The Casual Academic: A Literary Podcast

The Casual Academic: A Literary Podcast

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Literature podcast based in Madrid, Spain. We provide in-depth literary discussion without the pretence. Consulting secondary literature and unafraid to tackle great works and their ideas, we compress in-depth discussion of literature into a digestible format that won’t cost you $60,000 and soul-crushing debt.

Recent Episodes

  • Episode 36 - Structural Tricks, Disintegration & Ghosts in Valeria Luiselli's "Faces in the Crowd"

    5 years ago
  • Episode 35 - Memory, Self & La RevoluciĆ³n in Carlos Fuentes' "The Death of Artemio Cruz"

    5 years ago
  • Traveler, Writer, Soldier, Spy: Lit & Context in Patrick L. Fermor's "The Violins of Saint-Jacques"

    6 years ago