Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

A podcast by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh - Mondays

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128 Episodes

  1. (post)script: Post-Wonderful

    Published: 27/12/2021
  2. The Pain of Anonymity in “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946)

    Published: 20/12/2021
  3. (post)script: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas Movie?

    Published: 13/12/2021
  4. Attachments “Die Hard” at Nakatomi Tower

    Published: 06/12/2021
  5. Mad as Hell in “Network” (1976)

    Published: 22/11/2021
  6. Autonomy and Incest in Sophocles’s “Oedipus Rex”

    Published: 08/11/2021
  7. Gender Opera in “Tootsie”

    Published: 25/10/2021
  8. Our Name is Subtext, Podcast of Podcasts. Hear our “Ozymandias” Discussion, Ye Listeners, and Despair!

    Published: 11/10/2021
  9. Sex and Tech in “Alien” by Ridley Scott

    Published: 27/09/2021
  10. Dead Wall Reveries in Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”

    Published: 13/09/2021
  11. Cursed Kids or Psych-Au Pair? “The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James

    Published: 30/08/2021
  12. Gentility and Injustice in “Gone with the Wind” (1939)

    Published: 16/08/2021
  13. Realism as Cruelty in “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams

    Published: 02/08/2021
  14. Prestidigitocracy in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939)

    Published: 19/07/2021
  15. Formulated Phrases in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot: Part 2

    Published: 05/07/2021
  16. Disturbing the Universe in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot: Part 1

    Published: 21/06/2021
  17. (post)script: Post-Apocalypse

    Published: 14/06/2021
  18. At Home with War in “Apocalypse Now” (1979) by Francis Ford Coppola

    Published: 07/06/2021
  19. Unsound Methods in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”

    Published: 24/05/2021
  20. On the Lam with “Thelma & Louise” (1991)

    Published: 10/05/2021

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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.

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