Oh No! Lit Class

By Oh No! Lit Class

What's Oh No! Lit Class about?

Oh No! Lit Class is a semi-educational comedy literature podcast hosted by Megan and RJ, two bitter English grads who are here to tell you all the weird and sexy things you never knew about the books you had to read in school. Let's ruin some literary classics together. New episodes released every other Thursday.

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Oh No! Lit Class episodes:

09.22.2022
99: RJ Fails the Voight-Kampff Test
Megan and RJ are back (again)! And they swear it's really them and not a couple of criminal deviant androids. For real, they pinky-promise and everything. Join us for Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and discover...
12.28.2021
98: It's Not Easy Being the Green Knight
Um, hey, how's it going? Megan and RJ return from the void to bring you Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, a poem from Arthurian legend full of fun and games, including "Decapitation with Friends," "I'll Hunt and You Kiss,"...
03.25.2021
97: How the Grinch Got Cancelled
It's one fish, two fish, red fish, racism fish as we dive into the dark underbelly of Dr. Seuss (no, seriously). Learn which of his whimsical rhymes Have Not Aged Well and about his takes on Japanese internment camps, which...
02.18.2021
96: Rent Owes Maya Angelou an Apology (and So Do We)
We're blaming Rent: The Musical for mispronouncing Maya Angelou's last name all these years because we can. And because it's just another reason to hate Rent. We're also reading her poetry. That too. Join us and discover Angelou's cable-car aspirations,...
02.04.2021
95: The Divine Comedy Part 2: Take a Left at Lucifer's Junk, You Can't Miss It
Happy 4th birthday to us! What did we get ourselves to celebrate? Ah, nothing much, just the epic tale of two pedantic idiots fighting over possession of The Last Brain Cell as they make their dramatic journey to Hell and...
01.21.2021
94: The Divine Comedy Part 1: Dante Alighieri - Short, Shredded King?
ON!LC is back and we're taking things in a new direction: straight to hell! Specifically, the Inferno, as we lay out the biography of Dante Alighieri and the historical context for The Divine Comedy in the first of our two-part...
12.24.2020
93: Dewey Decimal System? No, We Don’t!
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the 'cast, Megan and RJ had lost it at last. Answering listener questions about not naming children, which authors to date, and which authors they'd choose to punch authors they hate. Questions...
12.10.2020
92: Grogu in Wonderland
We'll just get this out of the way right here: No, we haven't watched season 2 of The Mandalorian. Yes, we know his name is Grogu. Now. After calling him Gorgu 500 times. Oops. Hey, it's all part of falling...
11.26.2020
91: Who's Afraid of Virgender Woolf?
This Thanksgiving, be thankful your significant other doesn't expect you to pull a Virginia Woolf and write them a stealth love letter in the form of the celebrated and experimental genderbending novel, Orlando: A Biography, like Woolf did for her...
11.12.2020
90: Victor Hugo Said ACAB
Do you hear the people sing? Megan and RJ sure do as they get all kinds of Les Miserables on this special Patreon-request episode. Learn why no matter what time it is, it's always Time For Victor Hugo's Opinion, pro...
10.29.2020
89: Paul Hollywood IS Mrs. De Winter IN Rebecca
So...there's an acclaimed spooky Gothic novel called Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and there's a new original movie on Netflix also called Rebecca and, in theory, this episode is about that, and NOT Paul Hollywood, evil housekeepers that sound like...
10.16.2020
88: We're Gonna Goose Your Bumps
Listener beware, you're in for a scare, Megan and RJ are here to give you Goosebumps! Learn all about RL Stine, the man behind the bumps, plus: Hairy Adoption Alternatives, "What's the Deal with Kids and Ventriloquism?", and the oral...
10.01.2020
87: The Phantom of the Hockey Rink
"Christine, I am The Angel of Music, and you must never touch my mask...seriously, have you ever taken a puck to the face unprotected? Brutal." It's Halloween, and you know what that means: Spooky ghosts, haunted opera houses, horny Frenchmen,...
09.17.2020
86: Is the Evil Fairy Who Cursed Your Dick a Girlboss?
In this episode, Megan and RJ ask: What killed John Keats, arguably the softest of the Softboi Romantic poets? Lord Byron and Percy Shelley blame mean reviews, but we're *pretty* sure it was the tuberculosis. Probably. See also: Poems About...
09.03.2020
85: Clear Eyes, One Nut, Can't Lose
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL??? By which we mean a book about football. Specifically, Friday Night Lights, journalist H.G. Bissinger's journey to Odessa, Texas, a town so obsessed with its high school football team it was willing to sacrifice...
08.20.2020
84: Let's Get Lit(erary Theory)
Life has thrown a lot at Megan and RJ lately, and so instead of a normal episode, they're going to explain lit theory, because that's easier somehow? Thrill as Megan threatens long-dead literary critics with bodily harm, shrug as RJ...
08.06.2020
