Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films
A podcast by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh - Mondays
124 Episodes
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Possibility and Loss in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Part 2)
Published: 17/02/2025 -
Possibility and Loss in the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Published: 11/02/2025 -
Irony as Anesthetic in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H” (1970) – Part 2
Published: 03/02/2025 -
Irony as Anesthetic in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H” (1970)
Published: 27/01/2025 -
Aesthetic Humility in Marianne Moore’s “The Jerboa” (Part 2)
Published: 20/01/2025 -
Aesthetic Humility in Marianne Moore’s “The Jerboa”
Published: 12/01/2025 -
Word and Image in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950) – Part 2
Published: 06/01/2025 -
Word and Image in “Sunset Boulevard” (1950)
Published: 29/12/2024 -
The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin” (Part 2)
Published: 23/12/2024 -
The Sublime Mundane in Conrad Aiken’s “Morning Song of Senlin”
Published: 16/12/2024 -
The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988) (Part 2)
Published: 09/12/2024 -
The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988)
Published: 02/12/2024 -
A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 2)
Published: 25/11/2024 -
A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 1)
Published: 18/11/2024 -
Formal Meets Feral in “A New Leaf” (Elaine May, 1971) – Part 2
Published: 28/10/2024 -
Formal Meets Feral in “A New Leaf” (Elaine May, 1971) – Part 1
Published: 21/10/2024 -
Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 6)
Published: 14/10/2024 -
Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 5)
Published: 07/10/2024 -
Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 4)
Published: 30/09/2024 -
Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 3)
Published: 23/09/2024
Subtext is a book club podcast for readers interested in what the greatest works of the human imagination say about life’s big questions. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O’Luanaigh conduct a close reading of a text or film and co-write an audio essay about it in real time. It’s literary analysis, but in the best sense: we try not overly stuffy and pedantic, but rather focus on unearthing what’s most compelling about great books and movies, and how it is they can touch our lives in such a significant way.
