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Episode 48: “So Long, and Thanks for All The Squid,” or Viet Than Nguyen’s The Sympathizer, Part I
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s narrator tells us right off the bat that he’s a sympathizer. He can see any issue from “both sides,” he claims, a dubious...
Digression: Literary Theologies with Beatrice Marovich
Theologian Beatrice Marovich reacts to our discussions of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, exploring the relationship between theology and fiction....
Episode 46: “Yelling ‘Racism’ in a ‘Post-racist’ World,” or Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, Part II
The second half of The Sellout does feature a MacGuffin and resolution of sorts, although the plot is minimal compared to the satire and world building....
Episode 44: “Faintly Dickensian?” or Paul Beatty’s The Sellout, Part I
Chris and Jesse are thrown into Paul Beatty's 2015 Man Booker Prize Winner The Sellout, because this novel seems to try to take the upper hand with...
Episode 44: “Put On Your Seatbelt,” or Alexander Payne’s Sideways
A rebroadcast of our Live recap and discussion of Alexander Payne’s Sideways (2004). The UMB’s admire Miles’ Saab, la costa perdida, and enjoy...
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