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Sophomore Lit

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

Ranked #1

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23: Death of a Salesman

23: Death of a Salesman

The only thing you’ve got in this world is what you can sell. And we’re selling this fine podcast! Check out the quality... Read more

25 Mar 2016

1hr 25mins

Ranked #2

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14: A Raisin in the Sun

14: A Raisin in the Sun

Ocomogosiay! This time John atones for the shame of not having read Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun back at his... Read more

30 Oct 2015

1hr 19mins

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Ranked #3

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19: Romeo and Juliet

19: Romeo and Juliet

Two co-hosts, alike in dignity, Sharlene Wellington and Stuart Wellington join in for a star-crossed discussion of Willi... Read more

20 Jan 2016

1hr 14mins

Ranked #4

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32: Bless Me, Ultima

32: Bless Me, Ultima

Have you heard the Good News about the Golden Carp? Joel Torres is here to help us survive the perilous childhood of Rud... Read more

14 Sep 2016

1hr 27mins

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26: Brave New World

26: Brave New World

Time for a Soma Holiday! This time Jason Snell discusses Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.

13 May 2016

1hr 16mins

Ranked #6

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28: Their Eyes Were Watching God

28: Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jane Dempsey discusses the birds and the bees—well, the bees at least—in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching G... Read more

15 Jun 2016

59mins

Ranked #7

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62: Frankenstein

62: Frankenstein

Glenn Fleishman returns to the show to discuss today’s modern Prometheuses. It’s the long-awaited episode on Mary Shelle... Read more

31 Mar 2018

1hr 14mins

Ranked #8

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13: Short Stories I: The Lady, or the Tiger?, The Monkey's Paw, The Most Dangerous Game

13: Short Stories I: The Lady, or the Tiger?, The Monkey's Paw, The Most Dangerous Game

Careful which door you choose. Or what you wish for. Or which island you wind up stranded on in the middle of the night ... Read more

1 Oct 2015

1hr 10mins

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38: Edna St. Vincent Millay

38: Edna St. Vincent Millay

Are you unsure of how candles work? Then join Megan Tripp and John as we discuss the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

19 Dec 2016

56mins

Ranked #10

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70: Waiting for Godot

70: Waiting for Godot

Nobody comes, nobody goes, but every few weeks we have a podcast, like this one where Brian Hamilton tries to make sense... Read more

13 Aug 2018

49mins

Ranked #11

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82: Guys and Dolls

82: Guys and Dolls

We’ve never done a musical before / now all at once it’s Guys and Dolls forevermore. David Loehr discusses the original ... Read more

5 Feb 2019

1hr 10mins

Ranked #12

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66: Little House in the Big Woods

66: Little House in the Big Woods

Wolves, fiddles, maple candy, and manifest destiny. Lisa Schmeiser discusses Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Inga... Read more

7 Jun 2018

1hr 6mins

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68: Ender's Game

68: Ender's Game

Can’t we play Catan instead? Liz Riegel joins to discuss that most emo young adult novel, Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Gam... Read more

7 Jul 2018

1hr 6mins

Ranked #14

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37: The Giver

37: The Giver

When it comes to these podcasts, we give and give and you take and take! But that’s okay, because this time Matt Skuta a... Read more

8 Dec 2016

1hr 9mins

Ranked #15

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60: The Outsiders

60: The Outsiders

Nothing gold can stay, but that won’t stop Matt Skuta and John from talking about the greasy hair and switchblades in S.... Read more

12 Feb 2018

48mins

Ranked #16

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61: Alas, Babylon

61: Alas, Babylon

Time enough at last…to read novels about nuclear Armageddon! Jelani Sims guests to discuss Pat Frank’s Alas, Babylon.

1 Mar 2018

56mins

Ranked #17

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86: The Yellow Wallpaper

86: The Yellow Wallpaper

Caroline Fulford returns to discuss a nice story about home decorating, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper... Read more

24 Apr 2019

32mins

Ranked #18

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78: A People's History of the United States

78: A People's History of the United States

Rise up and seize the methods of producing history textbooks! Daniel Daughhetee discusses the alternative textbook A Peo... Read more

5 Dec 2018

3hr 32mins

Ranked #19

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83: The Day of the Locust

83: The Day of the Locust

Some people just want to watch the world burn. Josh Hollis and Brian Skinner discuss Nathaniel West’s 1939 novel, The Da... Read more

20 Feb 2019

1hr

Ranked #20

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93: Mrs. Dalloway

93: Mrs. Dalloway

Does anybody really know what time it is? Zach Powers discusses Virginia Woolf’s 1925 novel, Mrs. Dalloway.

27 Oct 2019

4hr 32mins

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