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48: A Midsummer Night's Wet Dream Nov 29, 2018

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Smash that emergency Shakespeare button for an appropriately semi-lucid episode on A Midsummer Night's Dream! Learn all about Shakespeare's famed comedy about horny idiots in the woods...that sat around in obscurity for like 200 years. Because Puritans. RJ makes the case against parties, Megan makes enemies of theater kids everywhere, and we discover what timeless Christmas film was inspired by this play about magical boning.

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47: My Sister, My Sister, My Sister and Me Nov 15, 2018

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In this episode, we take a look at some positively lilliputian ladies in Louisa May Alcott's classic coming-of-age novel, Little Women. Learn why the Civil War is basically just the first Pokemon movie, how true Transcendentalism is hitting Ralph Waldo Emerson up for cash, and why Wrongfully Accused is an underrated classic. Megan advocates sibling murder, RJ examines the financial merits of cult life, and we all say "Awwww" a bunch.

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46: The Ballad of Count Jackula Oct 31, 2018

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What's that in your candy bucket? Is it a bonus week of spooks and scares just in time for Halloween?! Join us and learn why A Rose for Emily is less about The Bachelor and more about oblivious townsfolk and tax evasion, while The October Game teaches you how to throw the perfect Halloween party. We do some voices, struggle with some songs, and invent what will surely become ON!LC's most beloved character ever.

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45: Who Names Their Kid Ichabod Anyway? Oct 25, 2018

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Gird your gourds for more Halloween goodness as we begin our short story spookstravaganza! RJ discusses feminism and unfortunate interior decorating in The Yellow Wallpaper, and Megan explores the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and how being a jerk can get you ghost-murdered. Or regular murdered. It's unclear. Meanwhile, Rhode Island doubles down on racist authors and we all learn the importance of going "First!"

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44: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Bill Nye the Science Guy Oct 11, 2018

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It's the most wonderful tiiiiime of the year! Halloween! Obviously. In this spine-tingling episode, Megan and RJ take a trip down Queer Street to examine The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Witness the terrors of inheritance law, Victorian moral hypocrisy, and Vague, Unspecified Crime! Learn the finer points of forcing your child to be a lighthouse engineer and how to give your nurse the worst nickname ever.

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43: Surf's Up, Agatha! Sep 27, 2018

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Megan and RJ take Agatha Christie's sinister choo-choo train to her classic mystery novel, Murder on the Orient Express. Along for the ride is Jess, English teacher and certified Christie-head. We learn that murder is the secret to getting kids to read more, while Megan struggles to say a single character name correctly, RJ is jealous that he can't hang ten, and Jess initiates a blood feud with celebrated actor and director Kenneth Branagh.

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42: Finding (and Escaping) Nemo Sep 13, 2018

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In this episode, we hold our breath to dive into the briny depths of Jules Verne’s adventure classic, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea! Learn the downsides of owning your own island, the majesty of differently-abled manatees, and Captain Nemo’s step-by-step guide on how to be the most unbelievably extra person in the entire ocean. Megan yearns for action and adventure, while RJ mostly yearns for Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

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41: The #Aesthetic of Dorian Gray Aug 30, 2018

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Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s a cursed, magical painting. Join Megan and RJ as they return to the wonderful world of Oscar Wilde to appraise The Picture of Dorian Gray and learn the surprising source of inspiration for Wilde’s novel about the dangers of being eternally sexy. Meanwhile, RJ makes some startling literary connections, and Megan podcasts from the inside of a bucket.

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40: H. P. Lovecraft Part 2: A City of Steve Buscemis (w/ Best Day) Aug 16, 2018

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Join Megan, RJ, and Jared as we round out our journey through the Cthulhu-verse with The Shadow over Innsmouth, a tale of cursed villages, dark secrets, and mega-horny immortal fish people. Also discussed: Why good Lovecraft movies are hard to find, the difficulties of separating a pretty thoroughly racist man from the massive impact he’s had on horror, sci-fi, and fantasy, and how he gave his cat literally the worst name ever, oh my god.

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39: H. P. Lovecraft Part 1: Jostled to Death by Sailors (w/ Best Day) Aug 02, 2018

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In this episode, Megan and RJ open up their feeble brain meats to the untold cosmic horrors of H. P. Lovecraft! With special guest and Old God aficionado, Jared aka Best Day, we heed the haunting, squishy Call of Cthulhu and prepare for…Unnecessarily Complicated Language! Old-Timey Racism! Guys With Three Names! And So Many Narrative Framing Devices! It’s an episode so nice it had to be spliced (into two parts).

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