111: Our Town
Enjoy every, every minute of Phil and John discussing Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (1938).
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Sophomore Lit
A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.
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110: Persuasion
Maybe you should consider listening to this episode, in which Sammi C. discusses Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817). Actually, we must insist.
109: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Marina McCoy returns to discuss faith, fairies, and newspapers in Francis Pharcellus Church’s “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” (1897).
108: The Crucible
Why am I persecuted here? Travis Bedard discusses Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible.
107: Trees
I think that I will never see brothers so drunk as we three. Drunken Thanksgiving continues this year with Rob, Dan, and John discussing Joyce Kilmer’s Trees (1914).
106: Atlas Shrugged
Who cares who John Galt is? Bridget Kennedy discusses the geniuses and moochers of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (1957).
105: Native Son
Jelani Sims returns to discuss Richard Wright’s 1940 wake-up call, Native Son.
104: Walt Whitman: Lincoln Poems
O Captain, My Captain, the podcast has begun! Daniel Daughetee discusses two Whitman poems about Lincoln.
103: White Noise
I considered posting an hour of static, but instead here’s Erin Gambrill and me discussing Don Delillo’s postmodern novel White Noise (1985).
102: Rebecca
Last night I dreamed I did a podcast again. It seemed to me that Gena Radcliffe discussed Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (1935).
101: Little Women
Christmas isn’t Christmas without presents, and literary podcasts aren’t literary podcasts without an exhaustive conversation about Louisa May Alcott’s essential coming of age book. Shannon Campe discusses.
100: Required reading
Happy 100th episode everybody! For this special Sophomore Lit, I asked random people what they remembered most about their high school literature classes.
99: "Tam O' Shanter" and "To a Mouse"
Och, please dinnae make fun of non-Scottish people Darren Husted and John as they discuss and try to read aloud excerpts of Robert Burns’s “Tam O’ Shanter” (1791) and “To a Mouse” (1785).
98: The Martian Chronicles
You’re the Martian now, Dog! Jason Snell discusses frontiers and sad houses in Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles (1950).
97: A Christmas Memory
It’s fruitcake weather! John and Marina discuss memory, dog bones, and kites in Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” (1956).
96: The Way of All Flesh
It’s a big long book about Victorian religion and railroad investments! Daniel Reifferscheid discusses Samuel Butler’s The Way of All Flesh (1903).
95: Casey at the Bat
There is no joy in Mudville. My brother Dan discusses “Casey at the Bat” (1888). Happy Thanksgiving!
94: The Bear
And still bellowing he came. Jacob Haller discusses William Faulkner’s “The Bear” (1942).
93: Mrs. Dalloway
Does anybody really know what time it is? Zach Powers discusses Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel, Mrs. Dalloway.
92: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I promise we won’t make any jokes about losing our heads. Sarah Ifft Decker discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
91: The Sword in the Stone
We didn’t mention that the titular Sword is not the same thing as Excalibur because you already knew that. Rosalynde Vas Dias discusses T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone (1938).
90: The Wind in the Willows
There is nothing half so much worth doing as messing about in boats, except maybe messing about in podcasts. Erin Gambrill discusses The Wind in the Willows.
89: Flatland
John Siracusa returns to discuss Edwin Abbott’s Flatland (1884). Will it give us a new perspective or will it leave us flat? (Spoiler, John hated it.)
88: Fifth Business
After four failed IPOs, we’re sure this one will work! Dan McCoy discusses Robertson Davies’s Fifth Business (1970).
87: The Importance of Being Earnest
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. However, podcasts are both. Ollie Brady discusses Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
86: The Yellow Wallpaper
Caroline Fulford returns to discuss a nice story about home decorating, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.”
85: The Long Winter
John’s wife, Marina, returns to discuss strange birds, hidden wheat, and barrel turkeys in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter.
84: Guy De Maupassant
Anaïs Concepcion returns to discuss necklaces, hypocrisy, and roasted chickens in jelly in Guy De Maupassant’s “The Necklace” and “Boule de Suif.”
83: The Day of the Locust
Some people just want to watch the world burn. Josh Hollis and Brian Skinner discuss Nathaniel West’s 1939 novel, The Day of the Locust.
82: Guys and Dolls
We’ve never done a musical before / now all at once it’s Guys and Dolls forevermore. David Loehr discusses the original high school musical.