

Sophomore Lit
John McCoy
John McCoy and a guest host read books you might have been assigned in high school, or college, or other stuff you might have read when you were a kid. The theming is loose!
Episodes
Mentioned books

Oct 5, 2017 • 38min
52: Lamb to the Slaughter
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
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Sep 9, 2017 • 58min
51: A Wrinkle in Time
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
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Aug 25, 2017 • 1h 3min
50: Dubliners
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
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Aug 4, 2017 • 57min
49: McTeague
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
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Jul 21, 2017 • 57min
48: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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)
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Jul 7, 2017 • 59min
47: The Handmaid's Tale
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)
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Jun 27, 2017 • 55min
46: Annie John
Sometimes, a girl just wants to play marbles. Kwame Phillips discusses the Caribbean, doctor fish, and Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John.
John McCoy with Kwame Phillips and Jane Dempsey
Show Notes & Links
Kwame Phillips
Malcolm Nygard (theme music)
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Jun 8, 2017 • 51min
45: Hawthorne tales
Unsightly blemishes! Toxic maidens! David Loehr returns to discuss two short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Birthmark” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter.”
John McCoy with David J. Loehr
Show Notes & Links
David J. Loehr (co-host)
Jason Snell (reading)
Malcolm Nygard (theme music)
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May 2, 2017 • 60min
44: Invisible Man
And you thought your electric bill was nuts. Jane Dempsey returns to discuss Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man.
John McCoy with Jane Dempsey
Show Notes & Links
Jane Dempsey (co-host)
Malcolm Nygard (theme music)
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Apr 10, 2017 • 58min
43: The Glass Menagerie
It’s nothing a little glue won’t fix. David Loehr is here to discuss Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie.
John McCoy
Show Notes & Links
David Loehr (co-host)
Deep in Bear Country (Phil Gonzales, reading)
Apoc Graffiti (Malcolm Nygard, theme music)
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