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Uncited is the internet's least reliable English literature podcast. Join former English majors Amy and Chantelle as they revisit the good, the bad, and the spectacularly ridiculous literary works from their undergrad. Twitter: @UncitedPod Instagram: uncitedpod

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    • May 9, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 121 EPISODES


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    Walking on Broken Glass Hotel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 31:09


    We're talking about The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel! This Canadian book by an Uncited alumnus author delves into murder accusations, investment fraud, and GHOSTS.

    Billy Bishop Goes to War, but It Didn't Seem Like War at All

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 42:58


    We're talking about Billy Bishop Goes to War, a musical by Eric Peterson and John MacLachlan Gray! Have you ever wanted to talk about World War I but make it fun and quirky and then make it very very sad? Fly on over.

    Scott Pilgrim Sort of Gets It Together (Volume 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 47:15


    We're welcoming back our good friend Az (calscalzones on Bluesky) to talk about Bryan Lee O'Malley's Volume 4 of the Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together! We're talking allll the L words.

    It Takes Two Dark Moons to Tango

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 40:34


    We're reviewing one of Chantelle's top five favourite books ever, Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver! It's a queer YA fantasy that looks at: What if astrology was a main component of culture? How do we define our role in society? What if a lizard was real big?

    The Handmaid's Tale: Don't Let the Podcast Grind You Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 59:31


    It's another epistolary novel, which means we're once again joined by special guest Jamie Anderson (jamienerdgirl on Bluesky) to talk about The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood! It's... oof.

    Half-Blood Blues are Just Full-Blood Purples

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 34:42


    We're talking about Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan! About taking a nice trip through the Polish countryside because of a music festival and—oh wait—no, it's about the Holocaust. Content warning for genocide, racism, and violence.

    The Kappa Child is So Good, No Kappa

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 41:44


    This week we're talking about Hiromi Goto's The Kappa Child! Featuring Japanese folklore, Little House on the Prairie, a mysterious pregnancy, and so many cucumbers. Keep listening for more Canadian lit coming your way.

    Wordy, Thirty, and Thriving: Delicious in Dungeon Volume 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 24:31


    We're talking about Delicious in Dungeons, Volume 2 by Ryoko Kui! The gang is back at it again with giant chia pets, kelpie friends, and non-edible paintings.

    Well Excuse Me, Princess Bride (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 33:43


    We're talking about The Princess Bride again! We wrap up the main story then cover some hot takes from our lovely listeners. Buttercup's Baby coming soon (we swear).

    Here Comes The Princess Bride

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 34:52


    We're talking about Chantelle's favourite book, The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern by William Goldman! If you've seen the movie, buckle up because it's entirely the same yet completely different.

    The Snow Ho Ho Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 30:11


    It's our last episode of the year and we're talking about Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen! How much does it have in common with Disney's Frozen? And how much does it have in common with The Secret, that 2006 manifestation book?

    Can AI Tell Me a Story? (No)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 22:13


    Today we're reading THAT story. The story that pops up when you give ChatGPT the prompt "Tell me a story". Can it do it? (Spoiler: No, it can't.)

    We Read Modern Folklore and We Want Modern FolkMORE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 31:22


    This week we're talking about Daniel Perry's Modern Folklore, a book about the things that haunt us: our regrets, our vices, the mysterious figure of a woman with long dark hair, rental units.

    modern folklore
    In Flanders Field Guide

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 27:10


    This week, we talk about In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, along with other World War I poems in honour of Remembrance Day.

    Don't Cage Your Little Sapling: Amy Fangirls Over The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 37:04


    This week Amy is sharing A Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy, her new book recommendation with a signed copy and a lending copy. This story on trans witchcraft talks about earth magic, power struggle, and self-invention, and we talk about cool witch s***.

    Stephen, King of Time Travel: 11/22/63

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 64:41


    This week we're welcoming back Jamie Anderson (@UnabashedJames) to talk about Stephen King's 11/22/63! Much like the book, we talk about the Kennedy assassination, sure. But mostly other things.

    You Are What You Eat: Delicious in Dungeon Volume 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 27:33


    This week we're talking about Delicious in Dungeon, Volume 1 by Ryoko Kui! In which walking mushrooms, screaming roots, and carnivorous plants are on the menu (along with friendship!)

