Get Lit Podcast
"Welcome back to Get Lit, the literary podcast where we discuss famous works of literature and the authors who wrote them..."
Episodes
303 episodes
Get Lit Episode 288: Banned Book Special!
This 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 commun...
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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56:12
Get Lit Episode 287: Mary Hunter Austin
We'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, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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43:49
Get Lit Episode 286: Printer's Row - Sunday
This 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 aut...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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1:01:06
Get Lit Episode 285: Printer's Row Lit Fest - Saturday!
This 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 aut...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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1:38:15
Get Lit Episode 284: Alejandra Pizarnik
This 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 recognize...
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Season 6
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Episode 22
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54:10
Get Lit Episode 283: Studs Terkel
We're staying local this week after a few far flung episodes to feature the remarkable work of Studs Terkel. Terkel was a pioneering journalist and storyteller who helped show the world the value of the average life. Terkel's radio programs and...
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Season 6
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Episode 21
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52:48
Get Lit Episode 282: Catherine Parr
This week, we're going way back to a less-conventionally known author who's usually talked about as a wife... the last wife of the notorious King Henry VIII! We're bringing Catherine Parr into the spotlight! She wrote two texts about her religi...
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Season 6
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Episode 20
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57:29
Get Lit Episode 281: Andrew Clements
This week, we present a back to school special with Andrew Clements. Clements was a teacher-turned-author who wrote dozens of books that helped children foster a love of learning. Known for Frindle, The Landry News, The School Story, and other ...
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Season 6
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Episode 19
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37:16
Get Lit Episode 280: Floyd Dell
We take a summer trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts and other places across the United States to explore the legacy of novelist, journalist, playwright, and member of the Provincetown Players, Floyd Dell! Dell's work is often overshadowed by h...
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Season 6
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Episode 18
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48:13
Get Lit Episode 279: Ken Kesey
We're featuring a listener request (thanks, Dad!) - Ken Kesey. Known for his novel 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', Kesey wrote many other works through various forms, including articles and stories over the course of his storied career. We e...
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Season 6
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Episode 17
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46:27
Get Lit Episode 278: Ethel Payne
We are delighted to feature Ethel Payne on Get Lit this week! Payne was known as the 'First Lady of the Black Press', a pioneering force in journalism who broke down barriers, created space for the voices of Black Americans, and became a proble...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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46:13
Get Lit Episode 277: Tove Jansson
We have a rather whimsical episode for you all this week as we cover author, illustrator, cartoonist, and artist Tove Jansson. Jansson is most popularly known as the creator of the Moomin characters, whose colorful world brought delight to read...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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50:06
Get Lit Episode 276: Henrik Ibsen
We're featuring a founding father this week! A founding father of modernist drama, that is: Henrik Ibsen. He is also our first Norwegian author, first 3-time Nobel prize nominee (not winner), and first author to use his own life experiences in ...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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53:49
Get Lit Episode 275: Betty MacDonald
We could all use a bit of magic in our lives these days, so join us for the most delightful episode about the wittiest, witchiest, wordsmith: Betty MacDonald! Known for her clever reflections in her autobiographies and her wonderful character, ...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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47:57
Get Lit Episode 274: Emily Post
'According to Emily Post', she's the subject of our episode this week! We explore another version of 'literature', examining Emily's advice and articles on how best to handle any social situation. We discuss the role of etiquette, society, comm...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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43:44
Get Lit Episode 273: Leo Tolstoy
And he's here tonight, everybody! It's Leo Tolstoy! We examine the writing, life, and legacy of author and philosopher and radical thinker and failed farmer ? His contributions to writing and literature have changed not only how we write ...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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56:25
Get Lit Episode 272: Mary De Morgan
Steph & Jon are back to discuss Fairy Tale Legend, Mary De Morgan. Growing up in varied intellectual circumstances, De Morgan used her original fairy tales to critique the society she lived in. She wrote about gender roles, power, class, an...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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48:37
Get Lit Episode 271: Theodore Dreiser
We're joined by a very special guest host: Paige Zukauskas! Paige brings her knowledge and passion for Dreiser to this week's episode as we explore another mostly midwest author, discuss Sister Carrie, and track adventures across political and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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1:32:54
Get Lit Episode 270: Astrid Lindgren
Jack takes over hosting this week for a delightful kick off episode to summer, covering the extraordinary author of Pippi Longstocking (among many other works): Astrid Lindgren! Her work varied in form and topics, but always focused on sh...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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55:12
Get Lit Episode 269: Ben Jonson
This week, we examine Shakespeare's contemporary and friend and rival? Ben Jonson! Jonson was a poet, playwright, and general scallywag who bounced back and forth between success and failure. His works are largely considered to be some of the b...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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41:47
Get Lit Episode 268: Dorothy Thompson
Meet Dorothy Thompson! We've mentioned her in past episodes and are delighted to bring her story to you all. Thompson was a powerful speaker and writer, who had her own syndicated column for over a decade, a radio broadcast, and long legacy of ...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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59:31
Get Lit Episode 267: Sherwood Anderson
Join us to explore the legacy of Sherwood Anderson, an often overlooked American writer who explored the American landscape as it changed after the Victorian period. Anderson's writing reflected on culture, politics, and society and helped shap...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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51:32
Get Lit Episode 266: Jamie Jones
We have a Get Lit first this week: Jamie Jones, who first appeared on our Herman Melville Episode is back to discuss her book Rendered Obsolete! Steph and Jamie set sail through a conversation about this book, the whaling industry, climate chan...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:02:16
Get Lit Episode 265: John Muir
This Earth Day, join us as we cover the legacy and life of environmental writer, activist, and general walking guy, John Muir! Muir advocated for the preservation of natural lands across the United States and traveled the country reporting, sto...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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58:07
Get Lit Episode 264: The Literary Ladies of London (LIVE!)
Recording from The Pile Bookstore in Berwyn, IL, we're delighted to bring you some fabulous adventures across time and London! Featuring the experiences of six different female authors, we examine this literary pilgrimage through the lens of th...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:16:40