Podcast Episodes

A Volga Tale (The Pupil-The Son-The Children) by Yakhina

Show Notes:

This week, Matt and Cameron finish the last three parts of Guzel Yakhina’s A Volga Tale, discuss fairytales as history, talk about best ch…

2 years, 10 months ago

Office Hours - Life and Fate Chapter a Day Read Along 1/1/2024

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Show Notes:

This week, it’s time for Office Hours, which Matt and Cameron are contract…

2 years, 11 months ago

The Master and Margarita (chs. 19-25) by Bulgakov

Show Notes:

Content warning: there will be a brief mention of rape from 12:20 to 12:28. 

This week, Matt and Cameron get into their tuxes for a Devil’s…

2 years, 11 months ago

A Volga Tale (The Wife-The Daughter) by Yakhina

Show Notes

Content Warning: there are mentions of rape around 10:55-12:30 and 27:45-28:10

This week, Matt and Cameron lace up their sailing shoes and d…

2 years, 11 months ago

Solaris (1972) by Tarkovsky

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This week, Matt and Cameron explore Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film Solaris. They talk genre, they talk the meaning of the soul, and they dra…

3 years ago

The Master and Margarita (chs. 10-18) by Bulgakov

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This week, Matt and Cameron track the (alleged) Devil’s progress through Moscow through his debut at the Variety Theatre and beyond in Cha…

3 years ago

Signs and Symbols by Nabokov (w/ Drs. Sara Karpukhin and José Vergara)

Pick up a copy of Drs. Karpukhin and Vergara’s edited collection of pedagogical essays, Reimagining Nabokov: Pedagogies for the 21st Century here!

Sho…

3 years, 1 month ago

Office Hours - "Literary" fiction, bookstagram, and questionable takes

Show Notes:

This week, Matt and Cameron debut the first episode of a new series we’re calling “Office Hours.” Sit down with us as we catch up about ou…

3 years, 1 month ago

The Master and Margarita (chs. 1-9) by Bulgakov

Show Notes:

This week, Matt and Cameron kick off their next big read, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, covering chapters one through nine…

3 years, 1 month ago

The Kreutzer Sonata by Tolstoy (w/ Dr. Tatyana Gershkovich)

Show Notes:

This week, Matt and Cameron dive into a work that’s been on the sidelines for far too long: The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy, along with…

3 years, 1 month ago