Uncited: An English Lit Podcast
Episodes
In Unity (1918) There is Strength
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chantelle is sick and Amy is reading Unity 1918! This Canadian play by Kevin Kerr throws back to a different plague. Content warning if you have COVID...
A Cinematographically Green Knight
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a year and a half since we covered Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Now time for the screen adaptation! It was... an experience. Scroll down...
More Like the Merchant of Menace
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back on our bullsh(akespeare) with The Merchant of Venice! It's a comedy, apparently. Content warning for major discussion of antisemitism.
Heart of Darkness = Apocalypse Now = Muppet Babies?
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad! Also nothing is different. Don't worry about it. Content warnings for racism and violent i...
He's Come Out of His Shel (Silverstein)
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I'm coming out of my Shel, and I've been doing just fine. This week we talk about Shel Silverstein's total mix bag of a biography, assorted poems, and...
Come Buy By Bi at the Goblin Market
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome special guest Bex Goos as we all chat about The Goblin Market, which is (definitely) a poem about fruit by our homegirl Christina Rossetti....
Special Episode: OC Poetry
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a special episode featuring original poems from Reddit's writer community! Special thanks to Muneeb Ali, low-tie, and Liz Ringo for letting us re...
Ugh! The Wars! What Are They Good For?
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It finally happened! We talked about The Wars by Timothy Findley! We chat about this rad Canadian author, pacifism, homosocialism, and when to forgive...
That Ain't the Dalloway
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a trip back in time to the superior '20s: the roaring ones! This week we chat about Mrs. Dalloway, including: modernism, bland characters...
Special New Year's Episode
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! We're ringing in 2022 with a New Year's poem, your unpopular book opinions, and highbrow literature*! (*listicles)
They Say It's a Good Omen
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's our second holiday episode! We're talking about Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, with its festive theme of the birth of the Antichr...
From J Swift to T Swift: All Too Well
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're talking about Swift! No, English majors, not that one. This week we analyze Taylor Swift's All Too Well as the high art poem it is.
Some Would Say Kindred Spirits
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about Octavia E. Butler's Kindred, including: when people think time travel is the most logical explanation, racism, and how to pronounce dias...
The Book of Negroes; or, Doing Our Best
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk about The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Eurocentrism, and the link between slavery and the treatment of Indigenous communities. On a light...
Gulliver's Travails
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's our one year anniversary! We talk about the stupidity that is the colonial travel narrative, giant nudity, and the magic of buying into things th...
Writer Feature: Vestiges by Megan Misztal
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we interview award-winning poet Megan Misztal about her newly published chapbook, "Vestiges". We delve into relationships, life, grief, and love...
Special Episode: We Read Picture Books
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat about children's literature--none of which Amy has read! Join us as one of us revisits old favourites, the other experiences English...
Comparative Essays: My Antonia x Beloved
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about comparisons! My Antonia or Beloved? Books or movies? How is love like a sourdough starter? Listen to the thrilling conclusion ...
We Don't Tell Jokes About Beloved
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk about a very important novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison. Because of the serious topics covered in this book, we are taking a break from o...
My, My, My Antonia
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about Willa Cather's My Antonia because... well, we had to eventually. In which Chantelle hates the main character and Amy hates pra...
And They Build a Time Machine, Whoa!
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
126 years ago, H. G. Wells's The Time Machine imagined a worst case scenario for humanity's future that was somehow still more optimistic than your av...
Macbeth Curses Theatre Kids
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we chat about Shakespeare's Macbeth, a play that completely fails the Bechdel test and still manages to hinge all its best moments on its female...
Yikes! It's Yeats!
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we chat about Yeats's The Second Coming, very reliable memory techniques, fairies, and monkey scrotums. This is a classy podcast.
Paper the Towns Red
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for Paper Towns by John Green! Join us to chat about a book we actually love and find out why we read this during our English undergrad. You...
Mr. Sandman, Bring Me a Midsummer Night's Dream
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Amy and special guest Zach for a chat about A Midsummer Night's Dream by our boy, Willy Shakes, and Sandman #19: A Midsummer Night's Dream by our...
Walt Whitman Contains Multitudes
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about Song of Myself, a poem that was new to both of us! Pop by for great essay ideas like: Is Walt Whitman a manic pixie dream boy? and; How ...
Oryx and Crakes and Rakunks, Oh My
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, including hot takes such as: exploitation is bad, the humanities matter, and your teen's int...
Paradise? They've Lost Interest
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about a very famous work of fanfiction about... wait for it... the Bible. That's right, folks, it's time for John Milton's Paradise ...
Special Episode: Roasting Our High School Poems
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate our listeners' writing! And then we demolish Chantelle's silly middle school poems and Amy's sad high school poems. Content warnings embe...
Hamlet is Shakespeare's Seinfeld
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We tackle Shakespeare's longest play, which is about... not much, actually. Find out why we're not fans of Hamlet (the character) or Hamlet (the play)...
My Homegirl Christina Rossetti
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about Christina Rossetti, the "cool aunt" of the Victorian era. Join us to learn about some of her short poems including An Apple Ga...
We All Live in a Yellow Wallpapered Nightmare
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper and its different readings, the many things Victorians ruined, and how your fave is prob...
Special Episode: There Will Come Soft Rains
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first listener-chosen episode, we talk about World War I poem There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale, with a special appearance of There W...
Uncited: An English Lit Podcast Trailer
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Uncited, the internet's least reliable English lit podcast. We're two reformed English majors and former roommates discussing literary works f...
Jalfred Prufrock: All FOMO, No YOLO
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We chat about T. S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, including: coffee shop quotes, self-confidence tips for J., and what is the poem's bi...
And No Rose for Emily Bye
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of our Month of Love series, we talk about A Rose for Emily, a super romantic... southern gothic... oh, oops. Also we get serious for a h...
The Importance of Being Wildely Earnest
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about one of our favourite plays, The Importance of Being Earnest. Let us take you on a Wilde ride through this comedy of errors.
We are Undone by John Donne
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk about John Donne's poetry and writings, from his youth to his own funeral sermon. Find out how the scoundrel who tried to seduce som...
'Twas the Green Knight Before Christmas
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We read the Arthurian legend Sir Gawain and the Green Knight so you don't have to; Chantelle ruins Amy's Christmas.
Jane Eyre and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, and how Jane and Antoinette just can't catch a break. Also, we spoil some other classics. You've be...
He's Just a Poe Boy from a Poe Family
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, we talk about Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado. Topics discussed include: Was Montresor really that bad a guy? as wel...
If Music be the Food of Love, Play on Playa
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we go niche with up-and-coming playwright William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and its most sophisticated adaptation. To answer our queries a...
Frankenstein's Favourite Sport is Bodybuilding
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode ever (!!!) we talk about Frankenstein's monster's daddy issues, the warring influences of the Shelleys, and the scientific possib...