

Sophomore Lit
John McCoy
A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.
Episodes
Mentioned books

May 13, 2016 • 1h 16min
26: Brave New World
Time for a Soma Holiday! This time Jason Snell discusses Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
John McCoy with Jason Snell
Show Notes & Links
Jason Snell (co-host)
Dan McCoy (except)
Malcolm Nygard (theme music)
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Apr 24, 2016 • 1h 17min
25: Stories II: Jackson and O'Connor
Our high school years were full of teen angst. Let’s really give ourselves something to be upset about! Shannon Campe and Caroline Fulford discuss the brutal stories “The Lottery” (Shirley Jackson) and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (Flannery O’Connor).
John McCoy with Shannon Campe and Caroline Fulford
Show Notes & Links
Shannon Campe
Caroline Fulford
Malcolm Nygard
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Apr 5, 2016 • 1h 60min
24: Moby-Dick
Is it a damp, drizzly November in your soul? Then why not spend two hours with Glenn Fleishman discussing Herman Melville’s leviathantic Moby-Dick?
John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman
Show Notes & Links
Glenn Fleishman
Paul Horn
(excerpt)
Malcolm Nygard
(theme music)
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Mar 25, 2016 • 1h 25min
23: Death of a Salesman
The only thing you’ve got in this world is what you can sell. And we’re selling this fine podcast! Check out the quality workmanship that Nicolas Hoffman brings to this discussion of Arthur Miller’s inevitable Death of a Salesman.
John McCoy
Show Notes & Links
Myopia: Defend Your Childhood
Nicolas Hoffman’s podcast
Deep in Bear Country
Phil Gonzales’s podcast
Apoc Graffiti
Theme composer Malcolm Nygard’s apocalyptic works
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Mar 16, 2016 • 1h 26min
22: Jane Eyre
Reader, we take on Jane Eyre: Caroline Fulford discusses bad childhoods, brooding noblemen, and something cray cray in the attic.
Caroline Fulford
Referenced Works
Jane Eyre
Show Notes & Links
Loose Cannon Podcast
Podcast for co-host Caroline Fulford
A-M Classical
Chopin’s Prelude in E minor, released under Creative Commons Attribution License
Apoc Graffiti
Podcast and blog by Sophomore Lit theme composer, Malcolm Nygard
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Mar 6, 2016 • 1h 31min
21: Watership Down
Bunnies. ‘Nuff said. Malcolm Nygard joins to discuss Richard Adams’s epic tale of lagogmorphs, Watership Down.
John McCoy with Malcolm Nygard
Show Notes & Links
Malcolm Nygard
Adam Roche
Rocket Crocodiles' Action Squad
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Feb 22, 2016 • 1h 9min
20: Animal Farm
Elliott Kalan joins in for a quiet weekend in the country with George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Four legs: good! Four eyes: nerd!
John McCoy with Elliott Kalan
Show Notes & Links
The Sophomore Lit Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/924354994271838/
The Flop House: http://www.flophousepodcast.com
Rocket Crocodile’s Action Squad: http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.personalCampaign&participantID=962731
Paul Horn: http://paulhorn.com
Pigs by Dan Gasior, released via Creative Commons attribution license: http://freesound.org/people/DanGasior/sounds/262947/
Theme song by Malcolm Nygard: http://apocgraffiti.com
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Jan 20, 2016 • 1h 14min
19: Romeo and Juliet
Two co-hosts, alike in dignity, Sharlene Wellington and Stuart Wellington join in for a star-crossed discussion of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Can we possibly say anything new about the most famous play ever? Probably not, but we sure giggle a lot.
John McCoy with Sharlene Wellington and Stuart Wellington
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Jan 13, 2016 • 1h 42min
18: Stranger in a Strange Land
You asked for it. Oh, why did you ask for it? Jason Snell returns to discuss Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, in a double-sized podcast that will take as long to listen to as the book does to read.
John McCoy with Jason Snell
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Dec 21, 2015 • 1h 25min
17: Pride and Prejudice
Let’s not jump to conclusions. This time Sammi C joins in to discuss Jane Austen’s inescapable classic, Pride and Prejudice. Put on your empire dresses, grab your dance cards, and let’s do this!
John McCoy with Sammi C
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