Sophomore Lit

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).

Host John McCoy with Shaenon K. Garrity.

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

Host 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).

Host 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).

Host John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.

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The answer, my friend…is not a lyric in the any of the songs the McCoy Brothers discuss. For this annual drunk Thanksgiving Special, Rob, Dan, and John talk about Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, One Tin Soldier, and Alice’s Restaurant.

Host John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy.

A companion essay for this episode on my blog about Thanksgiving specials and protest songs.

One of the most successful covers of this song, originally by Pete Seeger.

In the episode I don’t remember who wrote this song, but it was Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter.

Here it is in all its 18 1/2 minute glory.

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Podcasts could happen to anyone. David Loehr discusses exits and entrances in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (first performed 1966, published 1967).

Host John McCoy with David J. Loehr.

Trailer for 1990 movie.

That Björk video John references, if anyone cares.

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Don’t it allways seem to go, you don’t know what unicorns you got til they’re gone. Kathy Campbell discusses Peter S. Beagle’s 1968 The Last Unicorn.

Host John McCoy with Kathy Campbell.

My Pathetic Fallacy blogpost about theme song for the movie version of The Last Unicorn.

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BEEP boop what is… love? Well, we don’t figure this out, but John Siracusa does return to Sophomore Lit to discuss Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (1920), the origin of the word “robot.”

Host John McCoy with John Siracusa.

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Brush up on the Large Object Theory of History. Shaenon K. Garrity returns to discuss Jean Merrill’s The Pushcart War (1964).

Host John McCoy with Shaenon K. Garrity.

The first ever SophLit merch!

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If you’re suffering from Quiet Desparation, why not listen to the not-so-quiet voices of Dan Daughhetee and me discussing Henrey David Thoreau’s Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854)?

Host John McCoy with Daniel Daughetee.

My blog post with further Thoreau musings.

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