
291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"
2025/12/23 | 49 mins.
Apparently Tolkien is a fabulous illustrator. Who knew? I've seriously looked up prints, and they are weirdly hard to find . . . but enchanting. Oh, this episode is about Christmas. Merry Christmas!

290: Civil Disobedience by David Henry Thoreau
2025/12/16 | 1h 4 mins.
In this episode, we learn how to---as Graeme would say---RIP THE SYSTEM. Well, at least until an aunt bails us out.

289: John Bunyan and Babe le bœuf bleu
2025/12/09 | 1h 3 mins.
In this episode, we talk about allegory and cattle. Oh, and Pilgrim's Progress

288: Macbeth Inverted
2025/12/02 | 1h 6 mins.
In this episode, Graeme talks us through a framework in which we can experience Macbeth (you know, that Scottish play). Turns out that when you kill a Scottish king, everything goes topsy turvy.

287: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
2025/11/04 | 56 mins.
Ever heard of the headless horseman? Did you know he was a Hessian Soldier? Do you know where the Jack-o-lantern comes from? FIND OUT IN THIS SPOOOOOOOKY EPISODE.



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