Uncited: An English Lit Podcast

This week we're talking about Volume 2 of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! Scott finally makes the right choice, outsmarts Chris Evans on a skateboard, and has a breakdown about his ex.

This week we're talking about Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Volume 1 of the series)! We chat about the various adaptations of the series and Scott's single brain cell.

This week we have Glen and Gertie Nuzzles to talk about A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! We chat about ghost stories, Christmas in the Victorian era, old timey entertainment, and Muppet oppression. Find Glen and Gertie's podcast, Gestating the Curious Mind, under the Nuzzle House umbrella @HouseNuzzle.

This week we're talking about the 1941 sci fi short story By His Bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein! Buckle up in the time gate to chat about paradoxes, capitalist propaganda, and Doctor Who.

This week we're playing a new game courtesy Amy and ChatGPT! Chantelle is guessing books based on riddles. Will she live up to her English degree or will those book spines crack under the pressure?

This week we're talking about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, toxic masculinity, the insidiousness of colonialism, and yams.

This week we're taking a trip down memory lane to the city where it all began! Our chat on Consolation by Michael Redhill delves into memory, stories, history, and a whole lotta red tape. Content warning: suicide.

This week we're talking about Arthur Conan Doyle's A Scandal in Bohemia featuring your boy Sherlock Holmes! We chat feminism with Irene Adler (who is not like other girls) and how heart eyes can make you an unreliable narrator.

This week we talk about Marvel comic What If... Magik Became the Sorcerer Supreme? Illyana Rasputin kicks butt, becomes an apprentice to Dr. Strange, and takes a nice little beach vacation.

This week, we take a serious moment to talk about the genocide in Gaza. For more information, follow these creators:

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This week we welcome Az (@Cals_Calzones) to talk about Harvey by Mary Chase, a play that explores the love between a man and his invisible 6 foot talking rabbit. We chat mental health, imaginary friends, and ghosts!

This week, Ben and Nate from Words About Books join us to talk about Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. We also discuss werewolves, anxiety, and Shakira. Follow wordsaboutbookspodcast on Instagram and Threads!

This week we're talking about Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House with special guest Ethan! We talk spooky ghosts, femme friendships, and "roommates".

This week we talk about Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal For Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, a nice normal essay. Also, unrelated, Hozier's Eat Your Young.

Amy is getting married! We're celebrating by reading love poems including Love’s Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Mountain Song by Tophouse, and a surprise sonnet.

In this very last episode of Shakespeare's histories, Amy brings us Henry VIII, which has less murder than you would expect and might be a eulogy!

Today we're wrapping up (the main part of) Shakespeare's Henriad with our collective favourite history play, Richard III! We talk villain motivations, royal propaganda, and woman power in Medieval England.

We are finally finished with Shakespeare's Henry VI! Margaret goes nuclear, everyone dies, and our boy Richard III makes an appearance.

We're back with the second installment of the Henry VI trilogy, AKA Seventeen-Year-Old Gets Messy! Featuring prophecies, witches, murder, and no it's not Macbeth.

We are back with a healthy dose of Shakespearean history! This week we venture back into France, where things are going awry and the women (gasp) are doing WAR THINGS (GASP)! Featuring a special appearance by Joan of Arc.

This week we take a break from Shakespeare's sparkling wit and charm to enjoy Amy's as she gives us a history background on the War of the Roses.

We're back with the ending of Henry IV's story! Is this play good? Or could it have been an email? (Nice.)

We're still talking about rebellions, royals, and wars in Shakespeare's Henriad! This week, we talk about Henry IV Part 1, where everyone is named Henry and we meet the most aggro character of the Shakespeare canon.

Years in the making, we're finally covering Shakespeare's Henriad in a new series! We begin with Richard II, who was indeed a Dick 2 everyone.

In this episode recorded on April Fools Day (ish), we return to our dear old friend, Reddit OC Poetry... with a twist.

This week we're talking about Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray! In which everyone is in love with the same person and nobody wins. Content warning for suicide.

