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YouTubeEpisode 13: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin: Music as Life
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” a story about two brothers trying to understand one another across...
Hot Takes on the Classics is no dusty, academic approach to great books. It’s a gossipy, exciting discussion about the best literature ever written. Hosted by Tim and Emily, who are veteran teachers and long-time friends, Hot Takes is packed with playful debate, meaningful speculation, and hearty laughs.
(You may also enjoy Tim’s “The Play’s the Thing” show with CiRCE.)
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Episode 12: Hills Like White Elephants — Ernest Hemingway
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” a story in which the most important subject is...
Episode 11: Everything That Rises Must Converge: Coming Together May be Harder than it Seems – Flannery O’Connor
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” a story of young adulthood, race, pride, dependence, and painful...
Episode 10: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”: Anxiety, Modernism, and a Life Deferred — T. S. Eliot
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” a poem that captures the uncertainty and...
Episode 9: Trilogy: Three Stories of One Love – Jon Fosse
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Jon Fosse’s Trilogy, the work of a Norwegian novelist and playwright whose spare, musical prose gives...
Episode 8: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”: Questions Can Lead You Astray by Joyce Carol Oates
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda enter the teen years with Joyce Carol Oates’s “Where Are You Going? Where Have You...
Episode 7: The Little Prince: Philosophy and Foxes – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda close their exploration of childhood with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. Part children’s story, part...
Episode 6: Araby: by James Joyce
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh begin their exploration of adolescence with James Joyce’s “Araby”, a story of youthful longing set...
Episode 5: The Turn of the Screw: Horror Stories for Children – Henry James
In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, a psychologically complex ghost story that challenges...