    Here Comes the Half of a Yellow Sun

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 35:21


    We're talking about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun! This was a standout book and a hearty recommendation, but boy is it rough. Content warnings for genocide, violence, sexual assault, and murder of a pregnant woman.

    Scott Pilgrim's Woe Tale Recall (Volume 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 13:58


    We're back in the Scott Pilgrim series with Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness! Plus, we're having something of an infinite sadness ourselves. But in a fun, chill way, you know?

    Tell Me a Story (Iambic Pentathlon Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 59:31


    We're back with a group storytelling game! And it gets wild. Check out Glen and Gertie Nuzzles from Nuzzle House and Ben and Nate from Words About Books!

    Iambic Pentathlon: Can You Bulls*** Like an English Major?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 52:48


    This week in honour of our 100th episode, we're playing a game with some of our podcast friends! Check out Jamie @UnabashedJames, Colin @ColinMParker, and Az @Cals_Calzones on Twitter!

    On the Twelfth Night of Uncited

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 22:15


    This week we're talking about William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, stage productions and adaptations, and Bard on the Beach in Vancouver! What does Willy do when he's scared? Willy Shakes.

    Chantelle is a Swiftie (The Tortured Poets Department Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 44:47


    This week we're finishing up The Tortured Poets Department section from Taylor Swift's Eras tour set. Songs covered are Down Bad, Fortnight, The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, and I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.

    Taylor Swift: The Poets Will Continue To Be Tortured Until Society Improves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 44:46


    Is Chantelle... a Swiftie? In honour of the 18th birthday of Taylor Swift's music career, we're talking about songs from The Tortured Poets Department section of the Eras tour set: But Daddy I Love Him, So High School, and Who's Afraid of Little Old Me.

    "I Think Emily Dickinson's a Lesbian." "Partial Credit."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 37:50


    This week we're talking about Emily Dickinson's poems and letters to her lifelong gal pal Susan Gilbert. References are mostly from Emily Dickinson's Electric Love Letters to Susan Gilbert by Maria Popova. Happy Pride! P.S. The world's oldest queer book store, Glad Day, needs help keeping its doors open as one of the city's core safe spaces! Can you help save Glad Day Bookshop? https://www.gladday.ca/savegladday

    Bridgerton Book 1: The D*** and I

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 37:59


    In honour of the release of Bridgerton Season 3, we're tackling the first book in Julia Quinn's series, The Duke and I! We chat about daddy issues, "The Talk", and swimming in the River Thames. Content warning for sexual assault.

    Beowulf's Party Cost an Arm and a Head

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 30:25


    We're finally talking about Beowulf, the epic poem written for 300 years that could have ended about four times! Incoming intertextuality (?) with Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, The Fast and the Furious, James Bond, and Disney.

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. the Knives vs. the Gunfight (Volume 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 27:00


    This week we're talking about Volume 2 of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! Scott finally makes the right choice, outsmarts Chris Evans on a skateboard, and has a breakdown about his ex.

    Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Episode (Volume 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 37:23


    This week we're talking about Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (Volume 1 of the series)! We chat about the various adaptations of the series and Scott's single brain cell.

    A Christmas Carol with Ebenuzzle Scrooge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 74:43


    This week we have Glen and Gertie Nuzzles to talk about A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! We chat about ghost stories, Christmas in the Victorian era, old timey entertainment, and Muppet oppression. Find Glen and Gertie's podcast, Gestating the Curious Mind, under the Nuzzle House umbrella @HouseNuzzle.

    Pulling Himself Through Time By His Bootstraps

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 58:39


    This week we're talking about the 1941 sci fi short story By His Bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein! Buckle up in the time gate to chat about paradoxes, capitalist propaganda, and Doctor Who.

    Special Episode: Blind Date with a Book Changer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 35:57


    This week we're playing a new game courtesy Amy and ChatGPT! Chantelle is guessing books based on riddles. Will she live up to her English degree or will those book spines crack under the pressure?

    Cupid's Arrow of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 39:23


    This week we're rounding out Chinua Achebe's African Trilogy with Arrow of God! This episode memorializes Professor Pius Adesanmi, who made Amy love the book. https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/carleton-mourns-loss-of-professor-pius-adesanmi/ https://youtu.be/fsxGJj6YsB8?si=ctSOFkLpW6N1_ZKP

    And Another Thing Falls Apart

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 50:11


    This week we're talking about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, toxic masculinity, the insidiousness of colonialism, and yams.

