Episodios

  • 178: R.U.R.

    178: R.U.R.
    Sep 24 2025
    BEEP boop what is… love? Well, we don’t figure this out, but John Siracusa does return to Sophomore Lit to discuss Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (1920), the origin of the word “robot.”

    John McCoy with John Siracusa.
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    52 m
  • 177: The Pushcart War

    177: The Pushcart War
    Aug 27 2025
    Brush up on the Large Object Theory of History. Shaenon K. Garrity returns to discuss Jean Merrill’s The Pushcart War (1964).

    John McCoy with Shaenon K. Garrity.
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    52 m
  • 176: Walden, or Life in the Woods

    176: Walden, or Life in the Woods
    Jul 18 2025
    If you’re suffering from Quiet Desparation, why not listen to the not-so-quiet voices of Dan Daughhetee and me discussing Henrey David Thoreau’s Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854)?

    John McCoy with Daniel Daughetee.
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    57 m
  • 175: Elizabeth Bishop Poems

    175: Elizabeth Bishop Poems
    Jun 13 2025
    Somebody loves us all. Rosalynde Vas Dias discusses three poems by Elizabeth Bishop: “Sestina” (1956), “Filling Station” (1956), and “Crusoe in England” (1971).

    John McCoy with Rosalynde Vas Dias and Marina McCoy.
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    1 h y 7 m
  • 174: The Chrysalids

    174: The Chrysalids
    Apr 23 2025
    Podcasts are the original voices in your head. David Dredrick discusses John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids (1955).

    John McCoy with David Dedrick.
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    52 m
  • 173: The Visit

    173: The Visit
    Mar 18 2025
    Make money fast with this one weird trick. Glenn Fleishman discusses Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play The Visit (1956).

    John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman.
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    43 m
  • 172: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

    172: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
    Feb 25 2025
    And indeed there will be time to discuss this, the most mid-life white-guy crisis poem of all. Lisa Schmeiser discusses T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915).

    John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser.
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    37 m
  • 171: Frank O'Connor Stories

    171: Frank O'Connor Stories
    Feb 3 2025
    I’ve heard it said by men of wide experience that podcasts used to be better in the old days. Kieran Healy discusses three short stories by Frank O’Connor: “First Confession,” “The Majesty of the Law,” and “Guests of the Nation.”

    John McCoy with Kieran Healy.
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    58 m