Get Lit Podcast

Send us a textWe're taking a dive into the complex legacy of Rudyard Kipling. Join us in challenging the traditional cannon and learn more about the youngest Nobel Prize Winner in literature, with side bars in Vermont, Japan, Canada, and England! Also ft. engineering! 

Send us a textThis week, we're featuring an extraordinary playwright, novelist, diarist, and Keeper of the Robes - Fanny Burney! In addition to these titles, she can also be counted in: Jane Austen's inspirations and the woman who helped advance medical science by documenting her own mastectomy without anesthesia. You read that correctly - this woman was truly amazing! 

Send us a textH.D. doesn't ring a bell? Hilda Doolittle, maybe? Regardless of how familiar she might be to you, you'll definitely enjoy this week's episode! We cover ALL the details of this extraordinary poet, translator, novelist, playwright, actress, and editor's life from her entanglements in both love and literature! 

Send us a textThis week, Get Lit celebrates its 4th birthday! We celebrate by giving some superlative awards (Most likely to star in a reality TV series, #MCM/#WCW, etc...), hear advice from your favorite authors and recount our own famousbirthdays.com data! Many thanks to everyone who supported us on the way to this milestone and for always keeping it lit! 

Send us a textJump aboard the USS Get Lit as we journey to the depths of the earth, center of the sea and orbits of the moon through the adventurous life of Jules Verne, one of the founding fathers of Science Fiction. Verne's work laid out concepts for new technology and science as he sought to unit his passions for literature, science, history, and facts - but not really law... Bon voyage! 

Send us a textThis week's hot take: we should all want to be Sylvia Beach when we grow up... Learn more about the founder of Shakespeare and Company, translator, editor, author, and patron saint of booksellers as we jet off to Paris in celebration of her ongoing impact on the literary world! 

Send us a textJust in time for extended St. Patrick's Day festivities, we're celebrating Irish author James Joyce, author of Ulysses, The Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and more! We interview Jon DiSavino, the actor behind the 'Short Story Today' podcast who is also featuring Joyce this week. Filled with some fantastic stories that seem like his fiction, we hope you enjoy this special episode! 

Send us a textSome pig! Well, author... This week, we're recounting the life of E.B. White, author of numerous novels, poems, and essays for children and adults, but most famously: Charlotte's Webb and Stuart Little! We also answer the age-old question: Is Stuart Little actually a mouse?!

Send us a textMeet the woman behind the Irish literary renaissance: Lady Augusta Gregory! A preservation powerhouse, Lady Gregory ensured that Irish history, literature, theatre, and culture was recorded for future generations (including us!) to enjoy. Come celebrate both Women's and Irish History month, Get Lit style! 

Send us a textYou may know him as an 'explorer' but we're discussing Sir Walter Raleigh as a poet and author whose titles are nearly as long as his works! This episode includes some fantastic stories and features Jon singing, along with a beheading (Sir Walter, not Jon...), so be sure to tune in!