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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Storkin’ it up! First-time co-host Jill Hoffman discusses Meindert De Jong’s Newbury-winning book, The Wheel on the School (1954).

John McCoy with Jill Hoffman

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Jelani Sims returns to talk about Mildred D. Taylor’s heartbreaking Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1977).

John McCoy with Jelani Sims

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John McCoy with Dan McCoy

The 1970 animated musical based on Archy and Mehitabel

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Love of wisdom means never having to say you’re sorry. Professor Marina McCoy joins her husband to discuss Plato’s The Apology (c. 399-90 BCE).

John McCoy with Marina McCoy

Companion post on my blog detailing Marina’s and John’s trip to Athens and to its Plato-related sites.

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First-time co-host Daniel Heddendorf joins in to discuss clocks and jellybeans in Harlan Ellison’s short story, “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” (1965).

John McCoy with Daniel Heddendorf

The radio adaptation of the story directed by Yuri Rasovky and starring Robin Williams and Harlan Ellison.

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I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like. Shaenon K. Garrity returns to discuss Flan O’Brien’s enigmatic The Third Policeman (written 1940, published 1967).

John McCoy

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Hope you’re not lactose intolerant! Matt Skuta returns to discuss John Cormier’s I am the Cheese (1977).

John McCoy with Matt Skuta

The 1983 film adaptation.

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What, the one as big as me? Marina McCoy makes her holiday return to discuss Mário de Andrade’s sweet-and-salty “A Christmas Turkey” (1956).

John McCoy with Marina McCoy

A dubbed introduction to the life and work of Brazilian poet and author Mário de Andrade

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Who watches the Watch House? Not us, the book is better. Ross Cleaver returns to discuss Robert Westall’s The Watch House (1977).

John McCoy with Ross Cleaver

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