Episodios

  • 173: The Visit
    Mar 18 2025
    Make money fast with this one weird trick. Glenn Fleishman discusses Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play The Visit (1956).

    John McCoy with Glenn Fleishman.

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    46 m
  • 172: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
    Feb 25 2025
    And indeed there will be time to discuss this, the most mid-life white-guy crisis poem of all. Lisa Schmeiser discusses T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915).

    John McCoy with Lisa Schmeiser.

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    37 m
  • 171: Frank O'Connor Stories
    Feb 3 2025
    I’ve heard it said by men of wide experience that podcasts used to be better in the old days. Kieran Healy discusses three short stories by Frank O’Connor: “First Confession,” “The Majesty of the Law,” and “Guests of the Nation.”

    John McCoy with Kieran Healy.

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    58 m
  • 170: Emily Dickinson Poems
    Jan 10 2025
    Forever is composed of podcasts. Caroline Fulford discusses selected poems by Emily Dickinson (c. 1860-65).

    John McCoy with Caroline Fulford and Marina McCoy.

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    1 h
  • 169: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
    Dec 24 2024
    Cigars are always trouble. Marina McCoy discusses Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972).

    John McCoy with Marina McCoy.

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    25 m
  • 168: The Time of Your Life
    Dec 6 2024
    Sometimes you want to go where everybody is a thread in the fabric of the human condition. Also they know your name. Phil Gonzales discusses William Saroyan’s The Time of Your Life (1939).

    John McCoy with Phil Gonzales.

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    1 h y 1 m
  • 167: Thanksgiving Special: Comfort Reads
    Nov 27 2024
    Hey, things are tough. The McCoy Bros, Rob, John, and Dan, discuss the books that get them through.

    John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy.

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    25 m
  • 166: The Owl Service
    Nov 19 2024
    Ross Cleaver returns to talk owls, plates, and Welsh mythology in Alan Garner’s The Owl Service (1967).

    John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.

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    44 m
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