Um, hey, how’s it going? Megan and RJ return from the void to bring you Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, a poem from Arthurian legend full of fun and games, including “Decapitation with Friends,” “I’ll Hunt and You Kiss,”
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78: The Zero Chilliad
Get it? Because Achilles has zero chill? Megan and RJ also find themselves lacking chill as they attempt to navigate the first of Homer’s epic poem duology, The Iliad, starting with the important question: Just what does it mean to …
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 …
60: If She Breathes, She’s A Thot: The Tragedy of Othello
We’re back for more Big Willy, this time taking a look at Othello, the classic tale of tragedy, betrayal, and people flat-out refusing to JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER OH MY GOD. We discover that Iago is not a parrot, …
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 …
55: A Tale of Two Cities (And One Bane)
We’re joined by author, comic writer, and Dickens-hating enthusiast BJ Mendelson as we read A Tale of Two Cities and learn that, while the revolution may not be televised, it WILL be knit into a sweater. Discover just how Batman …
46: The Ballad of Count Jackula
What’s that in your candy bucket? Is it a bonus week of spooks and scares just in time for Halloween?! Join us and learn why A Rose for Emily is less about The Bachelor and more about oblivious townsfolk and …
44: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Bill Nye the Science Guy
It’s the most wonderful tiiiiime of the year! Halloween! Obviously. On this spine-tingling episode, Megan and RJ take a trip down Queer Street to examine The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Witness the classic terrors of inheritance …
27: ALL HAIL THE MAGIC CONCH!
British boys get stranded on a tropical island, and you won’t BELIEVE what happens next! …They get naked and try to murder each other. It’s Lord of the Flies, a book written out of spite for a different book written …
26: This Pie Tastes Like Murder
You guys, this show is a whole year old! In celebration, we bring you, from the depths of Shakespearean obscurity: Titus Andronicus, the play that asks “What if Shakespeare was possessed by Eli Roth and then wrote a play?” and …