We’re blaming Rent: The Musical for mispronouncing Maya Angelou’s last name all these years because we can. And because it’s just another reason to hate Rent. We’re also reading her poetry. That too. Join us and discover Angelou’s cable-car aspirations,
Episodes
95: The Divine Comedy Part 2: Take a Left at Lucifer’s Junk, You Can’t Miss It
Happy 4th birthday to us! What did we get ourselves to celebrate? Ah, nothing much, just the epic tale of two pedantic idiots fighting over possession of The Last Brain Cell as they make their dramatic journey to Hell and
94: The Divine Comedy Part 1: Dante Alighieri – Short, Shredded King?
ON!LC is back and we’re taking things in a new direction: straight to hell! Specifically, the Inferno, as we lay out the biography of Dante Alighieri and the historical context for The Divine Comedy in the first of our two-part
93: Dewey Decimal System? No, We Don’t!
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the ‘cast, Megan and RJ had lost it at last. Answering listener questions about not naming children, which authors to date, and which authors they’d choose to punch authors they hate. Questions …
92: Grogu In Wonderland
We’ll get this out of the way now: No, we haven’t watched season 2 of The Mandalorian. Yes, we know his name is Grogu. Now. After calling him Gorgu 500 times. Oops. Hey, it’s all part of falling down the
91: Who’s Afraid of Virgender Woolf?
This Thanksgiving, be thankful your significant other doesn’t expect you to pull a Virginia Woolf and write them a stealth love letter in the form of the celebrated and experimental genderbending novel, Orlando: A Biography, like Woolf did for her …
90: Victor Hugo Said ACAB
Do you hear the people sing? Megan and RJ sure do as they get all kinds of Les Miserables on this special Patreon-request episode. Learn why no matter what time it is, it’s always Time For Victor Hugo’s Opinion, pro …
89: Paul Hollywood IS Mrs. De Winter IN Rebecca
So…there’s an acclaimed spooky Gothic novel called Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and there’s a new original movie on Netflix also called Rebecca and, in theory, this episode is about that, and NOT Paul Hollywood, evil housekeepers that sound like …
88: We’re Gonna Goose Your Bumps
Listener beware, you’re in for a scare, Megan and RJ are here to give you Goosebumps! Learn all about RL Stine, the man behind the bumps, plus: Hairy Adoption Alternatives, “What’s the Deal with Kids and Ventriloquism?”, and the oral …
87: The Phantom of The Hockey Rink
“Christine, I am The Angel of Music, and you must never touch my mask…seriously, have you ever taken a puck to the face unprotected? Brutal.” It’s Halloween, and you know what that means: Spooky ghosts, haunted opera houses, horny Frenchmen, …