83: Romeo and Juliet — Young, Dumb, and Full of...You Know ;)
It's a real Throwback Thursday of an episode: Shakespeare! Vin Diesel reminding us of the importance of family! Rampant horniness! (Wait, that's just Shakespeare again) Off-key singing! Incorrect information regarding dairy products! Rambling tangents about 90s movies! So hop...
07.23.2020
82: Frederick Douglass Could Beat Up Alexander Hamilton
Sure, he was born about 14 years after Hamilton died but our point still stands. This episode marks an ON!LC first as we cover a memoir: The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Highlights include: Frederick Douglass Is...
07.09.2020
81: Soothing Whale Sounds With RJ
In this episode, we cover author Witi Ihimaera and his culturally influential novel, Whale Rider, and learn the dangers of not properly appreciating your great-grandchildren, the (continuing) fine art of mascot-naming, the inherent awesomeness of old ladies, and the objective...
06.25.2020
80: The Glass Malkovich (w/ Scottye Moore from BS Podcast Network)
In an episode that will go down in history alongside Ethan Frome and Of Mice and Men as "wow, that sure went off the rails fast," podcasting maniac and aspiring world-record-holder Scottye Moore joins us to cover Tennessee Williams's play,...
06.11.2020
79: Troy 2 — Odysseus Is Back...and He's Pissed
The Odyssey aka Part 2 of Homer's epic poetic duo features what is perhaps the worst and also most horny travelogue of the ancient world as Odysseus battles and bangs his way home while Athena, arguably, does all the real...
05.28.2020
78: The Zero Chilliad
Get it? Because Achilles has zero chill? Megan and RJ also find themselves lacking chill as they attempt to navigate the first of Homer's epic poem duology, The Iliad, starting with the important question: Just what does it mean to...
05.14.2020
77: So It Kurt Vonnegoes (w/ Rob Kristoffersen From Our Strange Skies)
There's no getting around it, this episode on Kurt Vonnegut's seminal novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, is big. A big, meaty episode all about time, space, war, trauma, and also, for absolutely no reason at all, French philosopher Michel Foucault's weird bald head....
04.30.2020
76: The House on Mascot Street
What do Iowa tourism slogans, college mascots, Mel Gibson movie corrections, Miami Dolphins draft options, and institutionalized racism all have in common? Probably more than you think but mainly they're all things we end up somehow talking about in the...
04.16.2020
75: The Haunted Babysitters Club
If we could turn back time, we'd probably make Cher less of a major cornerstone on this episode about Henry James's spooky novella The Turn of The Screw but it's too late for that now! RJ makes his spectacular return...
03.31.2020
March Mini-Madness 4: Adaptation-Hating with The Narcissist Cookbook
Woah! New episode on a Tuesday?! Yes, we're sitting at the razor's edge of both March and madness as Matt Johnston aka The Narcissist Cookbook joins Megan to share his feelings on HBO's adaptation of the His Dark Materials novel...
03.26.2020
March Mini-Madness 3: Book-Huffing and Other Sins With Paul from Varmints!
March may be winding down but the madness continues with Paul Csomo, host of the amazing animal podcast Varmints! The exclamation point is part of the show's title but also indicative of the level of excitement you should have as...
03.12.2020
March Mini-Madness 2: Witcher-Guessing With Joe from Life, Death, and Taxonomy
Witcher? I hardly know her! March Mini Madness continues as Megan is given a lesson in Witcher Literature (Witcherature) by Joe Raspolich, co-host of Life, Death, and Taxonomy. Together they'll play guessing games, critique Witcher world fashion, contemplate destiny,...
03.05.2020
March Mini-Madness 1: Book-Shaming With Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss
Our first entry into Miniaturized Madness in March is with Webby-nominated(!) Kate Wallinga, host of Ignorance Was Bliss and co-host of LifeWorld. Megan and Kate ostensibly discuss the pointless pedantry of book-shaming someone for not having read something but quickly...
02.27.2020
74: Oh No! Clip Show
RJ has officially left ON!LC HQ and Megan is totally handling it super well (he's fine, it's fine, we're fine). Until your favorite book idiots are reunited, please enjoy this retrospective of some of our greatest hits and relive the...
02.14.2020
73: Much Ado About Doin' It
We're celebrating our 3rd birthday with Big Willy Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, and everyone's* invited! Ready your "no" face to learn why vicious sarcasm is the truest love language, how to give off Big Thursday Energy, the benefits of...
01.31.2020
72: Things Get Real on Beale
While we may be more equipped to talk about Sesame Street, this episode we're covering If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. Join us on a journey through a lyrical, tragic, beautiful story as we learn about the 90s...
01.16.2020
71: The Way the World Ends (Not With a Bang but a Meow)
Megan and RJ are prancing and dancing their way into 2020 like a regular pair of Jellicle cats as they take on TS Eliot and his wildly disparate body of work, including poems of fragmented existential Modernist despair and also...
