The Clearihue Corner
Episodes
6x05: Q&A with Sam and Izzy
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For English Info Week, Sam and Izzy answer your English department questions! We discuss honours, office hours, work study, AI, and getting professors...
6x04: HASTE! with Dr. Eric Miller
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
These are the disembodied and digitally recorded voices of Kayci, Alex, and Dr. Miller, though at one point in time they sat in a recording studio tog...
6x03: I Think We Covered Everything with Dr. Stephen Ross
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam and Alex talk to Stephen Ross about pedagogy, creative thinking, nihilism and Taylor Swift a little bit at the end. Remember: human beings are irr...
6x02: Real Physical Monsters with Dr. Tim Personn
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Izzy and Luca interview Dr. Tim Personn in our Halloween episode! As is the trend for us, this episode was uploaded a little late. Happy post-Hallowee...
SPECIAL LOST EPISODE: "Canadian" Legacies with Dr. Lisa Chalykoff
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Better late than never: Kate, Kayci, and Alex talk Canadian lit, contemporary lit, and just lit period with Lisa Chalykoff.
6x01: The Smell
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kayci is joined by three wonderful new cohosts!Topics include genre, film adaptations, and generative A.I.Also, it STINKS
S5xE03: A [INSERT FLOWER HERE] by any other name.
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alex and Cedar talk to Dr. Gary Kuchar about his recently published Shakespeare and the World of “Slings & Arrows.” Topics in...
BONUS CLIP: It's the ESA
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This took several takes
S5xE02: "Who was flickering the lights?" w/Dr. Andrew Murray
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrew Murray joins us this October to talk vampirism! Topics include the postmodern vampire, Nosferatu, adaptation, genre blending, Slenderman, a...
S5x01: Even at my Lois, I never Peter out.
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with new CorNerds! In this season opener, we talk internet aesthetics, recent movies, Twilight, The SpongeBob Movie, and Family Guy. So muc...
S4E07 — Tim Personn's Wallace Nexus
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Dr. Tim Personn returns to the podcast to discuss his recently released Fictions of Proximity. Topics include Mark Fisher, Post...
S4E06 — English Honours Extravaganza
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Braedon and Leia interview 7 different Honours students (including themselves) who wrote their capstone papers this semester. Thinkin...
S4E05 — Interactive Fiction is All Fun and Games: Office Hours with Dr. Jentery Sayers
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You are scrolling through Spotify and stop at a podcast called the Clearihue Corner. >Investigate This episode features a professor named Jentery ...
S4E04 — Fire Beats (No Pun Intended): Office Hours with Dr. Nicholas Bradley
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our month-late winter break episode, we sit down with Dr. Nicholas Bradley to talk about poetry, climate change, lofi beats, and more.
S4E03 — The AI Cognoscenti: Office Hours with Dr. Erin Ellerbeck
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With ESA Vice President Rowan Watts, your usual crew of co-hosts interviews undergraduate English advisor and renaissance specialist Dr. Erin Ellerbec...
S4E02 — Is Horror TOO Horrifying?: Office Hours with Dr. Sam Wong
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's spooky month! To celebrate, Alex, Braedon, and Leia invite Sam Wong to chat about his horror class and everything he loves about the genre.
Bonus Episode: Interview with ESA Presidents Maya and Rowan
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you thinking about getting involved with the ESA? Want to know more about what we do? Listen to this episode to hear Rowan and Maya talk about the...
S4E01 — We Are So Back (And So Are Our Audio Issues)
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back to kick off season 4 with a chat about summer reading, what's coming up for the Clearihue Corner, and two NEW HOSTS! We couldn't r...
S3E8—End Time: Apocalypse with Dr. Christopher Douglas
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As another academic year comes to an end, embrace apocalypse with us by exploring the Book of Revelation. Is the end meaningful? Is it imminent? Is it...
S3E7—Let's Get Metaphysical: Office Hours with Dr. Gary Kuchar
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gary Kuchar is fascinated by times of epistemic uncertainty, and in this episode he tells us about how this inspired the Metaphysical poets. We di...
S3E6— Ironizing Irony: Office Hours With Dr. Tim Personn
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Braedon, Mariah, and John sit down with Dr. Tim Personn (starting at 14:00) to learn about one of his areas of expertise: irony in co...
S3E5—The New Curriculum is Here to Help You! (featuring Dr. Corinne Bancroft)
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we (belatedly) kick off the spring semester with a discussion of our winter reads, career prospects, and what we love about studying ...
S3E4—Tolstoy Vs. Dostoevsky: Office Hours with Dr. Megan Swift
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features expertise from Germanic and Slavic Studies Professor Dr. Megan Swift. We learn about the classic opposition between readers pref...
S3E3—It's Morbin' Time: An Abridged History of the Vampire
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This Halloween, Braedon and Mariah tour Transylvania, the Italian countryside - and, of course, Wikipedia - to retrace the history of vampires in lite...
S3E2—WTF is Magical Realism? And Moon Milk?
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode introduces our newest member Braedon! The three of us try to reach a consensus on what magical realism is, and then we apply our definiti...
S3E1—Summer Reads
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The third season of The Clearihue Corner is here! While getting settled in the new semester, John and Mariah catch up and discuss what they read over ...
S2E5—Washington Black and the Neo-Slave Narrative
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode discusses Esi Edugyan's novel Washington Black. Join us as we gush over how this fast-paced adventure tale breaks all kinds of genre trop...
S2E4—The Great Gatsby: Office Hours with Dr. Michael Nowlin
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready to visit the Jazz Age? It's a packed episode as Dr. Nowlin answers our questions about F. Scott Fitzgerald and the great American novel....
S2E3—Kill the Sex Instinct: Dystopian Worlds of Orwell and Atwood
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John and Alicia talk Dystopia as a new semester begins. It's a mood! "A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, ...
S2E2—Marry for Love? Adaptations of Austen and Ferrante
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Mariah steps out of the producer’s booth and joins Alicia to discuss film/TV adaptations of two novels: My Brilliant Friend by...
S2E1—Frankenstein: Monsters, Mad Scientists, and a Gothic Girl Boss
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back for season 2 of Clearihue Corner! In light of this spooky weekend, we talk monstrous humans and humane monsters in Mary Shelley's Frankens...
S1E5—"The Winter of our discontent": Richard III and Shakespeare's Women
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Clearihue Corner, we discuss Shakespeare's history play, Richard III. We dive into the aspects of female agency and the use of ...
S1E4—"How About That Schnitzel?" And Other Gilmore Girl Things!
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
*Queue "Where You Lead" by Carole King* In this episode of The Clearihue Corner, we discuss the cult-classic early 2000's tv show, Gilmore Girls. From...
S1E3—“Thank U, (Next?):" A Review of Netflix’s Bridgerton
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Clearihue Corner, we talk about all things good, bad, and sexual in the new Netflix series, Bridgerton. We review the show in i...
S1E2—The Language of War
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Clearihue Corner, we discuss the crucial topics surrounding war literature—idealized tragedy, nationalism, and the lost gener...
S1E1—The Gothic Heroine
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Clearihue Corner, we discuss the nature of the Gothic throughout time and space, the importance of the Gothic heroine, and her ...