BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation
Episodes
All the World's a Stage: Creator by Forrester and Andrews
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. You’ve heard of Bernstein and Sondheim. But have you heard of Forrester and Andrews?!In this episode the ...
Changes Coming to the CenterForLit Podcast Network!
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CenterForLit Director Adam Andrews explains what you can expect from the CenterForLit Podcast Network going forward. In summary:* The BiblioFiles arch...
All the World's a Stage: Conclusion
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For our season finale we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since Medea. We offer our final thoughts on the difference between written literature...
All the World's a Stage: Waiting for Godot
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Andrews is returning to the show today to talk about Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with the rest of the crew. We debate whether or not th...
All the World's a Stage: A Long Day's Journey Into Night
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're wading deep into the fog of Modernism with a discussion of Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). Ian an...
All the World's a Stage: Hedda Gabler
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're tackling the movement toward Realism in the theater with a discussion of Henrik Ibsen's 1891 stage play, Hedda Gabler. This one ca...
All The World's a Stage: A Brief History of Theatre in the 1700s
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Ian and Emily are talking about what happened to the theater after Shakespeare. They follow the trends of comedy and tragedy, Renaissance an...
All the World's a Stage: The Tempest
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode, we discussed the concerns about theatre raised by the Reformation. Today we're looking at The Tempest as Shakespeare's answer to ...
All the World's a Stage: Why Did the Reformers Hate Plays?
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The CenterForLit crew attempts a huge historical leap in this episode as we try to bridge the gap between Greek drama and the Reformation. We talk abo...
All the World's a Stage: Medea
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a Jason-like heroic struggle, Ian wrestles his wife and his mother in a conversation about Euripides' Medea. We talk about the function of this...
All The World's a Stage: Introduction
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a new season of BiblioFiles! In this first episode, the CenterForLit crew introduces our theatrical theme and discusses the similarities an...
Juvenile and YA Fiction: John Green
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emily joins Ian in this episode to talk about our first author who writes solely in the YA genre: John Green. They discuss what makes his work so diff...
Juvenile and YA Fiction: Jeanne Birdsall
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Megan joins Ian to talk about the magic of Jeanne Birdsall’s Penderwicks series. They discuss what it is about this series that app...
Juvenile and YA Fiction: Gary D. Schmidt
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What can CenterForLit’s favorite children’s author teach us about the difference between juvenile and YA fiction? Adam and Missy sit down with Ian...
At the Movies: Interpreting Gatsby
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Adam compares notes on the 1974 and 2013 adaptations of The Great Gatsby. Then the CenterForLit crew considers whether or not a director has a respons...
At the Movies: Understanding Film Adaptations
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
BiblioFiles is back! In the first episode of our new season, the CenterForLit crew sits down to wrap their heads around what makes a good film adaptat...
BiblioFiles: "At the Movies" Trailer
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ian and Emily tease the upcoming season of BiblioFiles, set to begin airing on Friday August 26th. We’ll be talking all about the process of adaptin...
The Great Questions: "What is God like?"
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of our series on “The Great Questions,” we ask the natural follow-up question to “Is there a god?” If there is a god, wh...
The Great Questions: "Is there a god?"
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re opening our season on “The Great Questions” by asking the most important question of them all: “Is there a god?” In this episode, the ...
How to Eat an Elephant: Trailer
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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Lit, Period #7: Modernism
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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Lit, Period #3: The Romantics
09 Dec 2017
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Lit, Period #1: Metaphysical Poets
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
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BiblioFiles Episode #10: Grace and Literature
15 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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BiblioFiles Episode #9: What is the Proper Use of Literature?
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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BiblioFiles Episode #8: Is Truth Necessary in Literature?
20 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
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BiblioFiles Episode #7: Alienation and Communion
20 May 2016
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BiblioFiles Episode #6: Should Art be Beautiful?
05 May 2016
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BiblioFiles Episode #5: What is Art?
21 Apr 2016
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BiblioFiles Episode #4: Avoiding Christian Deconstructionism
03 Mar 2016
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BiblioFiles Episode #3: Participating in the The Great Conversation
24 Feb 2016
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BiblioFiles Episode #2: The Great Conversation
07 Feb 2016
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BiblioFiles Episode #1: Introduction
24 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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