What do Iowa tourism slogans, college mascots, Mel Gibson movie corrections, Miami Dolphins draft options, and institutionalized racism all have in common? Probably more than you think but mainly they’re all things we end up somehow talking about in the …
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75: The Haunted Babysitters Club
If we could turn back time, we’d probably make Cher less of a major cornerstone on this episode about Henry James’s spooky novella The Turn of The Screw but it’s too late for that now! RJ makes his spectacular return …
March Mini-Madness 4: Adaptation-Hating with The Narcissist Cookbook
Woah! New episode on a Tuesday?! Yes, we’re sitting at the razor’s edge of both March and madness as Matt Johnston aka The Narcissist Cookbook joins Megan to share his feelings on HBO’s adaptation of the His Dark Materials novel …
March Mini-Madness 3: Book-Huffing and Other Sins with Paul from Varmints!
March may be winding down but the madness continues with Paul Csomo, host of the amazing animal podcast Varmints! The exclamation point is part of the show’s title but also indicative of the level of excitement you should have as …
March Mini-Madness 2: Witcher-Guessing with Joe from Life, Death, and Taxonomy
Witcher? I hardly know her! March Mini Madness continues as Megan is given a lesson in Witcher Literature (Witcherature) by Joe Raspolich, co-host of Life, Death, and Taxonomy. Together they’ll play guessing games, critique Witcher world fashion, contemplate destiny, mispronounce …
March Mini-Madness 1: Book-Shaming with Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss
Our first entry into Miniaturized Madness in March is with Webby-nominated(!) Kate Wallinga, host of Ignorance Was Bliss and co-host of LifeWorld. Megan and Kate ostensibly discuss the pointless pedantry of book-shaming someone for not having read something but quickly …
74: Oh No! Clip Show
RJ has officially left ON!LC HQ and Megan is totally handling it super well (he’s fine, it’s fine, we’re fine). Until your favorite book idiots are reunited, please enjoy this retrospective of some of our greatest hits and relive the …
73: Much Ado About Doin’ It
We’re celebrating our 3rd birthday with Big Willy Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, and everyone’s* invited! Ready your “no” face to learn why vicious sarcasm is the truest love language, how to give off Big Thursday Energy, the benefits of …
72: Things Get Real on Beale
While we may be more equipped to talk about Sesame Street, this episode we’re covering If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. Join us on a journey through a lyrical, tragic, beautiful story as we learn about the 90s …
71: The Way The World Ends (Not With a Bang But a Meow)
Megan and RJ are prancing and dancing their way into 2020 like a regular pair of Jellicle cats as they take on TS Eliot and his wildly disparate body of work, including poems of fragmented existential Modernist despair and also …