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SUBTEXT Literature and Film Podcast

SUBTEXT Literature and Film Podcast

SUBTEXT is a podcast about the human condition, and what we can learn about it from the greatest inventions of the human imagination: fiction, film, drama, poetry, essays, and criticism. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O’Luanaigh explore life’s big questions by conducting a close reading of a text or film and co-writing an audio essay about it in real time.

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September 11, 2023

(post)script: Post-u-Tropon (“The Odyssey”)

Wes & Erin continue the first part of their discussion of “The Odyssey.”

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August 21, 2023

Bombs and Bombshells in “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie”

Bonus Episode for subscribers: Wes & Erin discuss “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie.”

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August 14, 2023

(post)script: Post-Winter (“The Lion in Winter”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “The Lion in Winter.”

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July 17, 2023

(post)script: Post-Honor (“Becket,” 1964)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Becket” (1964).

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June 19, 2023

(post)script: Post-Capitation (“Carried Away” by Alice Munro)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Alice Munro’s “Carried Away.”

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May 22, 2023

(post)script: Post-Past (“Back to the Future,” 1985)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Back to the Future.”

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April 24, 2023

(post)script: Post-Battery (Holy Sonnet 14 – Donne)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Donne’s “Batter My Heart” (Holy Sonnet 14).

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March 27, 2023

(post)script: Post-Death (“Tár”)

Wes & Erin talk about “Tár.”

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February 27, 2023

(post)script: Post-Forget-it-Jake (Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” 1974)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” (1974).

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January 30, 2023

(post)script: Post-Bested (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.”

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January 2, 2023

(post)script: Post-God (“Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Sunday Morning” by Wallace Stevens.

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December 5, 2022

(post)script: Post-Use (“His Girl Friday”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “His Girl Friday.”

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October 24, 2022

(post)script: Post-istopheles (“Dr. Faustus”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Christopher Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus.”

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October 10, 2022

(post)script: Post-Journey (“Long Day’s Journey into Night”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “Long Day’s Journey into Night.”

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May 23, 2022

(post)script: Post-Work (“The Bridge on the River Kwai”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”

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April 25, 2022

(post)script: Post-Dead

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of James Joyce’s “The Dead.”

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March 21, 2022

(post)script: Post-Terrestrial (“E.T.”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Stephen Spielberg’s “E.T.” (1982).

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March 7, 2022

(post)script: Post-Wordsworth (Sonnets)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Wordsworth’s sonnets.

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February 21, 2022

(post)script: Post-Abbey (“Tintern Abbey,” Part 2)

Wes & Erin continue the second part of their discussion of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey.”

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February 7, 2022

(post)script: Post-Murmur (“Tintern Abbey, Part 1”)

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of the first three stanzas of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey.”

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(sub)Text is a podcast about the human condition, and what we can learn about it from the greatest inventions of the human imagination: fiction, film, drama, poetry, essays, and criticism. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O’Luanaigh explore life’s big questions by conducting a close reading of a text or film and co-writing an audio essay about it in real time.

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