

Sophomore Lit
John McCoy
A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.
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Dec 18, 2019 • 1h 1min
96: The Way of All Flesh
It’s a big long book about Victorian religion and railroad investments! Daniel Reifferscheid discusses Samuel Butler’s The Way of All Flesh (1903).
John McCoy with Daniel Reifferscheid
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Nov 29, 2019 • 24min
95: Casey at the Bat
There is no joy in Mudville. My brother Dan discusses “Casey at the Bat” (1888). Happy Thanksgiving!
John McCoy with Dan McCoy
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Nov 16, 2019 • 1h 6min
94: The Bear
And still bellowing he came. Jacob Haller discusses William Faulkner’s “The Bear” (1942).
Jacob Haller
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Oct 27, 2019 • 4h 32min
93: Mrs. Dalloway
Does anybody really know what time it is? Zach Powers discusses Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel, Mrs. Dalloway.
John McCoy with Zach Powers and Jean MacDonald
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Sep 18, 2019 • 57min
92: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
I promise we won’t make any jokes about losing our heads. Sarah Ifft Decker discusses Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
John McCoy with Sarah Ifft Decker
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Aug 31, 2019 • 49min
91: The Sword in the Stone
We didn’t mention that the titular Sword is not the same thing as Excalibur because you already knew that. Rosalynde Vas Dias discusses T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone (1938).
John McCoy with Rosalynde Vas Dias
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Aug 9, 2019 • 43min
90: The Wind in the Willows
There is nothing half so much worth doing as messing about in boats, except maybe messing about in podcasts. Erin Gambrill discusses The Wind in the Willows.
John McCoy with Erin Gambrill and Kelly Guimont
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Jul 5, 2019 • 51min
89: Flatland
John Siracusa returns to discuss Edwin Abbott’s Flatland (1884). Will it give us a new perspective or will it leave us flat? (Spoiler, John hated it.)
John McCoy with John Siracusa
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Jun 12, 2019 • 49min
88: Fifth Business
After four failed IPOs, we’re sure this one will work! Dan McCoy discusses Robertson Davies’s Fifth Business (1970).
Dan McCoy
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May 14, 2019 • 52min
87: The Importance of Being Earnest
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. However, podcasts are both. Ollie Brady discusses Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
John McCoy with Ollie Brady
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