• 197: The Lathe of Heaven
    Oct 29 2026

    Host John McCoy with Bill O'Donnell.

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    54 min
  • 196: Dorothy Parker Stories
    Oct 13 2026
    Beauty is only skin deep, but podcasts go clean to the bone. Shaenon K. Garrity discusses four short stories by Dorothy Parker.

    Host John McCoy with Shaenon K. Garrity.

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    59 min
  • 195: Tennyson Poems
    Sep 23 2026
    I cannot rest from podcasting. Jill Hoffman returns to discuss three poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “Charge of the Light Brigade” (1854), “Lady of Shalott” (1832, 1842), and “Ulysses” (1833).

    John McCoy with Jill Hoffman.

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    51 min
  • 194: Choose Your Own Adventures
    Aug 26 2026
    What’s life without choices? How about books that are nothing but choices? Ross Cleaver discusses the choose-your-own genre with examples from both the U.S. and the U.K.: Edward Packard’s The Cave of Time (1978) and Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson’s The Warlock of Firetop Mountain (1982).

    John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.

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    47 min
  • 193: Poe and Doyle: Dupin vs. Holmes
    Aug 5 2026
    Which detective is better, Edgar Allan Poe’s Auguste Dupin or Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes? I mean it’s obviously Holmes but that won’t stop Jacob Haller discussing two genre defining stories, Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) and Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” (1892).

    John McCoy with Jacob Haller.

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    58 min
  • 192: Hamlet
    Jul 14 2026
    There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our podcasts. First-time co-host Tim Read discusses William Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy, Hamlet (c. 1600).

    John McCoy with Tim Read.

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    1 ora e 1 min
  • 191: Asterix and Cleopatra
    Jun 8 2026
    Zut alors! Ross Cleaver returns to discuss the totally historically accurate Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopâtre) by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo (serialized starting in 1963).

    John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.

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    53 min
  • 190: The Wheel on the School
    May 20 2026
    Storkin’ it up! First-time co-host Jill Hoffman discusses Meindert De Jong’s Newbury-winning book, The Wheel on the School (1954).

    Host John McCoy with Jill Hoffman.

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    45 min