Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

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

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128 Episodes

  1. Spiritual Matters in Chekhov’s “The Student” and “A Medical Case”

    Published: 26/04/2021
  2. Art and Action in Chekhov’s “The House with the Mezzanine”

    Published: 12/04/2021
  3. Nipped by Love in Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog”

    Published: 29/03/2021
  4. Business Gets Personal in “The Godfather” (1972)

    Published: 01/03/2021
  5. (post)script: Post-Hall: Pimps, Pills, and Automobiles

    Published: 22/02/2021
  6. Love and Nostalgia in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” (1977)

    Published: 15/02/2021
  7. Yielding to Suggestion in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”

    Published: 01/02/2021
  8. Clever Hopes in W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”

    Published: 18/01/2021
  9. The “Human Position” of Suffering in W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts”

    Published: 04/01/2021
  10. Mutual Amusement in “The Awful Truth” (1937)

    Published: 21/12/2020
  11. Against Specialization in Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”

    Published: 07/12/2020
  12. Kill Billy: Order and Innocence in Melville’s “Billy Budd”

    Published: 23/11/2020
  13. (post)script: Post-Gatsby

    Published: 16/11/2020
  14. The American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”

    Published: 09/11/2020
  15. Being Yourself in John Cassavetes’s “A Woman Under the Influence”

    Published: 26/10/2020
  16. Worrying about the Future in Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate”

    Published: 05/10/2020
  17. Slouching Towards Bethlehem in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 2

    Published: 28/09/2020
  18. Things Fall Apart in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 1

    Published: 21/09/2020
  19. Filial Ingratitude in in Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

    Published: 14/09/2020
  20. The “Intelligent Way to Approach Marriage” in Hitchcock’s Rear Window

    Published: 07/09/2020

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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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