What’s waiting ‘round the bend, my Huckleberry friend? Jelani Sims helps make sense of the glorious mess that is Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn....

48: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

Books

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between. Moisés Chiullán discusses Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth (1961). [We’ve re-issued this episode to correct an audio problem.]...

159: The Phantom Tollbooth

Podcasters: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let’s Find Out! Jason Snell talks about marine life in J.D. Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” (1948)....

158: A Perfect Day for Bananafish

Lions and tigers and bea— you know what, just lions. Jordan Morris is here to discuss Ray Bradbury’s story “the Veldt” (1950)....

157: The Veldt

The Podcast! The Podcast! John Holt discusses the ill-fated cruise that is Joseph Conrad’s novelette Heart of Darkness (1899)....

156: Heart of Darkness

Though his mind is not for rent, it still is the subject of this episode. Jacob Haller discusses Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer (1876)....

48: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Download our free app to listen on your phone