Sophomore Lit

No one would have believed in the first years of the twenty-first century that this podcast was being listened to keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own. Jason Snell discusses H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds (1897).

Host John McCoy with Jason Snell.

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Carla Curtsinger talks armadillos, armlessness, and all caps in John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany.

Host John McCoy with Carla Curtsinger.

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If only, if only the woodpecker cries, this podcast would adhere to a regular schedule. Matt Skuta returns to discuss Louis Sachar’s beloved middle-reader, Holes.

Host John McCoy with Matt Skuta.

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Fun for the whole family! Ages 10 and up! Dan McCoy discusses Ellen Raskin’s The Westing Game (1978).

Host John McCoy with Dan McCoy and Nathan Alderman.

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This is Just to Podcast

David Loehr and I will not be making

and which

Forgive me

Host John McCoy with David J. Loehr, Kathy Campbell, Moisés Chiullán, Steve Lutz, and Jessica Epstein.

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Nobody comes, nobody goes, but every few weeks we have a podcast, like this one where Brian Hamilton tries to make sense of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

Host John McCoy with Brian Hamilton.

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Marina McCoy talks about Ulysses yes and Joyce and Ireland yes and jessamine and geraniums and cactuses yes and shall I wear a red yes

Host John McCoy with Marina McCoy.

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Can’t we play Catan instead? Liz Riegel joins to discuss that most emo young adult novel, Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game.

Host John McCoy with Liz Riegel and Jason Snell.

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Hope you like the Smiths. Hayden Gibson discusses the modern classic of introvert life, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Host John McCoy with Hayden Gibson and Brian Hamilton.

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Wolves, fiddles, maple candy, and manifest destiny. Lisa Schmeiser discusses Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Host John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser and Kelly Guimont.

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