The Protagonist Podcast

This week, Todd and Joe tackle a classic of Gothic Romantic literature as they discuss Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Todd gives perhaps the greatest recap in our podcast’s history, and Joe has a special bonus treat for the listeners at the end of the episode.

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There were three cat catchers in the city of Angria. Their names were Billy, Jay, and Phil. They were called out to gather a herd of cats from a shed in an empty field.

When they got there, cats were spread as far as the eye could see.

Billy said, “Sure are a lot (Charlotte) of them.”

Jay asked “Do you think we can catch them all?

Phil answered confidently, “You bet. I’m a lean (Emily) cat catcher today.”

“But what if they hide?” asked Jay.

Billy smirked, “Whether the thing hides (Wuthering Heights) or not won’t make any difference. Let’s tag ‘em and take them in.”

They began grabbing cats and putting them into the large cage in the back of their truck. Billy had one that was flailing its paws around, and Phil warned him, “Don’t let it scratch like that, it’ll have a raw chest of hair.” (Rochester)

“That’s good advice,” Billy agreed.

Jay came up and said, “Please tag this gray cat (Agnes Gray), and the one with the black body and brown tail (Anne Bronte).”

“Surely (Shirley) you can do that yourself,” Billy said and then walked away.

But while trying to put a tag on the gray cat, Jay fell into the cage of angry cats in the back of the truck.

Phil and Billy came back to the truck with a cat apiece and heard a voice from under the fur in the cage. “Hey, is Jay in there?” (Jane Eyre) Phil asked.

Phil tried to say, “He slipped into the cats therein,” but his cat allergies were acting up and with a suddenly stuffy voice it came out He thiff in Catherine (Heathcliff and Catherine).

“Will it hurt him?” (Villete) Billy asked?

“Nah,” Phil said and he reached in and pulled Jay out by the scruff of his neck.

Jay looked startled and said “I must profess my disliked for this job.”

Phil said, “I don’t care if you profess or yell or cry (Professor), we got to finish.”

Billy took pity on Jay and said, “Look, there are only ten cats left. Let’s get the ten and while Phil hauls (The Tenant of Wildfell Halls) them away, we can rest easy.

And that’s what happened, and with the job well done, they relaxed with a nice, cold drink of ice water.

The End

*Charlotte

The Professor

*Jane Eyre

*Shirley

*Villete

*Rochester

*Anne

*Agnes Gray

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

*Emily

*Wuthering Heights

*Bronte

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Ellis Bell

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Special draft episode! Joe and Todd each try to select the most bizarre collection of children’s shows and movies that have ever been made. Please let us know about any strange kid’s shows we missed.

Todd and Joe discuss Chihiro from Spirited Away (2001). Along with special guest John Darowski they tackle Chihiro’s evolution, director Hayao Miyazaki’s animation style, and the surreal imagery of the film. There is plenty to discuss about this modern classic.

Joe and Todd discuss one of the most perfectly crafted superhero origin stories ever told. Peter Parker/Spider-Man first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15, drawn by Steve Ditko and written by Stan Lee. Enjoy a discussion about Parker’s darker side, mechanical web-shooters, as well as power and responsibility.

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This week, Joe and Todd look at a classic episode from The Twilight Zone. In “Time Enough at Last” Burgess Meredith played Henry Bemis, an anti-social man who just wanted enough time to read the books he loved.

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Joe and Todd discuss Ender Wiggins from the 1985 novel, Ender’s Game. Child soldiers, adolescent politicians, and the truthfulness of history are all topics of discussion.

Todd and Joe talk about several of the characters from The Princess Bride (they couldn’t pick one, so they talk about a bunch). After failing at the box office in 1987, The Princess Bride found new life in homes that had both children and a VCR in their homes in the 1990s.

This week, Todd and Joe talk about one of the most acclaimed graphic novels ever published. Vladek in Maus is a complex character in a complex work. Listen to a discussion about a harrowing account of the Holocaust told through cartoon animals.

This week, Todd and Joe talk about all the characters in all the stories as they discuss Joseph Campbell’s breakdown of the Hero’s Journey. In a departure from the usual routine, the monomyth is the subject of discussion rather than a great character in a great story.

The Hero’s Journey, that appeared in Action Philosophers by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey