Sophomore Lit

After eight years of the podcast I finally do the inevitable. Shelly Brisbin discusses John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1939).

Host John McCoy with Shelly Brisbin.

A discussion of the painting (in the collection of Ralph Foster Museum)

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Howl likes to move it, move it. Audrey Lazaro and Dan McCoy are on to discuss Diana Wynne Jones’s book Howl’s Moving Castle (1986).

Host John McCoy with Dan McCoy and Audrey Lazaro.

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I don’t care how long this day’s journey has been, so help me I will turn this car around if you kids don’t stop. Kris Markel discusses Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night(written 1941, published 1956).

Host John McCoy with Kris Markel.

This clip dramatizes the stage directions for Long Day’s Journey into Night Act 2, Scene 1.

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Jean, Jean, the roses are red and all of the leaves have gone green, so Glenn Fleishman and John are discussing Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961).

Host John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman.

Glenn’s podcast on being divided by a common language.

Trailer for the film adaptation starring Maggie Smith.

McKuen’s inexplicable theme song for the above.

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Ross Cleaver discusses Carrie’s War (what is it good for?), Nina Bawdwin’s 1973 children’s book about evacuations, skulls, and grumpy Welshmen.

Host John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.

The BBC school radio site with teaching guides and a complete recording of the book.

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Grab a whisky and soda and put your leg up. My dad and I discuss Ernest Hemingway’s “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1936). Bonus content: a visit to the Hemingway Home in Key West!

Host John McCoy.

The former home of Ernest and the current home of many six-toed cats.

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Jelani Sims returns to discuss the literal and metaphorical ghosts of Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved (1987).

Host John McCoy with Jelani Sims.

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I have good feelings about this one! Zach Powers returns to discuss desparate criminals and mysterious benefactors in Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (1861).

Host John McCoy with Zach Powers.

Relive the 90s and enjoy the trip-hop stylings of Mono.

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There are many podcasts from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited. John and Marina discuss Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol (1843).

Host John McCoy with Marina McCoy.

With George C. Scott.

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This is one weird mouse book. Phil Gonzales and John discuss E. B. White’s Stuart Little(1945).

Host John McCoy with Phil Gonzales.

The Johnny Carson-narrated film from McGraw-Hill Films

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