Sophomore Lit

Sophomore Lit

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Sophomore Lit episodes

  • 115: Flowers for Algernon

    I no I wil be smart won day. Until thin I will diskus Daniel Keyes’s epistolary novel Flowers for Algernon (1966) with Jason Snell.

    Host John McCoy with Jason Snell.

    Referenced Works
    Flowers for Algernon
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    52 min
  • 114: Dracula

    Please invite in Jelani Lee and Matt Skuta to discuss Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897). We can’t start until you do.

    Host John McCoy with Jelani Sims and Matt Skuta.

    Referenced Works
    Dracula
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    1 hr 3 min
  • 113: Hans Christian Andersen

    Let’s all hunker around this match and discuss some of the tales by Hans Christian Andersen. David Loehr returns.

    Host John McCoy with David J. Loehr.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • 112: George Orwell Essays

    It’s phraseology and pachyderms, as Daniel Daughetee discusses Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” (1946) and “Shooting an Elephant” (1936).

    Host John McCoy with Daniel Daughetee.

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    53 min
  • 111: Our Town

    Enjoy every, every minute of Phil and John discussing Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (1938).

    Host John McCoy with Phil Gonzales.

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    1 hr
  • 110: Persuasion

    Maybe you should consider listening to this episode, in which Sammi C. discusses Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817). Actually, we must insist.

    Host John McCoy with Sammi C.

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    1 hr 18 min
  • 109: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

    Marina McCoy returns to discuss faith, fairies, and newspapers in Francis Pharcellus Church’s “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” (1897).

    Host John McCoy with Marina McCoy.

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    Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
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    16 min
  • 108: The Crucible

    Why am I persecuted here? Travis Bedard discusses Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible.

    Host John McCoy with Travis Bedard.

    Referenced Works
    The Crucible
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    50 min
  • 107: Trees

    I think that I will never see brothers so drunk as we three. Drunken Thanksgiving continues this year with Rob, Dan, and John discussing Joyce Kilmer’s Trees (1914).

    Host John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy.

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    Trees
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    20 min
  • 106: Atlas Shrugged

    Who cares who John Galt is? Bridget Kennedy discusses the geniuses and moochers of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged (1957).

    Host John McCoy with Bridget Kennedy.

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    57 min

About Sophomore Lit

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John McCoy and a guest host read books you might have been assigned in high school, or college, or other stuff you might have read when you were a kid. The theming is loose!

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