    This Ain't a Consolation Prize

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 46:20


    This week we're taking a trip down memory lane to the city where it all began! Our chat on Consolation by Michael Redhill delves into memory, stories, history, and a whole lotta red tape. Content warning: suicide.

    Sherlocking Lips With Your Holmies (Scandalously)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 26:39


    This week we're talking about Arthur Conan Doyle's A Scandal in Bohemia featuring your boy Sherlock Holmes! We chat feminism with Irene Adler (who is not like other girls) and how heart eyes can make you an unreliable narrator.

    What If... Our Magik (z)Act was a Marvel?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 29:09


    This week we talk about Marvel comic What If... Magik Became the Sorcerer Supreme? Illyana Rasputin kicks butt, becomes an apprentice to Dr. Strange, and takes a nice little beach vacation.

    Back on our Bullsh**: Original Poetry: Part 3?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 50:24


    We're back with original poems from reddit's r/OCPoetry and our beloved community! Thank you to Beesarecool, Marvellous_Loki, James Russell, Mayura/cenaplec, Peyton, James Teller of the If You Want the Gravy blog, Gertie from Nuzzle House, and Jamie from Timeline Scavengers for letting us share your poems!

    Watermelon Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 20:21


    This week, we take a serious moment to talk about the genocide in Gaza. For more information, follow these creators: @ahmedhijazee (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok) @mahmoudzuaiter (TikTok) or @mahmoudabuzaiter (Instagram) @motaz_azaiza (Instagram) @alijadallah66 (Twitter, Instagram) @byplestia (Twitter, Instagram, TikTok) @aborjelaa (Instagram, TikTok) @joegaza93 (Twitter, Instagram) @mohammedelkurd (Instagram) @mariam_abdallahhh (Instagram) or @mariamabdallah47 (TikTok)

    "It's Not Bunny Ha Ha" -Harvey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 56:33


    This week we welcome Az (@Cals_Calzones) to talk about Harvey by Mary Chase, a play that explores the love between a man and his invisible 6 foot talking rabbit. We chat mental health, imaginary friends, and ghosts!

    mary chase
    A Tell-Tale Heart Decom-Poe-sing Under the Floorboards

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 42:36


    This week, Ben and Nate from Words About Books join us to talk about Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. We also discuss werewolves, anxiety, and Shakira. Follow wordsaboutbookspodcast on Instagram and Threads!

    The Haunting of Chill House Beats to Relax/Study To

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 48:22


    This week we're talking about Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House with special guest Ethan! We talk spooky ghosts, femme friendships, and "roommates".

    A Modest Proposal to Eat Your Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 30:39


    This week we talk about Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal For Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, a nice normal essay. Also, unrelated, Hozier's Eat Your Young.

    Toit Nups

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 15:33


    Amy is getting married! We're celebrating by reading love poems including Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Mountain Song by Tophouse, and a surprise sonnet.

    Henriadstravaganza Epilogue: Henry VIII

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 33:09


    In this very last episode of Shakespeare's histories, Amy brings us Henry VIII, which has less murder than you would expect and might be a eulogy!

    Henriadstravaganza: Richard III

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 61:13


    Today we're wrapping up (the main part of) Shakespeare's Henriad with our collective favourite history play, Richard III! We talk villain motivations, royal propaganda, and woman power in Medieval England.

    Henriadstravaganza: Henry VI Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 41:48


    We are finally finished with Shakespeare's Henry VI! Margaret goes nuclear, everyone dies, and our boy Richard III makes an appearance.

    Henriadstravaganza: Henry VI Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 46:06


    We're back with the second installment of the Henry VI trilogy, AKA Seventeen-Year-Old Gets Messy! Featuring prophecies, witches, murder, and no it's not Macbeth.

    Henriadstravaganza: Henry VI Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 41:14


    We are back with a healthy dose of Shakespearean history! This week we venture back into France, where things are going awry and the women (gasp) are doing WAR THINGS (GASP)! Featuring a special appearance by Joan of Arc.

    Henriadstravaganza: War of the Roses Historlude

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 20:19


    This week we take a break from Shakespeare's sparkling wit and charm to enjoy Amy's as she gives us a history background on the War of the Roses.

    Henriadstravaganza: Henry V

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 58:28


    We are about halfway through Shakespeare's Henriad with Henry V! We mosey on over to France for a fourteen year war that could have been avoided with foresight and a Zoom call.

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