
Lit Matters Podcast
1) Rain of Gold with Dr. Angelica Loera Suarez
Welcome to Season Two of the Lit Matters Podcast. We kick off this new adventure with a beautifully crafted novel about the mythology of family, of the power of story telling, of overcoming oppression...Show More
2) Season 2 Preview!
Season 2 of Lit Matters begins September 26th! Catch every episode by subscribing via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, or your favorite podcatcher.
3) Invisible Man with Phil Simpkin
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry.” If you’ve spent your life always asking that all importan...Show More
4) Children's Literature with Pat Burns
One of my favorite lines in Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Winning children’s story, The Tale of Despereaux, is “Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell a story...Show More
5) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with Derrick Fernando
Are you looking for direction in this madcap world? Are you trying to figure out “Who are you?” To search for answers to some of these questions, we are joined by Derrick Fernando, a High School and C...Show More
6) The Poems of Robinson Jeffers with George Hart
“To feel/Greatly, and understand greatly, and express greatly, the natural/Beauty, is the sole business of Poetry”—Robinson Jeffers’ “The Beauty of Things” For Episode 9 of the Lit Matters Podcast, ...Show More
7) The Iliad with Amber Reed
In Episode 8 of the Lit Matters Podcast, Chris plans for his next career after talking to professional writer/bookstore operator Amber Reed about Homer’s classic epic poem, The Iliad. Chris and Amber ...Show More
8) Thank You For Being Late with Dr. Jeremy Shermak
“Oyez, Oyez, Oyez.” Step right up and listen to Episode 7 of the Lit Matters Podcast, as Chris interviews (live and in-person) Dr. Jeremy Shermak, a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and Orang...Show More
9) Hamlet with Ken Parker
Episode Six of Lit Matters dives into the “undiscovered country” that is Hamlet as Chris chats with Ken Parker, a Professor of English at Orange Coast College, and “a fellow of infinite jest, of most ...Show More
10) The Parable of the Sower with Dr. Flavia Ruzi
For Episode # 5 of the Lit Matters Podcast, Chris is joined by Dr. Flavia Ruzi, a Professor of English at Orange Coast College, to discuss Octavia E. Butler’s prophetic vision of the near future, The ...Show More