Questioning the Canon Podcast
1) At the Mountains of Madness
We've been on a bit of an expedition of sorts, and we come back bearing news. Terrible news! Namely about the author of our book this month, H.P. Lovecraft. What? You already knew he wasn't great?...Show More
2) Beloved
Now that holidays are over, maybe it's time you started to process some of the trauma you've been accumulating for all of these years, and there's no better book to highlight trauma than Toni Morrison...Show More
3) A Christmas Carol
4) Dracula
Welcome to our house...Hop a train with us to far off Carpathia and dank dark evils of Castle Dracula as we explore what made this 1897 novel such an enduring story through the years. We spend extra ...Show More
5) High Fidelity
Have you ever gone back to really examine something you loved when you were younger? This month we dig into our record collection and put a fresh spin on Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity. The...Show More
6) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Here we go! In this hot, stormy summer weather, we've decided to take a field trip to Oz and explore the 1900 book the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Of course we cover the 1939 movie as w...Show More
7) Gone With the Wind
It's fitting that our longest episode to date should be covering the longest book we've done so far. Gone With the Wind is a monolithic book and movie that has had heavy influence on American history...Show More
8) The Bridges of Madison County
It's time to drift out across the farmlands of Iowa to find your one true love on a random encounter. Or not. This month we cover the wildly popular Bridges of Madison County and discuss what made t...Show More
9) Anna Karenina
All aboard for Season 4! We crash through snowy Russian landscapes and meander about pastoral Russian farmlands in our exploration of Russian foundational novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. We cert...Show More
10) Fun Home
We round out season 3 of our little podcast with another graphic novel, this time from revered author Alison Bechdel and her 2006 masterpiece, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. There was so much to disc...Show More