There’s no getting around it, this episode on Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, is big. A big, meaty episode all about time, space, war, trauma, and also, for absolutely no reason at all, French philosopher Michel Foucault’s weird bald head. …
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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 …
65: This Old (Haunted) House
It’s the Season of Spooks and Scares and we’re starting with Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, with the help of Moxie, host of Your Brain on Facts, who’s just FULL of facts…mostly about how best to see Liam …
Study Break Bonus: This Episode is A Miserable Little Pile of Secrets
From the Patreon-only vault: Megan, RJ, and Jared aka Best Day, huddle in Jared’s closet around his terrible Snowball mic to discuss Japanese video games based on Tom Sawyer, Dracula, and the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Learn about adorable vampires, …
62: Capote, I Don’t Think We’re In Kansas Anymore
Screw books! We’re a True Crime podcast now! Megan and RJ are joined by Kate, host of the podcast Ignorance Was Bliss, to get all up in Truman Capote’s genre-birthing “nonfiction” book, In Cold Blood. Together we’ll objectify nuns, workshop …
56: The Lion, The Bris, and The Wardrobe
We step through CS Lewis’s titular wardrobe into Narnia with Matt Johnston aka The Narcissist Cookbook to take a story of magical lands and good vs evil that’s been dear to him since childhood and just ruin it. Just really …