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 📚
Podcasting since 2025 • 16 episodes
The Literary Lamppost
Latest Episodes
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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32:39
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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Season 1
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Episode 15
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30:24
The Murmur of Bees: Magic, Morals, Fate and Free Will
🐝 Join us today for a discussion on Sofia Segovia's novel, The Murmur of Bees! Such a beautiful, heartwarming yet heartbreaking story, with so much to talk about! A boy, abandoned because of a birth defect, found under a bridge protected by a b...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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32:34
Dictionary of Lost Words: Lost, Found, Shared
📚Today we discuss Pip Williams' "Dictionary of Lost Words", which follows Esme Nicoll the daughter of a lexicographer working on the Oxford English Dictionary. Words are powerful, we all know that. But why? What gives them their power? and what...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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35:19
This is Happiness: When Life is the Story
In this episode, we discuss Niall William's This is Happiness. A charming and wholesome read, this book gave us a lot to think about! Join us for a conversation about what it means to live, as well as how literature can be therapy, how to...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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30:41
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