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Publisher |: The Incomparable

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Books,; Literature

Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Books

A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.

People |: John McCoy (@tracemcjoy)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: Boston, MA
Premiere Date |: 2015-01-22
Frequency |: Monthly
Explicit |: No

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142 Available Episodes (142 Total) / Average duration: 01:01:08

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

142 Available Episodes (142 Total)Average duration: 01:01:08

Apr 18, 2023

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).

John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman

Referenced Works

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Show Notes & Links

Pants in the Boot

Glenn’s podcast on being divided by a common language.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

Trailer for the film adaptation starring Maggie Smith.

Rod McKuen: Jean

McKuen’s inexplicable theme song for the above.

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Apr 03, 2023

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.

John McCoy with Ross Cleaver

Show Notes & Links

BBC School Radio: Carrie's War

The BBC school radio site with teaching guides and a complete recording of the book.

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Mar 20, 2023

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!

John McCoy

Referenced Works

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Show Notes & Links

Hemingway Home

The former home of Ernest and the current home of many six-toed cats.

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Mar 02, 2023

00:53:10

Jelani Sims returns to discuss the literal and metaphorical ghosts of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved (1987).

John McCoy with Jelani Sims

Referenced Works

Beloved

Show Notes & Links

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Jan 20, 2023

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).

John McCoy with Zach Powers

Referenced Works

Great Expectations

Show Notes & Links

Great Expectations (1998) Trailer

Relive the 90s and enjoy the trip-hop stylings of Mono.

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Dec 24, 2022

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).

John McCoy with Marina McCoy

Referenced Works

A Christmas Carol

Show Notes & Links

1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol

With George C. Scott.

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Dec 07, 2022

00:57:27

This is one weird mouse book. Phil Gonzales and John discuss E. B. White’s Stuart Little(1945).

John McCoy with Phil Gonzales

Referenced Works

Stuart Little

Show Notes & Links

Stuart Little (1968)

The Johnny Carson-narrated film from McGraw-Hill Films

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Nov 24, 2022

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).

John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy

Referenced Works

The Wreck of the Hesperus

Show Notes & Links

The Wreck of the Hesperus

Link to full poem.

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The New York Times gets pedantic.

What is the Spanish Main?

Spoiler: none of us got it right.

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Nov 13, 2022

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).

John McCoy with Shannon Campe

Referenced Works

Macbeth

Show Notes & Links

Text of play

From the Folger Shakespeare Library

1979 Trevor Nunn production

Featuring baby Ian McKellen and baby Judi Dench!

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Oct 06, 2022

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).

John McCoy with Tamar Avishai

Referenced Works

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Show Notes & Links

The Lonely Palette

Art history for the masses

Ivan Albright's painting of Dorian Gray

The Art Institute of Chicago’s entry

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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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