Episódios

  • CR Episode 342: The Cask of Amontillado

    CR Episode 342: The Cask of Amontillado
    Oct 5 2026
    The panel reads The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, with attention to its structure of vengeance, its gothic genre features, the presence of literal echoes and narrative recurrence, and particularly the reliability—and sanity—of the narrator.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 6 minutos
  • CR Episode 341: Beowulf, Part III

    CR Episode 341: Beowulf, Part III
    Sep 28 2026
    The panel discusses the conclusion of Beowulf—including Beowulf's final battle and his victorious death—with particular attention given to the didactic purpose of the poem, its framing of leadership and loyalty, and its function in historical context.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 5 minutos
  • CR Episode 340: Beowulf, Part II

    CR Episode 340: Beowulf, Part II
    Sep 21 2026
    The panel discusses the second of Beowulf's battles—this time, against Grendel's vengeful mother—with special attention to the nature of his foe and the particularly fantastic setting of the battle, which takes place deep beneath the water of the fens.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 15 minutos
  • CR Episode 339: Beowulf, Part I

    CR Episode 339: Beowulf, Part I
    Sep 14 2026
    Dr. Madeline Potter joins the panel just in time for the first-ever Readers' Choice series: the Old English poem, Beowulf. The panel reads of Beowulf's battle with Grendel, with special attention to how honour is won and defended by Geats and Danes.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 22 minutos
  • CR Episode 338: The Once and Future King, Part XIV

    CR Episode 338: The Once and Future King, Part XIV
    Aug 31 2026
    The panel discusses the conclusion of The Candle in the Wind, with a look at Mordred's unreal motivations, Arthur's ultimate victory or failure, Guenever's personal agency, and the development of Gawaine beyond the initial limits of his character.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 22 minutos
  • CR Episode 337: The Once and Future King, Part XIII

    CR Episode 337: The Once and Future King, Part XIII
    Aug 24 2026
    The panel discusses chapters 6–10 of the final book in The Once and Future King, with attention to Arthur's philosophical character, particularly whether his political theories serve as a prison which prevents the kind of action that could save his realm.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 18 minutos
  • CR Episode 336: The Once and Future King, Part XII

    CR Episode 336: The Once and Future King, Part XII
    Aug 17 2026
    The panel discusses the first five chapters of The Candle in the Wind, the last of the four books in the tetralogy, with a look at White's historical overview of the mediæval period, and a thorough study of his villainous duo of Agravaine and Mordred.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 3 minutos
  • CR Episode 335: The Once and Future King, Part XI

    CR Episode 335: The Once and Future King, Part XI
    Aug 10 2026
    The panel discusses the closing chapters of The Ill-Made Knight, with attention to the circumstances of Guenever's increasingly frenzied behaviour towards Lancelot, and to his growth as a character—from self-glorifying to self-abasing—across the book.Continue reading
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    1 hora e 16 minutos