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Sinopse
A podcast about your 10th grade reading list, hosted by John McCoy.
Episódios
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18: Stranger in a Strange Land
13/01/2016 Duração: 01h42minYou asked for it. Oh, why did you ask for it? Jason Snell returns to discuss Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, in a double-sized podcast that will take as long to listen to as the book does to read. Host John McCoy with Jason Snell.
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17: Pride and Prejudice
21/12/2015 Duração: 01h24minLet’s not jump to conclusions. This time Sammi C joins in to discuss Jane Austen’s inescapable classic, Pride and Prejudice. Put on your empire dresses, grab your dance cards, and let’s do this! Host John McCoy with Sammi C.
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16: The Scarlet Letter
07/12/2015 Duração: 59minThis time historian Daniel Daughetee of The Lesser Bonapartes joins in to discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne’s inescapable novel The Scarlet Letter. What? You somehow made it through high school without reading it? You should have to wear a symbol of your shame for all to see! Also, last week I neglected to mention that Malcolm Nygard, composer of the new theme song, has his own podcast: Apoc Radio. Host John McCoy with Daniel Daughetee.
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15: The Chocolate War
22/11/2015 Duração: 01h03minDo you dare disturb the universe? If not, do you dare to read the über-depressing novel The Chocolate War by Robert Corimer? Join Shannon Campe as we discuss the surprising number of autoerotic scenes in this seminal work of teen literature. Also! A new theme song! A surprise guest reader! And dodgy audio that lets you know I recorded this in my basement. Host John McCoy with Shannon Campe.
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14: A Raisin in the Sun
30/10/2015 Duração: 01h19minOcomogosiay! This time John atones for the shame of not having read Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun back at his lily-white high school. Fortunately, first-time podcaster Dominique Garnette joins in to discuss life in the South Side. Host John McCoy with Dominique Garnette.
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13: Short Stories I: The Lady, or the Tiger?, The Monkey's Paw, The Most Dangerous Game
01/10/2015 Duração: 01h10minCareful which door you choose. Or what you wish for. Or which island you wind up stranded on in the middle of the night with a couple of crazy foreigners. John Siracusa returns to discuss a trio of twisty stories, “The Lady, or the Tiger?,” “The Monkey’s Paw,” and “The Most Dangerous Game.” With readings so short, you have no excuse to come to class unprepared! Host John McCoy with John Siracusa.
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12: Poetry: Frost and Sandburg
08/09/2015 Duração: 47minDon your berets! This time Erik Stadnik joins in to look at some of the poems we read in high school, by flinty New Englander Robert Frost and exuberant Midwesterner Carl Sandburg. Get in touch with your sensitive side (for once)! Host John McCoy with Erik Stadnik.
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11: Cat's Cradle
04/09/2015 Duração: 01h09minDon’t be a stuppa. Forget your granfalloon and let this podcast be your wampter. Jason Snell joins in to discuss Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. Busy, busy, busy! Host John McCoy with Jason Snell.
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10: The Old Man and the Sea
28/08/2015 Duração: 43minWhat must a man endure? Must a man endure a podcast about Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea? Sure, why not. Erika Ensign joins in to discuss marlins, sharks, and the Great DiMaggio. Host John McCoy with Erika Ensign.
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9: The Skin of Our Teeth
18/08/2015 Duração: 01h08minDinosaurs and mammoths and the end of the world, oh my! This time Phil Gonzales joins in to discuss the time we made it through by The Skin of Our Teeth. Is Thornton Wilder’s play still relevant? Is it understandable? Why aren’t you watching it right now? Host John McCoy with Phil Gonzales.
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8: Wuthering Heights
16/07/2015 Duração: 01h24minI’m so co-o-o-old, let me in-a your window so we can talk about Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. This time I’m joined by Shannon Campe to discuss those crazy kids Heath and Cathy. Host John McCoy with Shannon Campe.
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7: Of Mice and Men
23/05/2015 Duração: 48minWee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a podcast for thy iPhone! David Kalan joins in for a discussion of John Steinbeck’s meditation on bindlestiffs and sausages, Of Mice and Men. Host John McCoy with David Kalan.
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6: A Separate Peace
17/05/2015 Duração: 32minA lot of the books we read in high school were downers, but only one book was literally about falling down, out of a tree. Al Lewis attended the real school where A Separate Peace took place and lived to tell about it, which (spoiler alert) is more than we can say for all the novel’s characters. Host John McCoy with Al Lewis.
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5: To Kill a Mockingbird
11/05/2015 Duração: 51minDon’t go poking around the old Radley house. But if you do, bring along bona fide southern belle Beth Lewis Auron as we discuss Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Host John McCoy with Beth Lewis Auron.
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4: Fahrenheit 451
20/04/2015 Duração: 01h06minAs Nelly might say, It’s getting hot in here, so put away all your books. Liza Daly joins me in discussing a world without books (which for our younger listeners are dead trees with printing on them), Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Host John McCoy with Liza Daly.
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3: The Great Gatsby
15/02/2015 Duração: 52minDo you believe in the Green Light? Guest host Carla Curtsinger does. Join us as we discuss yellow cars, neglected babies, and giant eyes on billboards. It’s F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Host John McCoy with Carla Curtsinger.
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2: The Catcher in the Rye
02/02/2015 Duração: 01h13minPhonies watch out. This discussion of J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in The Rye is extra long. Who’d have guessed that John Siracusa would have so much to say? Check into a seedy hotel and have a listen, won’t you? Host John McCoy with John Siracusa.
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1: Lord of the Flies
22/01/2015 Duração: 52minIn our first episode we explore how similar-sounding a host’s and guest’s voices can be as John is joined by his brother, Dan, of the Flop House Podcast. We talk about everyone’s favorite story of Man vs. Nature vs. Man’s Dark Heart vs. Pig, Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Host John McCoy with Dan McCoy.