The Casual Academic: A Literary Podcast

The Casual Academic: A Literary Podcast


Latest Episodes

Aside #23 - Overlooked Authors Series with NYRB Classics
March 06, 2018

On Aside #23, we discuss our upcoming series on o…

Episode 27 (Pt. 2) - Gender, Sexuality & Race in Carson McCullers' "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"
February 27, 2018

On Part II of our 27th episode, Alex and guest Za…

Episode 27(Pt.1)- Southern Gothic Limits, Low Modernism & Politics in "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
February 14, 2018

On our 27th episode, Alex talks with returning gu…

Aside #22 - Environmental Humanities & an intro to Carson McCullers' "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
February 01, 2018

On this Aside, returning guest Zak Breckenridge j…

Episode 26 (Pt. 2) - Postcolonial Problems, Decay & Flux in V.S. Naipaul's "The Enigma of Arrival"
January 21, 2018

On this episode, we focus on the last three secti…

Aside #21 - Xmas Holidays and Our Favorite Reads of 2017
December 30, 2017

Merry Christmas from The Casual Academic! Well..…

Episode 26 (Pt. 1) - 'Jack's Garden' & 'The Journey' in V.S. Naipaul's "The Enigma of Arrival"
December 12, 2017

In Part 1 of the two part extravaganza on V.S. Na…

Aside #20 - Separating Art from Artist and looking ahead to V.S. Naipaul & "The Enigma of Arrival"
November 28, 2017

In light of current events, on this Aside we talk…

Episode 25 (Pt.2) - Critical Interpretations of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw"
November 15, 2017

We are back for Part II of our episode on Henry J…

Episode 25 (Pt.1) - Some Changes, Narrative Games & Our First Impressions of "The Turn of the Screw"
November 07, 2017

On our 25th episode, we are inaugurating a struct…