The Playne English Podcast

Today we talk about some contemporary novels that are most likely to become modern classics and what makes a modern classic.

Today we talk about what makes unlikable protagonists so appealing from CharliXCX's Brat to Otessa Moshfegh's Protagonist in My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

Today we talk about ways to be a reader in the attention economy where your attention span may be deteriorating.

In the season 5 finale, our guests compete in a game show where they need to figure out the book by the outrageous one-star Goodreads review.

Paloma, Hailey, and Faith who are all taking a graduate level Orwell course talk about 1984 and what makes it stand out.

Kenzie and Maria get into romantasy and why it got so popular.

In this episode we talk about the emergence of AI in the classroom and discuss whether majors like English Lit should be worried about what's to come.

Faith and Jazmin of MSU's Student Union talk about how important it is to be involved with your campus community and effect change.

Andres, Amina, Alex, and Paloma talk about how to best find book recommendations! Hint: It's probably not booktok...

Faith and Rosie compete in an Author Guessing Game (hosted by Andres) to see who really knows their classic lit authors!