Episodes

This week, we talk about part two of The Divine Comedy, Purgatory. There have been more interesting mountain climbs in history, but this one still has its moments.

This week, we talk about The Inferno, the first part of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. It’s a book worth reading, especially if you’re a fan of categorizing and efficiency.

This week, we start a four part series on The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. This first part is on the author and how we should all hope to weaponize our anger so gloriously.

There’s not much room for jokes this week as I make a case for the literary gut punch that is Flowers for Algernon. I like to listen to Linda Ronstadt’s Goodbye My Friend after finishing this book.

This week, we talk about The Aeneid of Virgil. It’s not necessarily a favorite read, but there’s a lot of circumstances surrounding the work that make it interesting and culturally relevant.

This week, Somer makes a case for The Lord of the Flies and why parties without adult supervision are maybe not as fun as they originally sound, especially with budding tyrants on the guest list.

This week, Somer makes a case for The Odyssey, one of history’s greatest epics and I (Somer) tried to make sure to avoid spoilers, which I assure you, was not easy because I could spend all day squealing about this work.

This week, Somer goes ancient with the classic epic poem, The Iliad. Who wrote it and when? Is that even really important? What is important is, where is the stinking horse we all know so well? Listen and find out!

This week, Somer makes a case for a more recent classic, The Satanic Verses. She explains the meaning of the title as well as the book itself. There’s also cause for a mini party in this episode regarding movie adaptation.