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Good Kush(ner): iHO, ft A.J. Ditty
We're covering Tony Kushner's 2009 (and 2010, and 2011, and many-times-since-edited) play, "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Soci…
2 years, 6 months ago
2024, the Year of Lenore: Red Plenty
It's 2024...new year, new books, a new name...the same, classic socialist spirit.
We're talking about Francis Spufford's 2010 historical fiction...no…
2 years, 6 months ago
Utopia 4 Kidz: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
It's our last episode of 2023...so let's end it on something we all know and love, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin!
What is…
2 years, 7 months ago
Does the Dog Die: The People of Sand and Slag, ft. Karlo Yeager Rodríguez
Yeah. The dog dies.
This week we're discussing Paolo Bacigalupi's sci-fi short story, "The People of Sand and Slag."
There's a lot of sand, there's …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Bad McCarthy: The Crucible
Not all is well in the town of Salem...or Washington for that matter.
Join the Shelfers as we dive into Arthur Miller's 1953 not-so-subtle-allegorica…
2 years, 7 months ago
The One About Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
It's a lesser-known series...you probably haven't heard of it.
Today the shelfers take on Matthew Stover's 2005 novelization of "Star Wars III: Reven…
2 years, 7 months ago
Rock Uber: The Myth of Sisyphus
Joss reads the entire thing at the opening so you have no excuse not to absorb this text (unless you just don't want to in which case...fair)
This we…
2 years, 8 months ago
Marxism-Springsteenism: Battle Royale
History may have gone entirely differently, but the music of Bruce Springsteen is eternal...
Today we explore the alt-history dystopia of Koushun Tak…
2 years, 8 months ago
Proletariat Number 1 Great: The Crab Cannery Ship
Folks welcome to the episode where we debut our BRAND NEW THEME SONG!!!!! Massive shout-out to Solo Monk for putting it together. Please go give him …
2 years, 8 months ago
Zig Zag Zig: The Ballad of Black Tom
It's existential horror time!!
This week we get into Victor LaValle's 2016 novella, "The Ballad of Black Tom," a retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's shocki…
2 years, 8 months ago