

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

Apr 30, 2021 • 53min
112: George Orwell Essays
It’s phraseology and pachyderms, as Daniel Daughetee discusses Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” (1946) and “Shooting an Elephant” (1936).
John McCoy with Daniel Daughetee
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Mar 31, 2021 • 60min
111: Our Town
Enjoy every, every minute of Phil and John discussing Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (1938).
John McCoy with Phil Gonzales
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Mar 8, 2021 • 1h 18min
110: Persuasion
Maybe you should consider listening to this episode, in which Sammi C. discusses Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817). Actually, we must insist.
John McCoy with Sammi C
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Dec 25, 2020 • 16min
109: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
Marina McCoy returns to discuss faith, fairies, and newspapers in Francis Pharcellus Church’s “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” (1897).
John McCoy with Marina McCoy
Referenced Works
Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
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Dec 23, 2020 • 50min
108: The Crucible
Why am I persecuted here? Travis Bedard discusses Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible.
John McCoy with Travis Bedard
Referenced Works
The Crucible
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Nov 26, 2020 • 19min
107: Trees
I think that I will never see brothers so drunk as we three. Drunken Thanksgiving continues this year with Rob, Dan, and John discussing Joyce Kilmer’s Trees (1914).
John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy
Referenced Works
Trees
Show Notes & Links
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Oct 31, 2020 • 57min
106: Atlas Shrugged
Who cares who John Galt is? Bridget Kennedy discusses the geniuses and moochers of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (1957).
John McCoy with Bridget Kennedy
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Sep 24, 2020 • 56min
105: Native Son
Jelani Sims returns to discuss Richard Wright’s 1940 wake-up call, Native Son.
John McCoy with Jelani Sims
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Aug 25, 2020 • 1h 7min
104: Walt Whitman: Lincoln Poems
O Captain, My Captain, the podcast has begun! Daniel Daughetee discusses two Whitman poems about Lincoln.
John McCoy with Daniel Daughetee
Referenced Works
O Captain! My Captain!
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
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Jul 4, 2020 • 1h 7min
103: White Noise
I considered posting an hour of static, but instead here’s Erin Gambrill and me discussing Don Delillo’s postmodern novel White Noise (1985).
John McCoy with Erin Gambrill
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