Sophomore Lit

Time to appreciate the finer things in life, by sleeping on them. Tamar Avishai discusses E. L. Konigsburg’s From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. John McCoy Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

ARRR, it be Thanksgiving so it’s time for gettin’ drunk and talkin’ poems with family. Dan and Rob McCoy join in to discuss Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” John McCoy with Dan McCoy and Rob McCoy Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Gena Radcliffe discusses sanity and shuffles in Shirley Jackson’s spookifying The Haunting of Hill House. Happy Halloween! John McCoy Show Notes & Links Kill By Kill Podcast Gena Radcliffe’s horror podcast Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Beth Auron discusses why you should never swim less than 20 minutes before reading Kate Chopin’s The Awakening. John McCoy Show Notes & Links Beau North Beau North’s (Beth’s) author page Remy Maisel Excerpt reading Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

If only he’d been a vegetarian. Shannon Campe returns to discuss one of Roald Dahl’s shockers for adults, “Lamb to the Slaughter.” John McCoy with Shannon Campe Show Notes & Links Stage of Fools Shannon and Zach’s Royals podcast Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

What happens when you don’t take your clock out of the dryer soon enough? You get A Wrinkle in Time. Matt Skuta returns to discuss tesseracts and bouncing balls. John McCoy with Matt Skuta Referenced Works A Wrinkle in Time [Amazon] [Apple] Show Notes & Links Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Sophmore Lit hits 50 episodes with the return of John Siracusa as we sort the living from The Dead in James Joyce’s Dubliners (1914). John McCoy with John Siracusa and David J. Loehr Show Notes & Links Dubliners Wikipedia entry Accidental Tech Podcast Co-host John Siracusa The Incomparable Radio Theater Excerpt David J. Loehr Apoc Graffiti Theme music Malcolm Nygard Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Despite all my rage, I am still just a canary in a cage. Jason Snell returns to discuss San Francisco, steam beer, and gold teeth in Frank Norris’s McTeague. Reading: David Loehr. Theme music: Malcolm Nygard. John McCoy with Jason Snell Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

What’s waiting ‘round the bend, my Huckleberry friend? Jelani Sims helps make sense of the glorious mess that is Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. John McCoy with Jelani Sims Referenced Works The Adventures of Huckleberrry Finn Show Notes & Links Predictocast (Josh Hollis, excerpt reading) Apoc Graffiti (Malcolm Nygard, theme music) Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.

Before the Hulu series that everyone told you you had to watch was the Margaret Atwood novel that everyone told you you had to read. Caroline Fulford returns to discuss dystopias and how to tell your waves of feminism apart. John McCoy with Caroline Fulford and Erika Ensign Show Notes & Links Loose Canon Podcast (Caroline Fulford) Lazy Doctor Who (Erika Ensign, reading) Apocalypse Graffiti (Malcom Nygard, theme music) Support this show and other shows like it on The Incomparable network by becoming a member. Members get early access to podcasts, bonus episodes, and more.