The Canterbury Fails

David Coley and Matt Hussey
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Reading marginal, minor, and absolutely unread Old and Middle English poetry, paired with a thematically appropriate cocktail.

  1. 5D AGO

    Cynewulf's Elene: Troubling True Cross and a Licorice-Lemon Quaff

    A bearded Coley and plain faced Hussey debate Cynewulf's ethnic ideological steamroller with special guest appearance by a demon, Judas (not the one you think), and a very stern war-lady. Plus an anisette and smoke blasted cocktail.

    58 min

  2. OCT 27

    Special Episode: Siân Echard and Alexandra Gillespie on Thomas Gascoigne's Precepts

    CHAUCER'S DEAD. So dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dr. Gillespie and Dr Echard discuss this, plus John of Gaunt's decaying phallus, Gower's poseur tomb, King Arthur's butterfly bishop, and more.

    47 min

  3. OCT 17

    Gower's Virginius and Chaucer's Physician's Tale: The Commons and the Creeps

    The rank and brutal foulness of the brown fizzy berry cruelty overwhelmed the judicial malfeasance and filicidal love of these Middle English moral exempla. Everything sucked.

    1h 2m

  4. SEP 27

    Beowulf: Imperial Epic / Insurgent Poetry

    Matt and David freak the hell out about Beowulf after an exploding flaming cinnamon disaster / triumph, and one of us still has glitter in our teeth. Hwæt?

    54 min

  5. SEP 12

    5ails 5ive: the Antifascist Middle Ages

    In the first episode of season 5, Matt and David ask--and do not quite answer--whether we can read medieval English literature in terms of fascism or antifascism. The new direction for the podcast. Plus a literally on fire cherry themed shot. BAM. Join us!

    30 min

  6. MAY 27

    Kalamazoo Fails 3

    Matt and David bring the Canterbury Fails roadshow to Kalamazoo with six amazing guests: Valerie Allen, Ruth Evans, Martin Foys, Jordan Zweck, and Jeff Stoyanoff and Kara McShane. They cover some kooky and intriguing Fails. Happy Summer!

    1h 4m

  7. MAY 2

    Thre Prestis of Peblis: Threefold Bait and Switch with a Mid Whisky Sour

    The set up is so juicy: dissolution, gluttony, corruption--but no, it's a moral Scottish march through politics, ethics, and penance, with a 3x3 drink that does what it should but not what it could.

    56 min

  8. APR 17

    Proverb from Winfrid's Time: A Macronic Prosimetric Shorty with a Burly and Surly Complexity of a Drink

    Buried in an eighth-century Latin letter from a monk who keeps his name a secret is a two-line maybe heroic nugget of juicy maybe heroic wisdom. We read it.

    52 min
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Reading marginal, minor, and absolutely unread Old and Middle English poetry, paired with a thematically appropriate cocktail.

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  • Creator
    David Coley and Matt Hussey
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    61
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © David Coley and Matt Hussey
  • Show Website
    The Canterbury Fails

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