158 episodes
Sophomore Lit John McCoy
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4.9 • 52 Ratings
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A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Podcasters: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let’s Find Out! Jason Snell talks about marine life in J.D. Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” (1948)....
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The Veldt
Lions and tigers and bea— you know what, just lions. Jordan Morris is here to discuss Ray Bradbury’s story “the Veldt” (1950)....
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Heart of Darkness
The Podcast! The Podcast! John Holt discusses the ill-fated cruise that is Joseph Conrad’s novelette Heart of Darkness (1899)....
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Tom Sawyer
Though his mind is not for rent, it still is the subject of this episode. Jacob Haller discusses Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer (1876)....
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Wide Sargasso Sea
Actually, I need this sea in an extra wide. Caroline Fulford discusses postcolonialism and recurring fires in Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)....
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The Burglar's Christmas
The Burgermeister Meisterburger has nothing on this burglar! My wife Marina joins me for our annual Christmas episode. This time we discuss Willa Cather’s “The Burglar’s Christmas” (1896)....
Customer Reviews
Coelho
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Inspiration
I’ve always been a voracious reader, but lately with kids, work and easy (digital) distractions I’ve stopped. This podcast brought me back to reading. Thank you!
Sophomoric
Perhaps I just happened to pick the wrong first episode to listen to and the hosts were having an off day, but I found the discussion to be mostly summary and shallow complaints. I was hoping for something more insightful.