12.19.2019
70: Crack Open a Cold Nut With the Boy
Megan and RJ attempt to atone for their episode 69-related sins with a dose of wholesome holiday cheer via ETA Hoffmann's classic Christmas tale, The Nutcracker! Wherein a potentially insane clockmaker refuses to help a small girl who's being extorted...
12.05.2019
69 (Part 2): Holy Cow! Mr. Grey Will See You Now
Ok, for real this time: E.L. James and her Twilight Businessman BDSM fan fiction are here and Megan and RJ are going to do everything in their power to make it possibly even worse than it already was. Featuring: Conspiracy...
11.28.2019
69 (Part 1): Sort of a Grey Area
It's here. Episode 69. Which means it's time to gird your loins and put on your DJs. That's right, your Dom Jeans. Welcome to 50 Shades of Grey, Happy Thanksgiving, and also we're very sorry.
11.14.2019
68: Robert Frost vs. the Soviet Union
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and we took the one that led to a dingdong joke, and that has made all the difference. It's time for some Robert Frost! RJ gets nihilistic about roads and salad, Megan thinks...
10.31.2019
67: Just Vampire Gals Bein' Pals
In this episode, we learn that anything can happen on Halloween, including vampire lesbians as we read Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's gothic, sapphic novella, Carmilla (or Mircalla, or Millarca...or Clam Rail). Along the way, we'll revisit the acronym RJ refuses...
10.17.2019
66: The Hound of the Bastardvilles
Who's that Pokemon? It's Sherlock Holmes! It makes sense in context! We continue our Halloween celebration by dipping our toes into the deep, dark depths of the world of Sherlock Holmes and his sexy lamp, John Watson with The Hound...
10.03.2019
65: This Old (Haunted) House (w/ Moxie LaBouche from Your Brain on Facts)
It's the Season of Spooks and Scares and we're starting with Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, with the help of Moxie, host of Your Brain on Facts, who’s just FULL of facts...mostly about how best to see Liam...
09.19.2019
64: Not Another British War Drama
Like a candy bar offered to you by a creepy British man, sink your teeth into this episode as we cover another writer still kickin’ it with the modern classic, Atonement, where we learn how a young girl's lies can...
09.05.2019
Oh No! Law Class Episode 0: Ride that Horse to Justice
What, two episode drops in one day? And one of them is a pilot for a potential series where RJ actually TEACHES YOU THINGS? Wild. That's right, There's a new ON!LC in town, and this one's all about law, and...
09.05.2019
Study Break Bonus: This Episode is a Miserable Little Pile of Secrets
From the Patreon-only vault: Megan, RJ, and Jared aka Best Day, huddle in Jared's closet around his terrible Snowball mic to discuss Japanese video games based on Tom Sawyer, Dracula, and the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Learn about adorable vampires,...
08.22.2019
63: Treasure Island — A Tale of Two Daddies
Your favorite wildly unqualified hosts are back and have completely forgotten how to podcast! Join Megan and RJ as they once again venture onto the literary high seas with Treasure Island, where we learn that the real treasure is the...
06.27.2019
62: Capote, I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore (w/ Kate Wallinga from Ignorance Was Bliss)
Screw books! We're a True Crime podcast now! Megan and RJ are joined by Kate, host of the podcast Ignorance Was Bliss to get all up in Truman Capote's genre-birthing "nonfiction" book, In Cold Blood. Together we'll objectify nuns, workshop...
06.13.2019
61: This Teen Angst Is Vintage
Another special request episode takes back down that old YA road to Paul Zindel's novel, Pardon Me, You're Stepping On My Eyeball. Soak in that good good 1970s teenage disillusionment while RJ forgets who wrote Catcher in the Rye, gives...
05.30.2019
60: If She Breathes, She's a Thot: The Tragedy of Othello
We're back for more Big Willy, this time taking a look at Othello, the classic tale of tragedy, betrayal, and people flat-out refusing to JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER OH MY GOD. We discover that Iago is not a parrot,...
05.16.2019
59: The Remains of the Day — The Phantom Menace
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why we keep talking about Star Wars as we recount Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed classic, The Remains of The Day, the most frustratingly captivating novel about a butler who does not have sex. We revisit...
05.02.2019
58: A Long Title About Little (Golden) Books
Take a trip down memory lane to Little Golden Book Land as we take advantage of a mysterious delivery to revisit such greats as The Poky Little Puppy and Tootle! Learn about LGB's humble beginnings, how Scuffy the Tugboat can...
04.18.2019
57: I Can Feel It Cummings in the Air Tonight
Oh Lord do we ever feel it coming as we dive back into the weird, wonderful, nearly constantly horny world of poetry with E.E. Cummings (and learn why we definitely wrote his name properly here). RJ remembers the 90s, Megan...

