Get Lit Podcast

Oct 29 2024 308 ep. 41 mins 28
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"Welcome back to Get Lit, the literary podcast where we discuss famous works of literature and the authors who wrote them..."

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Get Lit Episode 293: A Literary Compendium of Witches

Oct 29 2024 61 mins  
Send us a textThis week, we have a special episode to help you get in the Halloween Spirit. Steph tracks the origins of Witchcraft through literature, taking us through thousands of years and miles to explore the evolution of the witch. She and Jon discuss the various forms the witch has taken in pop culture and examine what these depictions reflect about women in our culture today

Get Lit Episode 292: H.P. Lovecraft

Oct 23 2024 63 mins  
Send us a textJon leads this weeks dive into the biography of H.P. Lovecraft! Lovecraft wrote many of the tropes we understand in alternate worlds and world building. Jon covers his controversial legacy, as we bounce around between various places around the East Coast. Lovecraft's chilling tales reflected his short life in many ways, many of them haunting and tragic. Listen along w

Get Lit Episode 291: Dion Fortune

Oct 15 2024 68 mins  
Send us a textThis week, Jack takes over and shares the absolutely wild biography of Occult author Dion Fortune with Jon! This will be one of those episodes in which every sentence ends with something you really couldn't have predicted. We explore assorted occult theories and fiction as we continue our foray into the supernatural themes of the month! Join us for this wild & wac

Get Lit Episode 290: H.G. Wells

Oct 08 2024 56 mins  
Send us a textIt's TIME. The Time Machine, really. That's right! We're featuring H.G. Wells this week. Known as one of the founding fathers of science fiction, Wells wrote all sorts of prophetic work that envisioned technology and times that his contemporaries could only dream of. His work laid the ground plan for much of our modern 'alien invasion' fiction, and inspired generation

Get Lit Episode 289: Sheridan Le Fanu

Oct 02 2024 49 mins  
Send us a textIt's October, which means we're getting SPOOKY on Get Lit! This month, we'll be featuring all things scary, frightening, haunted, and in our opinion, fun! We're starting with Sheridan Le Fanu, author of Carmilla (considered to be one of the original vampire stories, and inspiration for Dracula!) and many other haunted tails. Le Fanu's legacy includes forays into short

Get Lit Episode 288: Banned Book Special!

Sep 24 2024 56 mins  
Send us a textThis week, we celebrate Banned Books Week with an exploration of the history of Book Banning around the world. We examine various cases of book burning, banning, and censoring over time and discuss the impacts that these acts have on the communities in which they occur. Listen and learn about this incredibly pressing issue, and what it means for all of us!

Get Lit Episode 287: Mary Hunter Austin

Sep 18 2024 43 mins  
Send us a textWe're back this week with our regularly scheduled programming and featuring the witchy words of desert and community advocate Mary Hunter Austin! Austin's work ranged greatly in form and topic - she was a tireless advocate for the environment, Indigenous Americans, women, and the communities around her. She lived around the world, learning and writing amongst the fore

Get Lit Episode 286: Printer's Row - Sunday

Sep 10 2024 61 mins  
Send us a textThis week, we have a very special set of episodes for you! We're featuring the voices and perspectives of Printer's Row Literary Festival! We asked all kinds of questions and had the chance to hear your thoughts on your favorite books, best authors, literary hot takes, and more! This is always such a joyful weekend and we love the chance to hear from all of you! Liste

Get Lit Episode 285: Printer's Row Lit Fest - Saturday!

Sep 10 2024 98 mins  
Send us a textThis week, we have a very special set of episodes for you! We're featuring the voices and perspectives of Printer's Row Literary Festival! We asked all kinds of questions and had the chance to hear your thoughts on your favorite books, best authors, literary hot takes, and more! This is always such a joyful weekend and we love the chance to hear from all of you! Liste

Get Lit Episode 284: Alejandra Pizarnik

Sep 04 2024 54 mins  
Send us a textThis week, we're coving Latin American surrealist poet Alejandra Pizarnik. Pizarnik led a remarkable and interesting life, however fraught. She lived in duality, understanding some of life's highest highs and lowest lows. She would be recognized for her remarkable work during her short life, but her legacy, and her exceptional writing is worth studying today. We also