In this special holiday episode, we try to talk about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman and things go off the rails real quick.

We talk about Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates, and it is rough! Content warning for sexual assault, implied murder, and discussion of domestic violence. Other topics covered include winter incidents, wellness apps, and the Satanic Panic.

If you are impacted by domestic violence and need help, here are some resources:

Advice for survivors and shelter map in Canada - https://sheltersafe.ca/

Shelter map in the United States - https://www.domesticshelters.org/

Helpline in the UK - https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

Advice to support others - https://www.rainn.org/news/how-support-someone-who-experiencing-domestic-violence

You're not alone. Please mind the content warnings and stay safe.

Hop over from an English class to a history class! We're wrapping up our series on the Salem witch trials with Cotton Mather's primary source text, On Witchcraft.

We're staying with the Salem witch trials and reading Moi, Tituba on the internet's least reliable FRENCH literature podcast this week! Amy maintains her perfect attendance record despite having Covid.

It's Halloween! And Uncited's second anniversary! And Amy is engaged! To celebrate, we're talking about witches and communism in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

We're heading back to Medieval England with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales! We learn that the Knight and the Wife of Bath have very different routes to get to the same place. Content warning for mentions of sexual assault.

Our official Sandman correspondent Zach is back for another special guest episode! This time, we're covering the Netflix adaptation and how it compares to the comics. Content warning for a mention of rape.

This week we're reading An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce for the first time! Thank you to Uncanny Robot Podcast for suggesting the story for this episode. Amy also has hot tips about washing machines.

Wow, we made it through fifty episodes! And we picked... the saddest book to celebrate. We talk about YOUR best and worst books from school, plus Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Content warnings beginning at 17:00: pandemics, death, suicide, murder.

This week we chat about Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, including: what it means to be a comedy, hypocritical characters, and what the heck happened with the gun.