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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