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Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-fifth episode, we delve into a world of cartoon references, James Bond-level panty dropping, questions for the BDSM community, and beards. Too many beards. It's Franz Kafka's 1925 paranoid, sadomasochistic dystopia, The Trial!
Cover art © Catherine Wu.
Episode Theme: Alban Berg, '4 Stucke, Op. 5', performed by Steven Beck.
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By Abigail Boucher and Daniel Jenkin-Smith4.8
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Two friends and academics recap classic literature and take it off its pedestal. In our forty-fifth episode, we delve into a world of cartoon references, James Bond-level panty dropping, questions for the BDSM community, and beards. Too many beards. It's Franz Kafka's 1925 paranoid, sadomasochistic dystopia, The Trial!
Cover art © Catherine Wu.
Episode Theme: Alban Berg, '4 Stucke, Op. 5', performed by Steven Beck.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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