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. JUN 25

    SMFMS Bookends 20: A Streetcar Named Desire

    The twentieth 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 Streetcar episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    28 min

  2. JUN 18

    Episode 68 - A Streetcar Named Desire

    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-eighth episode, we recap Tennessee Williams's most famous work, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947). Abby stresses out after some massive audio equipment failure and Daniel reveals himself to be both the podcast's Brando AND a thriving gay man. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: Daniel Jenkin-Smith, 'Trolley Problem'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 11m

  3. MAY 28

    SMFMS Bookends 19: Ulysses

    The ninteenth 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 Ulysses episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    36 min

  4. MAY 21

    Episode 67b - Ulysses, Part Two

    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-seventh episode, we examine the second half of James Joyce's 800-page inscruitable Modernist Masterpiece, Ulysses. Here we recap the 'Nausicaa' chapter, which got the book banned in the first place, and speculate on if such an achievement in literature angered the gods. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: 'The Rocky Road to Dublin'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 2m

  5. MAY 7

    Episode 67a - Ulysses, Part One

    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-seventh episode, we examine the first half of James Joyce's 800-page inscruitable Modernist Masterpiece, Ulysses. We make lots of connections to the Odyssey and wonder if Joyce--the filthy bugger--might have put his penis (or something worse, given his pecadillos) in a popcorn tub at Dublin's first cinema. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Episode Theme: 'The Rocky Road to Dublin'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    57 min

  6. APR 23

    SMFMS Bookends 18: The Kite Runner

    The eighteenth 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 Kite Runner episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min

  7. APR 16

    Episode 66 - The Kite Runner

    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-sixth episode, we examine Khaled Hosseini's 2003 redemption-and-brotherhood melodrama, The Kite Runner. In this episode, Daniel feels seen, gives a shout out to his friends in the Taliban, and tells us what he'd do if ever gifted a copy of Hitler's biography. Abby, meanwhile, becomes the angriest she's been since the Pamela episode. Cover art © Catherine Wu. Ustad_Gada_Mohammad_-_Rababa Episode Theme: Ustad Gada Mohammad, 'Rababa'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 9m

  8. MAR 19

    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
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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
    108
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith
  • Show Website
    Save Me From My Shelf

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