The Apology (Sophomore Lit 187) Love of wisdom means never having to say you’re sorry. Professor Marina McCoy joins her husband to discuss Plato’s The Apology (c. 399-90 BCE).

My wife Marina joins in to discuss Plato's The Apology (c. 399-90 B.C.E.), and yes, this is what our dinner table discussions are like #sophomorelit #plato #apologies www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

The Watch House (Sophomore Lit 182) Who watches the Watch House? Not us, the book is better. Ross Cleaver returns to discuss Robert Westall’s The Watch House (1977).

Ross Cleaver of @generalwitch.bsky.social returns to Sophomore Lit to discuss another book of his UK youth, The Watch House by Robert Westall. #sophomorelit #watchhouses #g-g-g-ghosts www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Thanksgiving Special: Protest Songs (Sophomore Lit 181) The answer, my friend…is not a lyric in the any of the songs the McCoy Brothers discuss. For this annual drunk Thanksgiving Special, Rob, Dan, and John talk about Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, One...

Time for another Thanksgiving episode of #sophomorelit featuring my bros @rmccoy.bsky.social and @dankmccoy.bsky.social! This time we grouse about protest songs of yore. www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

The Last Unicorn (Sophomore Lit 179) Don’t it allways seem to go, you don’t know what unicorns you got til they’re gone. Kathy Campbell discusses Peter S. Beagle’s 1968 The Last Unicorn.

Pick up some more unicorns on the way home, we’re down to our last. @kathycampbell.com discusses butterflies and bulls. #sophomorelit #unicorns #entropy www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

R.U.R. (Sophomore Lit 178) BEEP boop what is… love? Well, we don’t figure this out, but John Siracusa does return to Sophomore Lit to discuss Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (1920), the origin of the word “robot.”

@siracusa.social returns to Sophomore Lit to answer once and for all, are the robots from R.U.R, the play that originated the word "robots," robots...or not? #r.u.r #sophomorelit #endoftheworldasweknowit www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

The Pushcart War (Sophomore Lit 177) Brush up on the Large Object Theory of History. Shaenon K. Garrity returns to discuss Jean Merrill’s The Pushcart War (1964).

Pushcarts of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but a bunch of trucks. @shaenon.bsky.social discusses Jean Merrill's The Pushcart War (1964) #pushcarts #sophomorelit #generalannalives www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Walden, or Life in the Woods (Sophomore Lit 176) If you’re suffering from Quiet Desparation, why not listen to the not-so-quiet voices of Dan Daughhetee and me discussing Henrey David Thoreau’s Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854)?

Make no mistake, we will call you back to the lake. Or pond, whatever. @dancredentials.bsky.social discusses Walden. #thoreau #sophomorelit #quietdesperation www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

The Chrysalids (Sophomore Lit 174) Podcasts are the original voices in your head. David Dredrick discusses John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids (1955).

Fun fact: this book never actually says what a chrysalid is. #JohnWyndham #SophomoreLit #TheWorldEndsAgain www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (Sophomore Lit 172) And indeed there will be time to discuss this, the most mid-life white-guy crisis poem of all. Lisa Schmeiser discusses T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915).

If life is getting you down right now, maybe spend about a half an hour discussing someone else's problems.
@lschmeiser.bsky.social discusses T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." #sophomorelit #disturbingtheuniverse www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...

Emily Dickinson Poems (Sophomore Lit 170) Forever is composed of podcasts. Caroline Fulford discusses selected poems by Emily Dickinson (c. 1860-65).

I'll tell you how the sun rose... is not discussed in this episode. #sophomorelit #dickinson #emopoetsunite

The Time of Your Life (Sophomore Lit 168) Sometimes you want to go where everybody is a thread in the fabric of the human condition. Also they know your name. Phil Gonzales discusses William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life (1939).

Phil Gonzales (@pcgonzo.bsky.social) visits #sophomorelit to discuss this very strange play that is also an American classic? www.theincomparable.com/sophomorelit...