Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films

A podcast by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh - Mondays

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113 Episodes

  1. The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988)

    Published: 12/2/2024
  2. A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 2)

    Published: 11/25/2024
  3. A Strange Fashion of Forsaking in the Poetry of Thomas Wyatt (Part 1)

    Published: 11/18/2024
  4. Formal Meets Feral in “A New Leaf” (Elaine May, 1971) – Part 2

    Published: 10/28/2024
  5. Formal Meets Feral in “A New Leaf” (Elaine May, 1971) – Part 1

    Published: 10/21/2024
  6. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 6)

    Published: 10/14/2024
  7. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 5)

    Published: 10/7/2024
  8. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 4)

    Published: 9/30/2024
  9. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 3)

    Published: 9/23/2024
  10. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 2)

    Published: 9/16/2024
  11. Love Dishonored in Euripides’ “Medea” (Part 1)

    Published: 9/9/2024
  12. Love and Loneliness in “Arthur” (1981) – Part 2

    Published: 9/2/2024
  13. Love and Loneliness in “Arthur” (1981) – Part 1

    Published: 8/26/2024
  14. Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 2)

    Published: 8/19/2024
  15. Courtly Reciprocity in “Laustic” and “Guigemar” by Marie de France (Part 1)

    Published: 8/11/2024
  16. Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 2)

    Published: 8/5/2024
  17. Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 1)

    Published: 7/29/2024
  18. “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 2)

    Published: 7/22/2024
  19. “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: An Anatomy of Human Self-Destructiveness (Part 1)

    Published: 7/15/2024
  20. Staking Claims in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (1948) (Part 2)

    Published: 7/8/2024

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Subtext is a book club podcast for readers interested in what the greatest works of the human imagination say about life’s big questions. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O’Luanaigh conduct a close reading of a text or film and co-write an audio essay about it in real time. It’s literary analysis, but in the best sense: we try not overly stuffy and pedantic, but rather focus on unearthing what’s most compelling about great books and movies, and how it is they can touch our lives in such a significant way.