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56: The Lion, the Bris and the Wardrobe (w/ The Narcissist Cookbook) Apr 04, 2019

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We step through CS Lewis's titular wardrobe into Narnia with Matt Johnston aka The Narcissist Cookbook to take a story of magical lands and good vs evil that's been dear to him since childhood and just ruin it. Just really leave it in shambles. Highlights include the logistics of lion circumcision, candy worth betraying your family for, The Susan Pevensie Appreciation Club, and RJ's Secret Origins.

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On Twitter @NarcissistCook

Youtube video for the featured song, "Courtney:" http://bit.ly/2FOJQ8K

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55: A Tale of Two Cities—and One Bane (w/ BJ Mendelson) Mar 21, 2019

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We're joined by author, comic writer, and Dickens-hating enthusiast BJ Mendelson as we read A Tale of Two Cities and learn that, while the revolution may not be televised, it WILL be knit into a sweater. Discover how Batman and the WWE figure into the literary canon while BJ attacks Dickens for being an asshole, RJ attacks Napoleon for being short, and Megan attacks the French language by attempting to speak it.

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54: We Welcome Our Insect Overlords Mar 07, 2019

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The authors are only mostly dead in this special request episode that takes us to the sci-fi space futures of "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler and "Sandkings" by George RR Martin. Learn the do's and don'ts of exotic (occasionally human) pet ownership as Megan gets a phobia of bugs and novel-related nomenclature while RJ talks like the animals and enlists in the #StugotzArmy

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53: Huckleberry Finn and the Magic Power of Chest Hair (w/ MC Lars) Feb 21, 2019

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We're talking Mark Twain and super excited to be rolling down the Mississippi River with literary rhyme-master and self-professed Huck Finn fanboy MC Lars! Lars does his best to teach Megan and RJ a thing as we discuss the validity of lucky chest hair, Mark Twain The Shakespeare Truther, why Tom Sawyer is a terrifying sociopath, and awkwardly cross the minefield of the novel's racial controversies as only three white people can.

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52: Grendel's Mom Has Got It Goin' On (w/ Dr. Carla Maria Thomas) Feb 07, 2019

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We're celebrating TWO YEARS of unbridled book nonsense with an ON!LC first: getting someone who actually knows what the hell they're talking about to help us out. Dr. Carla Maria Thomas lends her Olde English expertise as we take on Beowulf, the epic poem about Live Nude Monster Fights. Megan kinkshames Neil Gaiman, RJ gets titillated over Tom Brady, and Carla teaches us how to properly pronounce words, thank God.

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51: Orpheus and Eurydice vs. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Jan 24, 2019

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Warm up those vocal cords and get ready to head to Hades because it's time to get mythological, baby! We're tackling the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, a tale of lovers doomed by a failure to follow instructions that is almost literally as old as time. We’ll find out if Cardi B. has life-restoring powers and if Plato had a sweet butt, but mostly, we’ll use the episode as an excuse to gush over the musical Hadestown.

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50: Operation Death Sled (w/ Reid Messerschmidt From The Irrationally Exuberant Podcast) Jan 10, 2019

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Happy New Year! ON!LC is back in a big way as Reid Messerschmidt of The Irrationally Exuberant Podcast joins us to make the case for Edith Wharton's novel Ethan Frome, the story of the worst winter-sports-related suicide pact ever. Together, we'll ponder the peculiarities of pickle dishes, learn some Horse Facts, and understand what it means to be horny inside your heart.

Listen to more Reid at http://theirrationallyexuberant.com/ and on Twitter at @exuberantpod

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Study Break Bonus: It Turns Out Words Don't Actually Mean Anything Dec 31, 2018

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What better way to get ready to ring in 2019 than with another bonus minisode from the ON!LC vault? Megan has a petty pet peeve over famous miscontextualized phrases from literature and people's habit of getting them tattooed on their bodies. Meanwhile, RJ embraces the inherent meaninglessness of the universe, and we learn that the person meant to watch the watchmen is supposed to be keeping them from having sex with someone's wife...yup.

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Study Break Bonus: I Literally Can't Even Dec 25, 2018

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Merry Christmas! Dive under the Christmas tree and unwrap this previously Patreon-exclusive minisode where guest Matt Hocker, surrealist comedian, and host of the appropriately-titled Matt Hocker Show, drops in to provide some deep thoughts on the evolution of language, exposing Megan as a total dingbat. Postmodernism rears its ugly head again as we talk about fanfiction, how all words are made-up words, and also some very good ice cream.

You can check out Matt's show at http://thematthockershow.com/

Or his Twitter where makes cool board games: @CooGamesMatt

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49: Disney Rides are the Basis of All Historical Canon Dec 13, 2018

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In this final episode of 2018, all your burning questions will be answered, like what piece of classic literature needs to be made into a Muppet movie? Which Bronte sister could you beat in a fistfight? And where are all these trains coming from? You'll also learn how to sort out your student loans, understand French literary theory, and pull sweet professorial pranks. Happy Holidays and #PrayForRJ

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