142 Available Episodes (142 Total)Average duration: 01:01:08
Apr 18, 2023
142: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
00:58:58
Jean, Jean, the roses are red and all of the leaves have gone green, so Glenn Fleishman and John are discussing Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).
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Apr 03, 2023
141: Carrie's War
00:37:54
Ross Cleaver discusses Carrie’s War (what is it good for?), Nina Bawdwin’s 1973 children’s book about evacuations, skulls, and grumpy Welshmen.
The BBC school radio site with teaching guides and a complete recording of the book.
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Mar 20, 2023
140: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
00:41:03
Grab a whisky and soda and put your leg up. My dad and I discuss Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1936). Bonus content: a visit to the Hemingway Home in Key West!
The former home of Ernest and the current home of many six-toed cats.
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Mar 02, 2023
139: Beloved
00:53:10
Jelani Sims returns to discuss the literal and metaphorical ghosts of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved (1987).
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Jan 20, 2023
138: Great Expectations
01:02:12
I have good feelings about this one! Zach Powers returns to discuss desparate criminals and mysterious benefactors in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (1861).
Relive the 90s and enjoy the trip-hop stylings of Mono.
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Dec 24, 2022
137: A Christmas Carol
00:31:19
There are many podcasts from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited. John and Marina discuss Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843).
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Dec 07, 2022
136: Stuart Little
00:57:27
This is one weird mouse book. Phil Gonzales and John discuss E. B. White’s Stuart Little(1945).
The Johnny Carson-narrated film from McGraw-Hill Films
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Nov 24, 2022
135: Thanksgiving Special: The Wreck of the Hesperus
00:18:11
It’s Thanksgiving, so of course Rob, John, and Dan drink and discuss “The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1842).
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Nov 13, 2022
134: Macbeth
00:48:46
Probably best not to listen to this episode while you’re in a theatre. Shannon Campe and John discuss Shakespeare’s Macbeth (1605-ish).
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Oct 06, 2022
133: The Picture of Dorian Gray
00:53:13
The podcasts that the world calls immoral are podcasts that show the world its own shame. Tamar Avishai and John discuss Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1831).
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Apr 18 | 00:58:58
142: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Apr 03 | 00:37:54
141: Carrie's War
Mar 20 | 00:41:03
140: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Mar 02 | 00:53:10
139: Beloved
Jan 20 | 01:02:12
138: Great Expectations
Dec 24 | 00:31:19
137: A Christmas Carol
Dec 07 | 00:57:27
136: Stuart Little
Nov 24 | 00:18:11
135: Thanksgiving Special: The Wreck of the Hesperus
Nov 13 | 00:48:46
134: Macbeth
Oct 06 | 00:53:13
133: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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