Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films
A podcast by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh - Mondays
113 Episodes
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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 -
Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 2)
Published: 16/09/2024 -
Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 1)
Published: 09/09/2024 -
Love and Loneliness in “Arthur” (1981) – Part 2
Published: 02/09/2024 -
Love and Loneliness in “Arthur” (1981) – Part 1
Published: 26/08/2024 -
Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 2)
Published: 19/08/2024 -
Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 1)
Published: 11/08/2024 -
Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 2)
Published: 05/08/2024 -
Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 1)
Published: 29/07/2024 -
“Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 2)
Published: 22/07/2024 -
“Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 1)
Published: 15/07/2024 -
Staking Claims in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) (Part 2)
Published: 08/07/2024
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.
