Episodios

  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
  • 170: Emily Dickinson Poems
    Jan 10 2025
    Forever is composed of podcasts. Caroline Fulford discusses selected poems by Emily Dickinson (c. 1860-65).

    John McCoy with Caroline Fulford and Marina McCoy.

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    1 h
  • 169: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
    Dec 24 2024
    Cigars are always trouble. Marina McCoy discusses Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972).

    John McCoy with Marina McCoy.

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    25 m