Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films
A podcast by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh - Luni
128 Episoade
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Spiritual Matters in Chekhov’s “The Student” and “A Medical Case”
Publicat: 26.04.2021 -
Art and Action in Chekhov’s “The House with the Mezzanine”
Publicat: 12.04.2021 -
Nipped by Love in Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Little Dog”
Publicat: 29.03.2021 -
Business Gets Personal in “The Godfather” (1972)
Publicat: 01.03.2021 -
(post)script: Post-Hall: Pimps, Pills, and Automobiles
Publicat: 22.02.2021 -
Love and Nostalgia in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” (1977)
Publicat: 15.02.2021 -
Yielding to Suggestion in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”
Publicat: 01.02.2021 -
Clever Hopes in W. H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
Publicat: 18.01.2021 -
The “Human Position” of Suffering in W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts”
Publicat: 04.01.2021 -
Mutual Amusement in “The Awful Truth” (1937)
Publicat: 21.12.2020 -
Against Specialization in Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”
Publicat: 07.12.2020 -
Kill Billy: Order and Innocence in Melville’s “Billy Budd”
Publicat: 23.11.2020 -
(post)script: Post-Gatsby
Publicat: 16.11.2020 -
The American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”
Publicat: 09.11.2020 -
Being Yourself in John Cassavetes’s “A Woman Under the Influence”
Publicat: 26.10.2020 -
Worrying about the Future in Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate”
Publicat: 05.10.2020 -
Slouching Towards Bethlehem in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 2
Publicat: 28.09.2020 -
Things Fall Apart in W.B. Yeats’ “The Second Coming”: Part 1
Publicat: 21.09.2020 -
Filial Ingratitude in in Shakespeare’s “King Lear”
Publicat: 14.09.2020 -
The “Intelligent Way to Approach Marriage” in Hitchcock’s Rear Window
Publicat: 07.09.2020
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.