The Literary Lamppost
✨Along with Caitlin’s analysis and Ashley’s imagination, wander through the world of stories and their meaning in our world. ✨
📚Inspired by another iconic lamppost from classic literature, this podcast aims to shed light on some of the most important things going on in the world through the lens of literature. We explore family, friendships, religion, government, society, and other issues found in the pages of our favourite books, from classics to booktok. We hope you will join us on this adventure 📚
The Literary Lamppost
Latest Episodes
Lord of the Rings: It's the Fight that Matters
🧙🏼♂️Lord of the Rings is perhaps the greatest and most epic tale of good vs. evil known to the literary world, and addresses an important question: how do you keep fighting for good when all hope is lost? 🗡️Tolkien saw a lot in his...
Lord of the Rings: Feminist or Flop?
🧝🏻♀️Ever wished there were more female characters (main or otherwise) in Lord of the Rings? Us too! We do love Eowyn and Galadriel, though. 🗡️ How do we approach Lord of the Rings' portrayal of women? What does it mean to ...
Lord of the Rings: Middle-earth Masculinity
🧝🏻♂️When you think of the LOTR characters, who comes to mind first? Frodo? Aragorn? Legolas? 🏹 Tolkien's positive view of masculinity offers a unique lens through which to analyse each of these characters. Plus who WOULDN'T want to...
The Help: "You is Kind, You is Smart, You is One of the Good Ones"
🚽Today we're diving into "The Help", a fascinating novel set in Jim Crow Era Mississippi. We tend to look back at history and think we'd be "one of the good ones". We'd be hiding Jews in our basements, we'd be marching for civil rights with MLK...
The Secret Life of Bees: Honey, Mary and Unlikely Community
🐝 It's another bee book! join us for a fantastic discussion about a truly wonderful book, in which we explore the journey of a 14 year old girl escaping an abusive home and running away from her past. Can God be a mother? How does Mary fit into...
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