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New episodes every week. Finding the lit is about rediscovering the joy of reading books with curiosity and fun combined. Each episode goes through a key work of in the canon of literary history, with literary close readings and jokes thrown along the way. Join Adrian and Nathan on Finding the Lit: taking the serious topic of literature with a grain of salt. We learn, we laugh, but most importantly: we're Finding the Lit.

  1. 06/13/2025

    Episode 56 - The Lorax, by Dr Seuss, with guest speaker Professor Anthony David Vernon

    Why are they cutting down the trees? In our first guest episode listen in to Anthony, Nathan and Adrian discuss Dr Seuss and one of his whimsical children's stories; The Lorax. A story about hyperconsumerism, environmental consciousness and linguistic playfulness. A discussion and full reading of the story is available in this episode. Anthony David Vernon is a professor at Miami-Dade College and St. Thomas University whose love of literature was sparked by the words of Dr Seuss. You can learn more about Anthony and his writing at: https://medium.com/@antmanvernon305 Timestamps 00:00-Introduction 08:04-Growing up with different stories 22:11-Reading and Performance of The Lorax 38:32-Discussion of The Lorax 1:02:56-Closing thoughts

    1h 5m

  2. 05/04/2025

    Episode 55 - Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Chapter 3, "Four legs good, two legs baa-baa'd"

    We carry on with Chapter 3, addressing how the animals learn language, history as a broken wheel that keeps turning and some background insight from Orwell's 1984. Timestamps: 00:00-Introduction 06:00-Chapter reading begins 20:08-Discussion of Chapter 3 23:59-Animal Farm in the context of religious fundamentalism 37:18-Political control of language and the workplace 47:39-George Orwell's 1984 and connections to Animal Farm 51:01-Closing thoughts

    55 min

  3. 04/22/2025

    Episode 54- Animal Farm, by George Orwell, "All animals are equal" - Chapter 2

    A continuation of our commentary and reading of George Orwell's Animal Farm Timestamps 00:00-Introduction 03:00-Chapter 2 begins 10:00-Brief discussion on Chapter 2 so far 15:28-Chapter 2 continues 24:35-Discussion of Chapter 2 - Religion 30:54-Literary analysis of Chapter 2 32:44-Our personal stories growing up reading Animal Farm 47:45-Animal Farm & Political Philosophy 54:38-Closing thoughts

    56 min

  4. 04/14/2025

    Episode 53 - Animal Farm, by George Orwell, "Who knew animals could impose tariffs?" - Chapter 1

    Join Nathan and Adrian as we explore George Orwell's political fable of pigs, horses, dogs, cats, rats and...political rebellion. We explore our own background on reading Animal Farm, George Orwell's authorship and how Animal Farm can be applied to today. Episode 53 - Animal Farm, Chapter 1 Timestamps: 00:00-Introduction 01:44-Our previous experience with Animal Farm 09:22-Context, George Orwell and compositional history 12:31-Things to know if you are new to Animal Farm 14:07-Chapter 1 of Animal Farm reading  31:26-Political discussion of Chapter 1 47:25-A brief history of Communism 51:22-Literary analysis of Animal Farm & closing thoughts

    1 hr

  5. 04/08/2025

    Episode 52 - On the early history of New Brunswick, Canada "The rivers of the Maritimes" by M.H Perley

    Episode 52 - On the early history of New Brunswick, Canada - Part 2 00:00-Introduction & first section 02:28-Discussion - St John's River & Miramichi River 06:05: Where and what is St Ann's Point? 08:46:How non-fiction is composed 12:28-Section 2 reading 15:58-The Canadian colonies during wartimes 17:51-The history of Canada & Pacifism 22:02-Finnish, Canadian and British education systems

    30 min

  6. 03/31/2025

    Episode 51 - On the early history of New Brunswick, Canada. "The history of majorvilles and minorvilles" by M.H Perley

    Join Nathan and Adrian on our first non-fiction episode. We discuss a historical account from 1862, how this affected the Maritime province of New Brunswick, and various ways in which we as audiences read and interpret history. Timestamps: 00:00-Introduction 02:21-Where is New Brunswick? 08:02-Context before section reading starts 11:10-Section 1 of "...history of New Brunswick" 12:49-Discussion of Section 1 17:32-Section 2 19:32-Discussion of phonetics (pronunciations) 22:20-Canadiana history25:36-Section 3 26:32-Ending discussion

    36 min

  7. 03/25/2025

    Episode 50 - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot, "Like a poem etherised upon a table" - Poem Discussion

    Join Nathan and Adrian as we discuss The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S Eliot. We discuss rhyme, how the poem applies to today and T.S Eliot's approach to composing poems. 00:00-Introduction 03:45-Social anxiety as a theme of the poem 09:45-On learning "etiquette"  11:21-Applying the poem to today's time 18:46-What reading T.S Eliot's poetry feels like 20:36-Our personal approaches to writing poems 25:22-20th Century modernism   29:21-Closing thoughts https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock

    34 min

  8. 03/19/2025

    Episode 49 - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot, "T.S. Eliot needs no introduction."

    Join Adrian and Nathan for the poem reading of The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot. Adrian does a wonderful reading and we continue the discussion of it in the next episode. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock

    8 min
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New episodes every week. Finding the lit is about rediscovering the joy of reading books with curiosity and fun combined. Each episode goes through a key work of in the canon of literary history, with literary close readings and jokes thrown along the way. Join Adrian and Nathan on Finding the Lit: taking the serious topic of literature with a grain of salt. We learn, we laugh, but most importantly: we're Finding the Lit.

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  • Creator
    Finding Literature
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
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