Get Lit Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Get Lit Episode 35: Louisa May Alcott
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWe missed Boston so much, we thought we'd bring it back to visit Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Women' and rewriter of...
Get Lit Episode 34: Percy & Mary Shelley
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis episode has it all: exploding trees, forbidden romance, sci-fi monsters, a gossip girl crossover and Katie Sall. Is there really anyth...
Get Lit Episode 33: Langston Hughes
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis week, we're off into the world of the globe trotting poet, Langston Hughes discussing identity, American history, and artifacts. ...
Get Lit Episode 32: Engle & Iowa City
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit is back on tour - this time, we're sending you postcards from UNESCO City of Literature, Iowa City - where everything from the...
Get Lit Episode 31: Arthur Conan Doyle & Agatha Christie (Live!)
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit Live is back - this week, we share stories about famous detective novel authors Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, along with ...
Get Lit Episode 30: Herman Melville
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textJump aboard the Pequod and going us for a seafaring adventure through Herman Melville's life, featuring special guest, Professor Jamie...
Get Lit Episode 29: Toni Morrison
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis week, we honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Toni Morrison, with Katie Sall back as a guest host to share her reflections on th...
Get Lit Episode 28: Jane Austen
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWe're headed back to England to explore the ICONIC Jane Austen - she's witty, she's talented, she was almost Jane Bigg-Withe...
Get Lit Episode 27: James Baldwin
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWe're transatlantic commuters this week, exploring the nuanced and deeply important legacy of James Baldwin on literature and justice....
Get Lit Episode 26: Mary Oliver
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis week, we celebrate and remember poet Mary Oliver, who gave us exquisite meditations on nature, the human spirit, and our collective co...
Get Lit Episode 25: Laura Ingalls Wilder
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textHop in your covered wagon and hold onto your calico bonnet: we're getting Lit & Wild(er) this week as we explore pioneer & wri...
Get Lit Episode 24: George Orwell
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textBig Brother is watching and will know if you didn't listen this week: tune in to the rather unfortunate life of Eric Blair AKA George ...
Get Lit Episode 23: Ray Bradbury
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textOne of our most requested authors has finally landed in his very own Mars Rover! This week, we highlight Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit...
Get Lit Episode 22: Kay Thompson
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textIt's me, Eloise! Just kidding - but it is Kay Thompson, a pioneering, pants-wearing, vocalist-coach-creator-author! Meet the creator o...
Get Lit Episode 21: Seuss & Dahl (Live!)
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit goes LIVE! We record this week's episode in front of a live audience, covering two of your favorite childhood authors - Dr. Se...
Get Lit Episode 20: Zora Neale Hurston
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textTzdakah (Justice): This week, we hope to bring even the smallest bit of justice to Zora Neale Hurston's legacy as an unstoppable force...
Get Lit Episode 19: Edna St. Vincent Millay
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textWhy should ALL High School students read Edna St. Vincent Millay? Find out more about why they should and about this (extra)ordinary poet, ...
Get Lit Episode 18: Eugene O'Neill
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit goes on tour to record our Eugene O'Neill episode in the same spot that he launched his career: Provincetown, MA! Join us at s...
Get Lit Episode 17: Gertrude Stein
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThere may be no there there, but there's there here and her name is Gertrude Stein! We're headed to Paris, France to learn about ...
Get Lit Episode 16: Hemingway
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text'Living for Dummies: Ernest Hemingway's Practical Guide to Living Ur Best Life' - AKA this week's Get Lit episode! Jon ...
Get Lit Episode 15: Thoreau v. Emerson
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a text"It's not a fight, it's not a debate, it's a healthy intellectual discussion..." of Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henr...
Get Lit Episode 14: Walt Whitman
10 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textYou can't spell America without Walt Whitman. This week, Get Lit celebrates the 4th of July (a bit late, we know...) by covering the l...
Get Lit Episode 13: Susanna Rowson
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textSusanna Rowson: best selling (literally, the BEST selling) author, actress, playwright, educator, textbook creator, human geographer... I m...
Get Lit Episode 12: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit heads south to Mexico City to investigate the extraordinary life of a woman, poet, philosopher, nun, lady-in-waiting, playwright wh...
Get Lit Episode 11: Susan Glaspell
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textMurder, pilgrims, theater & revolutionary women - this episode has it all! Get Let heads to Iowa and Provincetown, MA to explore the se...
Get Lit Episode 10: Kate Chopin
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textBe like Kate! What does that mean? Find out this week as Steph and Jon explore the delightfully powerful Kate Chopin and her work as one of...
Get Lit Episode 9: Phillis Wheatley
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit heads all the way back to the late 1700's America to explore the extraordinary legacy of African American Female Poet Phillis ...
Get Lit Episode 8: Guilde
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit goes live - live author, that is! Steph and guest host, Katie Sall interview 'Man of Sin' author, Andrew Guilde about wr...
Get Lit Episode 7: Kurt Vonnegut
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis week, we've flipped! Jon tells Steph about one of his favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, exploring the wild and wacky life behind o...
Get Lit Episode 6: Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit goes West-ish and explores America's favorite midwestern humorist after John Mulaney, Mark Twain!
Get Lit Episode 5: Flannery O'Connor
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis week on Get Lit, we head to Georgia to meet Flannery O'Connor, prolific short story writer and despiser of mediocrity (which is s...
Get Lit Episode 4: Emily Dickinson
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit heads to the hermitage in Amherst to explore the life of American poet, Emily Dickinson, with special guest Katie Sall.
Get Lit Episode 3.5: Fall of the House of Usher Feature
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textA special version of Get Lit featuring an original radio drama version of The Fall of the House of Usher.
Get Lit Episode 3: Edgar Allan Poe
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textEdgar Allan Poe's life was very much like one of his tales... this week's episode introduces Poe's mysterious life and even ...
Get Lit Episode 2: F. Scott Fitzgerald
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textGet Lit explores the life of The Great Gatsby author, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Get Lit Episode 1: Salinger
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textThis week, get lit with Salinger: stories behind America's favorite literary hermit.