

Episode 254: The Literary Life 2025 Season Preview
Very Special Episodes
- Angelina Stanford reminisced about "very special episodes" in 80s sitcoms, often addressing social issues.
- She contrasted this with 90s sitcoms like Seinfeld, which parodied these episodes.
Christmas Sale
- Take advantage of the House of Humane Letters' Christmas sale with a 20% discount.
- Explore courses like How to Read Fairy Tales, How to Read Harry Potter, and medieval cosmology bundles.
Star Wars Webinar
- Atlee's popular "How to Read Star Wars as a Medieval Romance" webinar will return.
- This year's webinar, "The Tragedy of Darth Vader," will analyze the prequels as a Greek tragedy.

















































Welcome to this special preview episode of The Literary Life Podcast! In this episode, our hosts Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks share the books and topics you can look forward to in the upcoming 2025 season of the podcast. This episode was recorded live with the Patreon supporters for our December All Fellows Eve. In addition to giving a taste of what to expect in the coming year, they also look back at the past year and touch on a few favorite books covered in 2024.
In this coming year we plan to have several new “Literary Life of…” interviews, as well as several topical episodes discussing ideas such as classical education, the literary tradition, and what to do when you don’t like the characters in a book. Listen to the full episode to hear what new books you can look forward to reading with us in 2025!
For complete show notes and links to all the books mentioned, please visit https://theliterary.life/254/.