Podcast Episodes
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10 April 2026
Waypoint - “The Fortune Teller” by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis is perhaps the greatest writer of B…
13 hours ago
Failures of Imagination: We and Flatland
The “Hideous Bargain” is no longer just about one child’s pain . . .
We investigate the “Euclidean Mind” that seeks to flatten our messy humanity …
1 week ago
Utopia’s Spare Parts: Star Trek & Ishiguro
The “Hideous Bargain” moves from metaphor to the operating table.
In this episode, we let loose the bonds of metaphor in Le Guin’s “Omelas” and mee…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The Architecture of the Dungeon: Toni Morrison and the 13th Amendment
The Omelas basement has a physical address in America: the prison-industrial complex.
This week, we use the lens of Toni Morrison’s literary critic…
1 month, 1 week ago
Wandering Stars: Tommy Orange and the Sovereign Center
What happens to the story when the ‘object’ of our sympathy looks back and refuses the role we’ve written for them?
The allegory of the ‘Suffering C…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Bureaucracy of Erasure: Erdrich’s The Night Watchman
Season 6 Episode 73
Your Interpretation is Colonial.
When we turn Zen into a pop-culture vibe or a totem pole into a corporate metaphor, we aren’t learning; we’re commi…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Words from Nigeria 3 – Emezi’s Pet & Hunters for Truth
Akwaeke Emezi demonstrates how Nigeria’s contemporary writers turn our conceptual realities around. They offer a YA novel that doesn’t condescend, b…
2 months, 1 week ago
Words from Nigeria Pt 2: Soyinka’s Tiger & Brother Jero
Why have so few read Soyinka? And can we find hope through his cynical dramas?
I admit I am a victim of the myth-making around me which has made Soy…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Words from Nigeria Pt 1: Adichie and the Literary Manifesto
What sort of literature is this, anyway?
Today we introduce some approaches to Nigerian literature, offer a bevy of African writers, and explore h…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Cassandra: Uncertain Steps
And what if nobody listens?
Yes, entering our calls for justice into public space carries no small amount of anxiety. And the poster-child for bei…
3 months ago