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I'll Be Pod for Castmas

By: Juliet & Katherine
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  • Summary

  • Every July and December, Juliet L'mous and their co-host playwright Katherine Varga take a piece of holiday pop culture and discuss it through the lens of a piece of topical classic literature — like the seminal hit "Last Christmas" through Jorge Luis Borges' famous essays "Kafka and His Precursors" and "A New Refutation of Time". Find it four times a year on the Moonshot Podcast network, and every month at cohost.org/christmas!
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Episodes
  • Les Misérables (The Shape of the Sword)

    Les Misérables (The Shape of the Sword)
    Dec 23 2023
    Episode Notes

    Juliet and Katherine dive deeper into the sadness, joy, and realism of the characters of Gavroche, Eponine, and Javert through the lens of Jorge Luis Borges' "The Shape of the Sword" and Carly Rae Jepsen's "It's Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries".

    Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Readings from the text are provided by Max Newland.

    Transcript of this episode is available here.
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    53 mins
  • Jorge Luis Borges' "The Shape of the Sword"

    Jorge Luis Borges' "The Shape of the Sword"
    Dec 16 2023
    Episode Notes

    Today you get to hear Max Newland read the Borges short story which is known variably by both the title "The Shape of the Sword" and "The Form of the Sword"!

    Next week: Juliet and Katherine tackle It's Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries, Les Misérables, and The Form of the Sword altogether!

    Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen.
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    16 mins
  • Les Misérables (It's Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries)

    Les Misérables (It's Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries)
    Dec 9 2023
    Episode Notes

    Juliet and Katherine tackle the Carly Rae Jepsen tragicomic holiday single Its Not Christmas Til Somebody Cries alongside Victor Hugo's dramatic portrait of the structure of suffering and the human character, Les Misérables—discussing in turn both the popular musical and the overlong book.

    Art for I'll Be Pod for Castmas is done by Ryan Jensen. Readings from the text are provided by Max Newland.

    Transcript of this episode is available here. Next week, you'll hear Max Newland read the Borges short story The Form of the Sword before we dive into discussing it alongside both of our texts this month.
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    54 mins
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