Save Me From My Shelf

Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith
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Save Me From My Shelf

We're friends and academics who take classic literature off its pedestal by making fun of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 6D AGO

    SMFMS Bookends 17: The Handmaid's Tale

    The fifteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Handmaid's Tale episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min

  2. MAR 12

    Episode 65 - The Handmaid's Tale

    Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In our sixty-fifth episode (which coincides with International Women's Day), we examine Margaret Attwood's dystopia about far-right misogyny, The Handmaid's Tale (1985). Turkey basters and Orwell klaxons at the ready! Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: Gabriel Faure, 'Pie Jesu', Requiem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 13m

  3. FEB 19

    SMFMS Bookends 16: Madame Bovary

    The fifteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Duchess of Malfi episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min

  4. FEB 12

    Episode 64 - Madame Bovary

    Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. This season, we are only looking at banned and controversial texts. In our sixty-fourth episode and Valentine's Day special, we spent some sexy time with Gustave Flaubert's adulteress, Madame Bovary (1856), which was immediately banned for offenses against morality under the conservative rule of Napoleon III. We also play 'Spot the "Big F*ck"', develop the hashtag #NotAllNuns, and watch a character go through a C19th French version of It's Always Sunny's 'The D.E.N.N.I.S. System'. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: Charles Gounod, 'La nuit de Walpurgis' (Act V), Faust (1859), Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 11m

  5. JAN 22

    SMFMS Bookends 15: The Duchess of Malfi

    The fifteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Duchess of Malfi episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min

  6. JAN 15

    Episode 63 - The Duchess of Malfi

    Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixty-third episode, we open Season 6 with a look at banned and controversial books with John Webster's hyper-violent Jacobean revenge tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi (1614). This play gives us our first authentic himbo sting in a while, as well as an Oscars-worthy In Memoriam. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: Carlo Gesualdo, Moro lasso al mio duolo (1611), Performed by the MIT Chamber Chorus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 14m

  7. JAN 1

    SMFMS Bookends 14: Little Women

    The fourteenth episode of SMFMS Bookends, the satellite show for Save Me From My Shelf. Here we read emails, answer listener questions, talk about what we're currently reading, watching, and playing, resuscitate the Bad Sex Awards™, and provide further outtakes and analysis cut from our Little Women episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min

  8. 12/25/2024

    Episode 62 - Little Women

    Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our sixty-second episode and Christmas Special, we plunge through the ice into Louisa May Alcott's bildungsroman and first strong example of girls' YA fiction, Little Women (1869). We declare an ethno-feud on the Germans, figure out which March sister is the Wario, and discuss which is worse (in Alcott's universe): hitting or hitting on a minor. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: Émile Waldteufel, 'The Skaters' Waltz', Op. 183 (1882) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 18m
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We're friends and academics who take classic literature off its pedestal by making fun of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    101
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith
  • Show Website
    Save Me From My Shelf

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