Uncited: An English Lit Podcast
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Uncited: An English Lit PodcastJan 19, 2024
Bridgerton Book 1: The D*** and I
In honour of the release of Bridgerton Season 3, we're tackling the first book in Julia Quinn's series, The Duke and I! We chat about daddy issues, "The Talk", and swimming in the River Thames. Content warning for sexual assault.
Beowulf's Party Cost an Arm and a Head
We're finally talking about Beowulf, the epic poem written for 300 years that could have ended about four times! Incoming intertextuality (?) with Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, The Fast and the Furious, James Bond, and Disney.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. the Knives vs. the Gunfight (Volume 2)
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.
Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Episode (Volume 1)
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.
A Christmas Carol with Ebenuzzle Scrooge
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.
Pulling Himself Through Time By His Bootstraps
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.
Special Episode: Blind Date with a Book Changer
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?
Cupid's Arrow of God
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And Another Thing Falls Apart
This week we're talking about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, toxic masculinity, the insidiousness of colonialism, and yams.
This Ain't a Consolation Prize
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.
Sherlocking Lips With Your Holmies (Scandalously)
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.
What If... Our Magik (z)Act was a Marvel?
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.
Back on our Bullsh**: Original Poetry: Part 3?
Watermelon Episode
This week, we take a serious moment to talk about the genocide in Gaza. For more information, follow these creators:
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"It's Not Bunny Ha Ha" -Harvey
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!
A Tell-Tale Heart Decom-Poe-sing Under the Floorboards
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!
The Haunting of Chill House Beats to Relax/Study To
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".
A Modest Proposal to Eat Your Young
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.
Toit Nups
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.
Henriadstravaganza Epilogue: Henry VIII
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!
Henriadstravaganza: Richard III
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.
Henriadstravaganza: Henry VI Part 3
We are finally finished with Shakespeare's Henry VI! Margaret goes nuclear, everyone dies, and our boy Richard III makes an appearance.
Henriadstravaganza: Henry VI Part 2
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.
Henriadstravaganza: Henry VI Part 1
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.
Henriadstravaganza: War of the Roses Historlude
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.
Henriadstravaganza: Henry V
Henriadstravaganza: Henry IV Part 2
We're back with the ending of Henry IV's story! Is this play good? Or could it have been an email? (Nice.)
Henriadstravaganza: Henry IV Part 1
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.
Henriadstravaganza: Richard II
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.
English Major Gets PRANKED (Gone Right)
In this episode recorded on April Fools Day (ish), we return to our dear old friend, Reddit OC Poetry... with a twist.
Dorian Gray Jokes Never Get Old
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.
What Rhymes with the Ancient Mariner?
This week we talk about Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with a bad guy narrator.
You Ask Shalott of Questions
In this week's episode, we talk about Lord Alfred Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott, plus wall repair and artificial intelligence.
We Recommend #IndianLovePoems
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.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Who is in Therapy
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.
Meet Your Match, Girl
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.
What's Your New Year's Restoration?
The One Where We Get Blitzened
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.
Where Are You Going, Where HAVE! YOU? BEEN?
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.
Nothing Really Mathers
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.
The Nice and Accurate Biography of Tituba
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.
The Crucible Doesn't Leave Us Hanging
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.
Can't (er) Bury These Tales
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.
Sandman, Bring Me Another Guest Episode
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.
Special Episode: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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.
50th Episode!: Station Eleven
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.
"It's Not Funny Ha Ha" -Chekhov
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.
Hey Now, You're The Name of the Star
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.
Porphyria's L(over it)
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.
We Built This City of Bones
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.