This week we talk about Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with a bad guy narrator.

In this week's episode, we talk about Lord Alfred Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott, plus wall repair and artificial intelligence.

This week we recommend and have a short preview of #IndianLovePoems by Tenille Campbell (edited by Garry Thomas Morse, Signature Editions, 2017)! You can support the author at https://www.tenillecampbell.com/ or follow her at @sweetmoonphoto on Instagram.

In our longest episode ever, we're joined by the illustrious James Anderson (@UnabashedJames) to discuss Stephen Chbosky's coming-of-age classic, Perks of Being a Wallflower. Enjoy this book club/therapy session, and please mind the myriad of content warnings.

This week we talk about Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl, then go off the rails about our school year experiences. Wild rides abound. Come along.

In this special holiday episode, we try to talk about Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman and things go off the rails real quick.

We talk about Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates, and it is rough! Content warning for sexual assault, implied murder, and discussion of domestic violence. Other topics covered include winter incidents, wellness apps, and the Satanic Panic.

If you are impacted by domestic violence and need help, here are some resources:

Advice for survivors and shelter map in Canada - https://sheltersafe.ca/

Shelter map in the United States - https://www.domesticshelters.org/

Helpline in the UK - https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

Advice to support others - https://www.rainn.org/news/how-support-someone-who-experiencing-domestic-violence

You're not alone. Please mind the content warnings and stay safe.

Hop over from an English class to a history class! We're wrapping up our series on the Salem witch trials with Cotton Mather's primary source text, On Witchcraft.

We're staying with the Salem witch trials and reading Moi, Tituba on the internet's least reliable FRENCH literature podcast this week! Amy maintains her perfect attendance record despite having Covid.

It's Halloween! And Uncited's second anniversary! And Amy is engaged! To celebrate, we're talking about witches and communism in Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

We're heading back to Medieval England with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales! We learn that the Knight and the Wife of Bath have very different routes to get to the same place. Content warning for mentions of sexual assault.

Our official Sandman correspondent Zach is back for another special guest episode! This time, we're covering the Netflix adaptation and how it compares to the comics. Content warning for a mention of rape.

This week we're reading An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce for the first time! Thank you to Uncanny Robot Podcast for suggesting the story for this episode. Amy also has hot tips about washing machines.

Wow, we made it through fifty episodes! And we picked... the saddest book to celebrate. We talk about YOUR best and worst books from school, plus Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Content warnings beginning at 17:00: pandemics, death, suicide, murder.

This week we chat about Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, including: what it means to be a comedy, hypocritical characters, and what the heck happened with the gun. 

We're back on our YA with Maureen Johnson's The Name of the Star, which one of us has read! Featuring classic Uncited hits like Ghosts are Real, Romance Subplots Don't Matter, and Books With Gratuitous Violence.

We talk about how Porphyria's Lover, a very weird Victorian poem named after a disease that turns your pee purple, is actually a feminist masterpiece. Content warning for domestic abuse and murder.

If you are impacted by domestic violence and need help, here are some resources:

Advice for survivors and shelter map in Canada - https://sheltersafe.ca/

Shelter map in the United States - https://www.domesticshelters.org/

Helpline in the UK - https://www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/

Advice to support others - https://www.rainn.org/news/how-support-someone-who-experiencing-domestic-violence

You're not alone. Please mind the content warnings and stay safe.

Welcome back to YA week! We talk about Cassandra Clare's City of Bones from The Mortal Instruments series. Special mention goes to my brother, Alec.

We're back to our ally extraordinaire homeboy, Terry Pratchett! Amy and special guest Sam talk about Equal Rites from the Discworld series.

This week we're joined by very special guests, Glen and Gertie Nuzzles to talk about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet! We queer read some characters, judge all the adults, and find out who needs the most therapy. Find Glen and Gertie's podcast, Gestating the Curious Mind, under the Nuzzle House umbrella @HouseNuzzle.