
"Read it to me" is a podcast by Matthew and Cintia. All about the love of words and the spoken voice. They choose some of their favourite and famous pieces of writing. And ask each other to read them. It's definitely not lit crit, but they do bicker and flirt quite a bit.
Why listen
Read it to me turns familiar and unexpected writing into a short, intimate two-person performance. Matthew and Cintia take turns choosing poems, lyrics, speeches, articles, legal texts, and literary passages for the other to read, then let their chemistry, bickering, and flirtation carry the conversation. It is a good fit if you like language, gentle comedy, and the feeling of listening in on two people sharing favorite scraps of culture.
Episodes
Cintia asks Matthew to read the lyrics of Slipping Through My Fingers, a song by Abba, a single from the album The Visitor, released in 1981.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read Pete Hegseth's introduction to the Pentagon Press Briefing from 26 April 2026.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read selected passages from Strangeland by Tracey Emin, published in 2005.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read What England Means to Me, a poem by poet and actor Sonny Green.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read the letter from Pêro Vaz de Caminha to King Manuel I of Portugal, describing his first impressions of Brazil, dated 1 May 1500.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read Country House, a song by Blur, a single from the album The Great Escape, released in 1995X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read extracts from an article from The Guardian by Julia Carrie Wong about the TV show Heated Rivalry, published on 13 January 2026.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read an extract about Ceará and Fortaleza and from The Rough Guide to Brazil (2018).X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read Chante Joseph’s British Vogue article, “Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?”, published on 25 October 2025.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read a passage from Haruki Murakami's memoir 'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, published in 2007.Sponsor Cintia for her half-marathon.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read the closing scene from the Netflix TV show BoJack Horseman - Season 1, Episode 12.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read the closing scene from the Netflix TV show BoJack Horseman - Season 1, Episode 12.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read an excerpt from Vladimir Putin’s 24 February 2022 speech to the Russian people, in which he justifies the invasion of Ukraine.NB: Matthew incorrectly says 24 October 2022 in the recording. X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to passages from the legislative framework of SUS (Sistema Unico de Saúde), Brazil's public healthcare system.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read an extract from Section 28 of the UK Local Government Act 1988.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read an excerpt from an interview with former Uruguayan President José Mujica, featured in the 2015 documentary film HUMAN.
Matthew asks Cintia to read passages from 'The Highway Code', first published in the UK in 1931.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read passages from 'The You You Are' , by Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale, PhD, from the Apple TV series Severance.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read Nate White's description of Donald Trump, first published on Twitter in 2020.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read a passage from '100 Years of Solitude, a novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1967.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read a passage from 'The Death of Bunny Munro', a novel by Nick Cave, published in 2009.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read passages from Wolf Hall, a historical novel by Hilary Mantel, charting the rapid rise of Thomas Cromwell, published in 2009.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read The Guardian newspaper's review of the TV show 'Jamie's Air Fryer Meals'.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to 'The Maze', a chapter from the book 'Belinda Blinked' - the subject of 'My Dad Wrote a Porno', a British comedy podcast hosted by Jamie Morton, James Cooper, and Alice Levine.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read Bright Horses, a song by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, from the album Ghosteen, released in 2019.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read passages from Tropic of Cancer, an autobiographical novel by Henry Miller, first published in 1934.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read We Plough the Fields and Scatter, a hymn written by poet Matthias Claudius, published in 1782 and set to music in 1800.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read part of the transcript of the presidential TV debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, which took place on 10 September 2024. X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read the fresh pasta dough (basic recipe) from The Silver Spoon cookbook.X @readittomepod
Cintia asks Matthew to read Ne Me Quitte Pas ('Don't Leave Me'), a song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, written in 1959.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read If, a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written in 1895 and published in 1910.
Cintia asks Matthew to read the BBC website match report of the Euro 2024 Round of 16 game between England and Slovakia.
Matthew asks Cintia to read passages from The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, published in 1848.
Cintia asks Matthew to read The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, a poem by T.S. Eliot, published in 1915.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read a passage from Geronimo! - Riding the Very Terrible Tour of Italy, by Tim Moore, published in 2014.
Cintia asks Matthew to read Coração Selvagem, a song by Belchior, released in 1977.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read a passage from Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, a novel by Douglas Adams, published in 1987.X @readittomepod
After hunting around in the loft, Cintia asks Matthew to read passages from The Picture of Dorian Gray, a novel by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1890.X @readittomepod
Matthew asks Cintia to read Ship of Fools, a song by World Party, released in 1986.
In a change to the usual format, Matthew and Cintia read passages from Chapter 5 (the Greece holiday) of One Day, the novel by David Nicholls, published in 2009.
Matthew asks Cintia to read the abstract from his PhD thesis - 'Expertise and Legitimacy in the Policy-Making Process' - published in 1999.
Cintia asks Matthew to read extracts from Sapiens: a brief history of humankind, a book written by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in 2011.
Matthew asks Cintia to read To the Sea, a poem by Philip Larkin, written in 1969 and published in the collection High Windows in 1974.
Cintia asks Matthew to read the second part of the Hino Nacional Brasileiro - the Brazilian National Anthem - the lyrics for which were agreed in 1922.
Matthew asks Cintia to read Homecoming, a poem by Simon Armitage, published in 1993.
Cintia asks Matthew to read The British, a poem by Benjamin Zephaniah, published in 2000.
Matthew asks Cintia to read Everyday Is Like Sunday, a song from the album Viva Hate, by Morrissey, released in 1998.
Cintia asks Matthew to read Crash Into Me, a song from the album Crash, by Dave Matthews Band, released in 1996.
Matthew asks Cintia to read Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, first published in 1609.
Cintia asks Matthew to read an extract from Eloisa to Abelard. A poem by Alexander Pope, written in 1717.
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