Finding the Lit

About Finding the Lit

New episodes every week. Finding the lit is about rediscovering the joy of reading books with curiosity and fun combined. Each episode goes through a key work of in the canon of literary history, with literary close readings and jokes thrown along the way. Join Adrian and Nathan on Finding the Lit: taking the serious topic of literature with a grain of salt. We learn, we laugh, but most importantly: we're Finding the Lit.

Publisher

Finding Literature

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Jun 2024

Latest episode

13 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Jun 2025

   FTL 56 - The Lorax, by Dr Seuss, with guest speaker Professor Anthony David Vernon

   Professor Anthony David Vernon discusses Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" with hosts Nathan and Adrian, exploring themes of hyperconsumerism and environmental consciousness in this interview episode.

2. 

   4 May 2025

   Episode 55 - Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Chapter 3, "Four legs good, two legs baa-baa'd"

   We carry on with Chapter 3, addressing how the animals learn language, history as a broken wheel that keeps turning and some background insight from Orwell's 1984. Timestamps: 00:00-Introduction 06:00-Chapter reading begins 20:08-Discussion of Chapter 3 23:59-Animal Farm in the context of religious fundamentalism 37:18-Political control of language and the workplace 47:39-George Orwell's 1984 and connections to Animal Farm 51:01-Closing thoughts

3. 

   22 Apr 2025

   Episode 54- Animal Farm, by George Orwell, "All animals are equal" - Chapter 2

   A continuation of our commentary and reading of George Orwell's Animal Farm Timestamps00:00-Introduction03:00-Chapter 2 begins10:00-Brief discussion on Chapter 2 so far15:28-Chapter 2 continues24:35-Discussion of Chapter 2 - Religion30:54-Literary analysis of Chapter 232:44-Our personal stories growing up reading Animal Farm47:45-Animal Farm & Political Philosophy54:38-Closing thoughts

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

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