The Casual Academic: A Literary Podcast

Sep 17 2019 3 ep. 47 mins 1.6k

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Literature podcast based in Madrid, Spain. We provide in-depth literary discussion without the pretence. Consulting secondary literature and unafraid to tackle great works and their ideas, we compress in-depth discussion of literature into a digestible format that won't cost you $60,000 and soul-crushing debt.

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