcast Festival featuring a long time friend of the show, JJ Bola. Alex is away thi…
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Aug 27, 2019
Catching A Free Flow
This week we have a free flowing conversation about arts, culture, writing and life.We discuss everything from Toni Morrison's passing, to carnival pr…
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Jul 29, 2019
Hot Poetry Sh*t
Welcome to Mostly Lit!This week we are both in quite the happy mood. Listen to us discussing the poems that make us happy and shine from within.This i…
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Jul 15, 2019
The Gender Line
Welcome to Mostly Lit!This week we are back from our hiatus to speak about Julie Cohen's Louis and Louise, and explore the question of gender, sexuali…
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Jul 1, 2019
Clapback 2k19
Welcome to Mostly Lit!This week we share our Summer Reads with you guys!Books:Louis and Louise - Julie CohenMy Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth RussellTh…
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Jun 17, 2019
It's Above Me Now
Welcome to Mostly Lit!This week we are back from our hiatus to speak about Chigozie Obioma's 'An Orchestra of Minorities'We discuss men in love, spiri…
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May 13, 2019
Mental Health Awareness Week: Notes on a Nervous Planet
Welcome to Mostly Lit!-This week we speak about Matt Haig's Notes on a Nervous Planet, Game of Thrones and why we need to pay attention to anxiety. -N…
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May 6, 2019
The Other Side of Freedom ft Deray McKesson
Welcome to Mostly Lit!-This week we speak to Deray McKesson about his book, On The Otherside of Freedom.This week, we ask: Would you want an all black…
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