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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.
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- Episode 15: A Doll’s House — Henrik Ibsen: The Door Slam Heard Around the World · 36 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 15In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, the 1879 play whose ending shocked European audiences and helped…
- Episode 14: Babette’s Feast: The Artist At Work - Isak Dinesen · 38 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 14In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore Isak Dinesen’s “Babette’s Feast,” a story about beauty, sacrifice, holiness, and the demanding…
- Episode 13: Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin: Music as Life · 27 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 13In 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…
- Episode 12: Hills Like White Elephants — Ernest Hemingway · 32 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 12In 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 · 36 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 11In 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…
- Episode 10: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”: Anxiety, Modernism, and a Life Deferred — T. S. Eliot · 45 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 10In 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 · 34 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 9In 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…
- Episode 8: "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”: Questions Can Lead You Astray by Joyce Carol Oates · 37 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 8In 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 Been?,” a terrifying…
- Episode 7: The Little Prince: Philosophy and Foxes - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 46 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 7In 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…
- Episode 6: Araby: by James Joyce · 31 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 6In 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 · 42 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 5In 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…
- Episode 4: Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson: They’re not Just for Children · 43 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 4In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Hans Christian Andersen’s life and two of his best-known stories: “The Emperor’s New Clothes”…
- Episode 3: Barn Burning: Of Fire and Fathers - William Faulkner · 37 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 3Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh discuss William Faulkner's celebrated short story "Barn Burning." Along the way they…
- Episode 2: Intimations of Immortality: Childhood’s Remembering · 50 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 2Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh begin their season on the stages of life with William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of…
- Episode 1: The Selection Show: Choosing the Great Stories for a Season on Life · 39 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 1Description In this opening episode of Season 3, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh unveil a last-minute change of plans, shifting from a season on politics to an exploration of…
- Episode 24: Favorite Reads of 2025 · 32 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 24Description In this special year-end episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda share their five favorite reads of 2025. Moving from plays and poetry to…
- Episode 23: What We Learned About Love · 31 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 23Description In this penultimate episode of Hot Takes on the Classics’ season on love, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh step back to reflect on what a sustained engagement with…
- Episode 22: Waiting on God - Simone Weil: An Incandescent Life · 37 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 22Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh close their season on love by turning to Simone Weil’s Waiting for God. Through a…
- Episode 21: Revelations of Divine Love: St. Julian's Mystical Sight · 44 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 21Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich, the first known book written in…
- Episode 20: The Temple: The Architecture of the Soul — George Herbert · 1 h 3 min · Sezonul 2 Episodul 20Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda explore The Temple by George Herbert, one of the most profound devotional poetry…
