Questioning the Canon

Questioning the Canon

Ben Rathert, Felicia Dieguez

Episodes 46
Avg. Duration 1h 10m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.6 (8)
Since Apr 2021
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Monthly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

A little podcast that loves big books. You don't need to have read with us to enjoy the show as we always do a synopsis of the work as well as dive into the life and times of the author behind it. Our conversations vary and roam, but we always have a good time asking if each book we cover should be included in "the canon" of important novels. Our show icon is by Jeremy Kanne at Smart Yeti.

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Recent Episodes

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof

Apr 19, 2026 1h 47m

Come stake your claim to 28,000 acres of the richest soil this side of the Valley Nile as we cover the classic southern gothic play, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. Turn away from the lies you've been…

At the Mountains of Madness

Oct 27, 2025 1h 44m

We've been on a bit of an expedition of sorts, and we come back bearing news. Terrible news! Namely about the author of our book this month, H.P. Lovecraft. What? You already knew he wasn't…

Beloved

Jan 04, 2025 1h 35m

Now that holidays are over, maybe it's time you started to process some of the trauma you've been accumulating for all of these years, and there's no better book to highlight trauma than Toni…

A Christmas Carol

Dec 07, 2024 1h 16m

This month we're back with a traditional Christmas ghost story.  Because Christmas and ghosts are a thing, right?  Well, according to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens they are, and, as we discuss…

Dracula

Oct 12, 2024 1h 37m

Welcome to our house...Hop a train with us to far off Carpathia and dank dark evils of Castle Dracula as we explore what made this 1897 novel such an enduring story through the years. We spend extra…

High Fidelity

Sep 07, 2024 1h 23m

Have you ever gone back to really examine something you loved when you were younger? This month we dig into our record collection and put a fresh spin on Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity. …

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Aug 03, 2024 1h 41m

Here we go! In this hot, stormy summer weather, we've decided to take a field trip to Oz and explore the 1900 book the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Of course we cover the 1939 movie as…

Gone With the Wind

Jul 06, 2024 1h 53m

It's fitting that our longest episode to date should be covering the longest book we've done so far. Gone With the Wind is a monolithic book and movie that has had heavy influence on American…

The Bridges of Madison County

Jun 01, 2024 1h 1m

It's time to drift out across the farmlands of Iowa to find your one true love on a random encounter. Or not. This month we cover the wildly popular Bridges of Madison County and discuss what made…

Anna Karenina

May 04, 2024 1h 20m

All aboard for Season 4! We crash through snowy Russian landscapes and meander about pastoral Russian farmlands in our exploration of Russian foundational novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. We…

Fun Home

Apr 13, 2024 56m

We round out season 3 of our little podcast with another graphic novel, this time from revered author Alison Bechdel and her 2006 masterpiece, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. There was so much to…

The Left Hand of Darkness

Mar 02, 2024 1h 6m

Now is the time to explore strange new alien civilizations, and thereby explore strange new ideas within ourselves with Ursula K. Le Guin's 1969 sci-fi classic The Left Hand of Darkness! We found a…

Kindred

Feb 03, 2024 59m

None of us can ever know what it was like to live the harrowing experience of being a black slave in America in the early 1800's, but Octavia Butler was determined to try and give her readers a taste…

Hamlet

Jan 06, 2024 1h 10m

Let us sit upon the ground and listen to nerdy podcasts about the death of kings. Alas, poor Hamlet! We reviewed it, dear listener! There was so much ground to cover in this legendary play by…

Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade

Dec 09, 2023 1h 22m

It can be hard putting your life back together after the traumas of war, especially if you are perceiving different portions of your life out of order. Or at least you think you are. Come unstuck…

The Secret History

Nov 11, 2023 1h 16m

It's time we come clean about something with you...we covered the Secret History by Donna Tartt and we just can't hold it in any longer. Listen in on our confessions of researching the details of…

Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus

Oct 14, 2023 1h 16m

The pumpkins are out, the wind is getting colder, it's time to hit the books and resurrect the dead! This month, we climb the glaciers of Switzerland and explore the involved and fascinating life of…

A Wrinkle In Time

Sep 16, 2023 1h 5m

Come along with us as we try to rescue ourselves from our youngest demographically targeted book yet, A Wrinkle In Time! While we may not cover impossible distances instantaneously, we do cover our…

Fight Club

Aug 19, 2023 1h 33m

This month we're going underground talking about the book, movie, and phenomena that is Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club. We break the first two rules of the club pretty brazenly as we discuss…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Jul 22, 2023 1h 18m

For America's birthday month, we decided to peruse Mark Twain's much discussed Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. There were so many topics to cover including geography, the long-term effects of…

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Questioning the Canon has published 46 episodes since April 2021, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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