

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!
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Mentioned books

Dec 8, 2016 • 1h 10min
37: The Giver
When it comes to these podcasts, we give and give and you take and take! But that’s okay, because this time Matt Skuta and I are discussing Lois Lowry’s The Giver.
John McCoy with Matt Skuta
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Matt Skuta
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Dec 3, 2016 • 1h 9min
36: The Seagull
In mourning for your life? Then why not join Ethan Warren and John as they discuss Anton Chekov’s The Seagull.
John McCoy
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West of Her
Stage of Fools
Bernd Krueger
Excerpt from Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition by Bernd Krueger, cc-by-sa Germany License
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Nov 24, 2016 • 35min
35: The Courtship of Miles Standish
Look, it’s Thanksgiving and Dan and I are drunk. Let’s discuss Longfellow’s The Courtship of Miles Standish.
John McCoy with Dan McCoy
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Oct 30, 2016 • 1h 10min
34: Crime and Punishment
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. We’re talking about 600 pages of time. Zach Powers joins the discussion of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment.
John McCoy
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The Revisionists
Stage of Fools
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Oct 21, 2016 • 55min
33: Stories of Ambrose Bierce
It’s a good thing the rope broke so now we have time to talk about Ambrose Bierce’s “A Horseman in the Sky” and “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Spencer Seams of coming podcast Tune In Tonight is here to discuss stories that end happily with no surprises!
John McCoy
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Sep 14, 2016 • 1h 27min
32: Bless Me, Ultima
Have you heard the Good News about the Golden Carp? Joel Torres is here to help us survive the perilous childhood of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima.
John McCoy
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Bless Me, Ultima (Wikipedia)
Please Don't Send Me Into Outer Space
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Aug 21, 2016 • 1h 25min
31: The Rivals
Quick, what was George Washington’s favorite play? If you guessed Richard Sheridan’s The Rivals, congratulations, you know how to use Google! Darren Husted joins in to discuss.
John McCoy
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I've Made a Huge Mistake
Darren’s new podcast
Christy Admiraal
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Aug 5, 2016 • 1h 4min
30: To the Lighthouse
Will a family of repressed middle-class Brits ever, in fact, make it To The Lighthouse? Join Trevor Gibson and John as we attempt not to be afraid of Virginia Woolf.
John McCoy
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Jul 4, 2016 • 1h 2min
29: Edgar Allan Poe
Need something to do while you’re holed up in the palace avoiding the plague? Why not discuss a couple of Edgar Allan Poe stories with Daniel Daughhetee?
John McCoy
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The Lesser Bonapartes
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Jun 15, 2016 • 60min
28: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Jane Dempsey discusses the birds and the bees—well, the bees at least—in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God.
John McCoy
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Theme music by Malcolm Nygard
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