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Previewing the 2023 Close Reads Bracket
Join David, Tim, and Sean as they discuss the 2023 Close Reads Bracket: Awesome Adaptations. They predict winners, make their own picks, and discuss …
3 years, 3 months ago
Pygmalion
We’ve been circling this one for a long time. It’s finally time to discuss George Bernard Shaw’s famous play, Pygmalion. In this episode we discussed…
3 years, 3 months ago
A Brief Peek into Sean Johnson's Grueling Interview Process
If you’re a longtime listener of this podcast, you know that Sean Johnson has recently joined our crew to help give Tim some time off here and there …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Netanyahus: Q&A
The Netanyahus is a bit of a confounding book, so naturally there were lots of questions and we did our best to answer as many as we could as thoroug…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Netanyahus: Finis
Okay, so that ending? What’s the deal. Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they try to understand what Cohen is doing. Lots of conversation about nihilism …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Netanyahus: Chapters 5-8
This week we’re discussing whether Joshua Cohen’s approach to exploring Jewish culture works in the ways that he seems to hope it will, whether the b…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Netanyahus: Chapters 1-4
We are on to Joshua Cohen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Netanyahus, a book that is clearly different in tone (and content) than most of the tit…
3 years, 4 months ago
Persuasion: Q&A Episode
It’s that time, when we’ve come to end of another episode and we turn to your questions about it. This time we’re contemplating topics from Persuasio…
3 years, 4 months ago
Persuasion: Finis
Finally, we can speak more freely about all of Persuasion, so this week David, Heidi, and Sean are discussing Wentworth’s love letter, Ann’s assessme…
3 years, 4 months ago
Persuasion: Volume 2, Chapters 1-7
This week we’re discussing Mrs. Smith’s sudden appearance (and her role) in the book, whether the book considers all of Anne’s various perspectives a…
3 years, 5 months ago