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Partners: Hannah, Kavina, Nile, Gabe, & Mawusse

Title of episode: The Talk Of The Lens

In our second podcast, we took apart the book through four lenses/perspectives: Marxist, Feminists, Phycoanalytics, and New Historics, connecting each lens to one another. through textual evidence, personal thoughts, and real-world connections, we were able to point out the parallel between the book and the ’60s, its power structures, and more importantly: the entanglement with gender and power. Listen in, as we explore and question the book through an insightful discussion.

Pg. 38- Chief Bromden describes her as “machine-like” or the center of power

Pg. 47- How the patients are split up (Chronics, Acutes, Vegetables, etc.)

In this week of “No Podcast for Old Men”, we continue the discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, this week taking a look at the literary lenses. The text features a journey of a Man and his young child trekking south in a frigid, desolate wasteland, inhabited only by the worst humanity has to offer. In this episode we focus on a new side character that was introduced and his significance. Lastly, we continue our journey on the discussion of presence/absence of God in The Road, the symbolism of fire, and much more on this episode.

As far as off screen deliberations, the group landed on Ely (the character in the book) being the “winner” of this meeting. We also went on to claim that the father is the loser for this meeting.

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Book: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest By Ken Kesey

Hannah, Nile, Kavina, Gabe, and Mawusse

In our first podcast, we discussed how power dynamics relates to societal structures in psychiatric wards, and what is considered acceptable/not acceptable. who has the right to have power and not have power? We get a chance to explore one of the main characters: Nurse Ratched, who runs the Psychiatric ward through a system of conformity and roles. the narrator, Chief Bromden, pretends to be deaf and dumb as a role in the ward, but when Mcmurphy, a rebellious newcomer enters the conversation of order and roles, things take an unexpected turn. Join us, as we do an in-depth exploration of the struggle with power/power dynamics, conformity, and freedom within the book.

Introduction - Experiments in the ’60s/ Psychiatric Ward

Page 30 - Breakdown of how Nurse Ratched chooses staff

Written by Bram Stoker who wrote seventeen novels, Dracula is his most popular work and tells the story of a solicitor Jonathan Harker who travels to Transylvanian noble Count Dracula to finalize the sale of an estate he purchases. He does not realize that Dracula is a vampire feasting on the blood of his victims, sleeps by day and stalks by night.

In the first episode of Books To Sink Your Teeth Into, your host Ethan, Abel, Jon, and Hayden will discuss the literal and figurative meaning of this book.

The debut novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga, the White Tiger is a Picaresque novel imbued with a dark humorous tone that helps in the telling of the story of Balram Halwai, a village boy who navigates India’s class struggle in a globalized world.

In the first episode of Tiger Talk, we discuss the literal and figurative meaning of the prominent theme of lightness vs darkness present in the novel, alongside other narrative symbols that we’ve encountered throughout reading. An unexpected winner and loser of the section we’ve read comes in the form of not characters, but ideologies. The group presents corrpuption as its winner while justice and good morals being the losers.

Tune in to our dynamic group taking down the White Tiger one section at a time, with renowned English students Peter Keo, Michal Czapla, Indiya Johnson, Miranda Sosa and Jacob Prunes serving as the hosts.

Written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1953, “Fahrenheit 451” tells the story of Guy Montag, a fireman whose job is to collect and burn books in a society where any feelings of discomfort from existential crises to mourning loved ones have been outlawed and the priority is happiness by any means necessary.

This podcast we will be discussing some of the major themes of “Fahrenheit 451”: happiness, love, and the lack thereof - which is why we declared Clarisse our winner and poor, poor Mildred our loser.

Presented by the Fire 451 Squad: Zoe Kwas, Tayah Brunson, Isabella Torres, Hawa Diakite, and Cameryn Roach

No Podcast for Old Men, discusses Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, taking a look at the Literal and Figurative devices present in the text. The text features a journey of a Man and his young child trekking south in a frigid, desolate wasteland, inhabited only by the worst humanity has to offer. No Podcast discusses the presence/absence of God in The Road, the symbolism of fire, and much more on this episode.

As far as off screen deliberations, the group landed on the mother being the “winner” of this meeting - in her own way. We also went on to state that everyone else in the book beside the mother, is a “looser”.

In this podcast we discuss some of the main themes and symbols in the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Here’s the link to our podcast! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OYIZocKQUfeC7NnxyZRtLbmOLTFJzXYZ/view?usp=sharing

Lucas Capitolo, Fionn Hyland, Michaela Berger

Book: There There by Tommy Orange

Summary: In this podcast, we discuss the literal and figurative meanings behind the characters and their actions. We also look into the many characters introduced by working to connect their stories using metaphors, symbols, and life events. Tune into “Here Here” to learn more about finding one’s identity and culture while also grasping darker issues like substance abuse and trauma. We hope you enjoy!

Trigger Warning: Mentions of Rape