What's Oh No! Lit Class about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Oh No! Lit Class episodes:

99: RJ Fails the Voight-Kampff Test

98: It's Not Easy Being the Green Knight

97: How the Grinch Got Cancelled

96: Rent Owes Maya Angelou an Apology (and So Do We)

95: The Divine Comedy Part 2: Take a Left at Lucifer's Junk, You Can't Miss It

94: The Divine Comedy Part 1: Dante Alighieri - Short, Shredded King?

93: Dewey Decimal System? No, We Don’t!

92: Grogu in Wonderland

91: Who's Afraid of Virgender Woolf?

90: Victor Hugo Said ACAB

89: Paul Hollywood IS Mrs. De Winter IN Rebecca

88: We're Gonna Goose Your Bumps

87: The Phantom of the Hockey Rink

86: Is the Evil Fairy Who Cursed Your Dick a Girlboss?

85: Clear Eyes, One Nut, Can't Lose

84: Let's Get Lit(erary Theory)

83: Romeo and Juliet — Young, Dumb, and Full of...You Know ;)

82: Frederick Douglass Could Beat Up Alexander Hamilton

81: Soothing Whale Sounds With RJ

80: The Glass Malkovich (w/ Scottye Moore from BS Podcast Network)

79: Troy 2 — Odysseus Is Back...and He's Pissed

78: The Zero Chilliad

77: So It Kurt Vonnegoes (w/ Rob Kristoffersen From Our Strange Skies)

76: The House on Mascot Street

75: The Haunted Babysitters Club

March Mini-Madness 4: Adaptation-Hating with The Narcissist Cookbook

March Mini-Madness 3: Book-Huffing and Other Sins With Paul from Varmints!

March Mini-Madness 2: Witcher-Guessing With Joe from Life, Death, and Taxonomy

March Mini-Madness 1: Book-Shaming With Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss

74: Oh No! Clip Show

73: Much Ado About Doin' It

72: Things Get Real on Beale

71: The Way the World Ends (Not With a Bang but a Meow)

70: Crack Open a Cold Nut With the Boy

69 (Part 2): Holy Cow! Mr. Grey Will See You Now

69 (Part 1): Sort of a Grey Area

68: Robert Frost vs. the Soviet Union

67: Just Vampire Gals Bein' Pals

66: The Hound of the Bastardvilles

65: This Old (Haunted) House (w/ Moxie LaBouche from Your Brain on Facts)

64: Not Another British War Drama

Oh No! Law Class Episode 0: Ride that Horse to Justice

Study Break Bonus: This Episode is a Miserable Little Pile of Secrets

63: Treasure Island — A Tale of Two Daddies

62: Capote, I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore (w/ Kate Wallinga from Ignorance Was Bliss)

61: This Teen Angst Is Vintage

60: If She Breathes, She's a Thot: The Tragedy of Othello

59: The Remains of the Day — The Phantom Menace

58: A Long Title About Little (Golden) Books

57: I Can Feel It Cummings in the Air Tonight