Get Lit Podcast
"Welcome back to Get Lit, the literary podcast where we discuss famous works of literature and the authors who wrote them..."
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Jul 17, 2019 • 45min
Get Lit Episode 15: Thoreau v. Emerson
Send us a text"It's not a fight, it's not a debate, it's a healthy intellectual discussion..." of Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau! Join Jon, Steph and guest moderator Katie to explore the inextricably bound transcendentalist duo!
Jul 10, 2019 • 29min
Get Lit Episode 14: Walt Whitman
Send us a textYou can't spell America without Walt Whitman. This week, Get Lit celebrates the 4th of July (a bit late, we know...) by covering the life of the 'Father of Free Verse'!
Jul 3, 2019 • 25min
Get Lit Episode 13: Susanna Rowson
Send us a textSusanna Rowson: best selling (literally, the BEST selling) author, actress, playwright, educator, textbook creator, human geographer... I mean, what are you doing with your weekend? Learn to take on the world and your dreams this week as we discuss her remarkable life/career!
Jun 26, 2019 • 30min
Get Lit Episode 12: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Send us a textGet Lit heads south to Mexico City to investigate the extraordinary life of a woman, poet, philosopher, nun, lady-in-waiting, playwright who truly needs no other introduction: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. If you don't know her, get listening and get lit! Also we talk about t-shirts!
Jun 19, 2019 • 23min
Get Lit Episode 11: Susan Glaspell
Send us a textMurder, pilgrims, theater & revolutionary women - this episode has it all! Get Let heads to Iowa and Provincetown, MA to explore the sensational legacy of activist, author, and artist, Susan Glaspell!
Jun 12, 2019 • 25min
Get Lit Episode 10: Kate Chopin
Send us a textBe like Kate! What does that mean? Find out this week as Steph and Jon explore the delightfully powerful Kate Chopin and her work as one of America's earliest active feminist writers.
Jun 5, 2019 • 23min
Get Lit Episode 9: Phillis Wheatley
Send us a textGet Lit heads all the way back to the late 1700's America to explore the extraordinary legacy of African American Female Poet Phillis Wheatley.
May 29, 2019 • 29min
Get Lit Episode 8: Guilde
Send us a textGet Lit goes live - live author, that is! Steph and guest host, Katie Sall interview 'Man of Sin' author, Andrew Guilde about writing, petting zoos and the horror niche of children's literature.
May 22, 2019 • 25min
Get Lit Episode 7: Kurt Vonnegut
Send us a textThis week, we've flipped! Jon tells Steph about one of his favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, exploring the wild and wacky life behind one of America's favorite Sci-Fi Literature Authors.
May 15, 2019 • 20min
Get Lit Episode 6: Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens
Send us a textGet Lit goes West-ish and explores America's favorite midwestern humorist after John Mulaney, Mark Twain!
