Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh•167 avsnitt•50 min•Varannan vecka

Subtext is a book club podcast for readers interested in what the greatest works of the human imagination say about life’s big questions. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O’Luanaigh conduct a close reading of a text or film and co-write an audio essay about it in real time. It’s literary analysis, but in the best sense: we try not overly stuffy and pedantic, but rather focus on unearthing what’s most compelling about great books and movies, and how it is they can touch our lives in such a significant way.

Mutual Amusement in “The Awful Truth” (1937)

21 dec. 2020•1 tim 11 min

Against Specialization in Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”

7 dec. 2020•1 tim 18 min

Kill Billy: Order and Innocence in Melville’s “Billy Budd”

23 nov. 2020•1 tim 32 min

Being Yourself in John Cassavetes’s “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974)

26 okt. 2020•1 tim 17 min

Worrying about the Future in Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate” (1967)

5 okt. 2020•1 tim 21 min

Slouching Towards Bethlehem in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 2

28 sep. 2020•43 min

Things Fall Apart in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 1

21 sep. 2020•36 min

Filial Ingratitude in in Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

14 sep. 2020•1 tim 26 min

The “Intelligent Way to Approach Marriage” in Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” (1954)

7 sep. 2020•1 tim 12 min

The Acceptance of Mortality in Keats’s “To Autumn”

31 aug. 2020•56 min

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