221 Episodes

  1. 1984 | Ch. 8.2 – You Can’t Buy a Revolution in Half-Liters

    Published: 3/27/2025

  2. 1984 | Ch. 8 - Winston Kicks a Severed Hand and Calls It a Day

    Published: 3/25/2025

  3. 1984 | Ch. 7.2 - The Forced Confessions of the Fallen Trio

    Published: 3/20/2025

  4. 1984 | Ch. 6.2 - Uprising in the Utensil Aisle

    Published: 3/18/2025

  5. 1984 | Ch. 6: Winston’s Worst Date Ever

    Published: 3/13/2025

  6. 1984 | Ch. 5.1 – Hate Week, Face Crimes, and Big Brother’s Lies

    Published: 3/11/2025

  7. 1984 | Ch. 5 - The Ministry of Lunch and Other Nightmares

    Published: 3/6/2025

  8. 1984 | Ch. 4.2 – Winston’s Fake News Factory

    Published: 3/4/2025

  9. 1984 | Ch. 4 – Memory Holes: Where Facts Go to Die

    Published: 2/27/2025

  10. 1984 | Ch. 3 - The Physical Jerks & Other Dystopian Horrors

    Published: 2/25/2025

  11. 1984 | Ch. 3.1 – The Party is Gaslighting You

    Published: 2/20/2025

  12. 1984 | Ch. 2.1 - Down with Big Brother (Oops, Did I Write That?)

    Published: 2/18/2025

  13. 1984 | Ch. 1.2 - Orwell Predicted Everything Except the Golden Girls Cover Song

    Published: 2/13/2025

  14. 1984 | Ch. 1 - Big Brother is Watching (And So Are We)

    Published: 2/11/2025

  15. Slaughterhouse-Five: Page vs. Screen (Crossover with Queer Cinema Catchup)

    Published: 2/6/2025

  16. Slaughterhouse-Five | Ch. 10 - So It Ends, So It Goes

    Published: 2/4/2025

  17. Slaughterhouse-Five | Ch. 9.3 – Billy Pilgrim Walks Into a Times Square Bookstore...

    Published: 1/30/2025

  18. Slaughterhouse-Five | Ch. 9.2 - The Saddest Wagon Ride in History

    Published: 1/28/2025

  19. Banned Camp Presents: The Holocaust, Slaughterhouse-Five, and the Fight Against Forgetting

    Published: 1/27/2025

  20. Slaughterhouse-Five | Ch. 9.1 - Valencia’s Last Ride and Billy’s Woke Math

    Published: 1/23/2025

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