Episodes

  • 186: "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

    186: "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
    Feb 26 2026
    First-time co-host Daniel Heddendorf joins in to discuss clocks and jellybeans in Harlan Ellison’s short story, “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” (1965).

    John McCoy with Daniel Heddendorf.
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    43 mins
  • 185: The Third Policeman

    185: The Third Policeman
    Feb 13 2026
    I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like. Shaenon K. Garrity returns to discuss Flan O’Brien’s enigmatic The Third Policeman (written 1940, published 1967).

    John McCoy.
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    57 mins
  • 184: I am the Cheese

    184: I am the Cheese
    Jan 8 2026
    Hope you’re not lactose intolerant! Matt Skuta returns to discuss John Cormier’s I am the Cheese (1977).

    John McCoy with Matt Skuta.
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    46 mins
  • 183: Christmas Special: "A Christmas Turkey"

    183: Christmas Special: "A Christmas Turkey"
    Dec 24 2025
    What, the one as big as me? Marina McCoy makes her holiday return to discuss Mário de Andrade’s sweet-and-salty “A Christmas Turkey” (1956).

    John McCoy with Marina McCoy.
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    24 mins
  • 182: The Watch House

    182: The Watch House
    Dec 9 2025
    Who watches the Watch House? Not us, the book is better. Ross Cleaver returns to discuss Robert Westall’s The Watch House (1977).

    John McCoy with Ross Cleaver.
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    49 mins
  • 181: Thanksgiving Special: Protest Songs

    181: Thanksgiving Special: Protest Songs
    Nov 26 2025
    The answer, my friend…is not a lyric in the any of the songs the McCoy Brothers discuss. For this annual drunk Thanksgiving Special, Rob, Dan, and John talk about Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, One Tin Soldier, and Alice’s Restaurant.

    John McCoy with Rob McCoy and Dan McCoy.
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    35 mins
  • 180: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

    180: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
    Nov 10 2025
    Podcasts could happen to anyone. David Loehr discusses exits and entrances in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (first performed 1966, published 1967).

    John McCoy with David J. Loehr.
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    49 mins
  • 179: The Last Unicorn

    179: The Last Unicorn
    Oct 8 2025
    Don’t it allways seem to go, you don’t know what unicorns you got til they’re gone. Kathy Campbell discusses Peter S. Beagle’s 1968 The Last Unicorn.

    John McCoy with Kathy Campbell.
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    35 mins