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“Get Lit” September 17, 2026: Concluding “As I Lay Dying.”
17 september 2026 · 30 min
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Brad and Matt finish up the classic William Faulkner novel.
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“Get Lit” Livestream Recording: "As I Lay Dying"
16 september 2026 · 1 uur
Today on Get Lit we are finishing William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Lees meer
In the second half of the novel we finally get to hear from Addie, and learn that she was a deeply neurotic and disturbed woman who deserved the terrible family she had and sent them on this quest out of pure malice. We also hear from Jewel’s real father, and the deranged math by which Addie “made it up” to Anse for having a son by another man. The odyssey reaches its tragic conclusion, with Darl going insane and getting sent to Jackson, the crippling of Cash, and the rape of Dewey Dell. However, in a surprise ending that is hard to make sense of, everything seems to work out for Anse, who continues his streak of always getting the help he doesn’t deserve.
We hope you have enjoyed spending time in this most gothic South. Faulkner has certainly shown readers the grotesque.
Next week, we will be doing the first two sections of Émile Zola’s Germinal, his masterpiece about striking coal miners in 1870’s France, which will give us an entirely different view of the depravity of poverty, something which seems to be becoming an unintended theme on this podcast.
— Brad Pearce
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Get Lit”: William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” (Episode 1)
1 september 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
A recording from Monday’s live video | Brad and Matt discuss a long trip to bury a mother who is a fish, a horse, and nothing at all. Lees meer
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Get Lit continues today with William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, a novel that, far more even than Cash Bundren’s coffin above, involves a significant amount of craftsmanship. The story of a dead matriarch and her family’s 40-mile journey of dubious necessity to bury her is told through fifteen narrators across over sixty sections. The means are unconventional, the end controversial, and Brad and I will discuss it this afternoon, hopefully with many of you.
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"Get Lit" August 27, 2026: On Stephen Crane's “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” and “The Blue Hotel”
27 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 26 min
Finishing up with Stephen Crane, and other thoughts. Lees meer
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“Get Lit” 8/25/26: On Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat"
26 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
A recording from Tuesday's live video | Stephen Crane fictionalizes a fun real life experience. Lees meer
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“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: On Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets." (Part 1)
12 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
Brad and Matt visit the Bowery. A recording from Monday's live video. Lees meer
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“Get Lit” Livestream, 4:30 pm ET: The Finale of Dostoevsky's “Demons” (Part 1)
4 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
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“Get Lit” Livestream: The Comic Climax of Dostoyevsky's "Demons"
28 juli 2026 · 1 uur 3 min
A storm of misunderstandings fuels official paranoia, followed by real conspiracy (A recording from Monday's live video) Lees meer
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“Get Lit” with Matt Taibbi and Brad Pearce - Livestream, 4:30 ET
15 juli 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Thank you Clare Sibley, Trey Stockard, Stephen A Marvin, George Tisdale, Cowgirlcontrarian, and many others for tuning into my live video with Brad Pearce! Join me for my next live video in the app. Lees meer
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“Get Lit”: How Dostoyevsky's "Demons" Described America's Descent to Madness
7 juli 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
After the Fourth of July Weekend, Brad and Matt reflect on the plot of “Demons,” now gaining steam Lees meer
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“Get Lit” Livestream: The Book that Predicted Wokism? On Fyodor Dostoyevsky's “Demons.”
30 juni 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
A recording from Monday’s live video. Lees meer
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Machiavelli on Women, Virtue, and Fighting on "Get Lit"
24 juni 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
A recording from Monday's live video. Brad and Matt’s last live-cast on “Discourses of Livy” has lessons for both Democrats and Republicans Lees meer
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“Get Lit” Takes on Immigration, Foreign Wars, and other themes of “Discourses on Livy”
18 juni 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
A recording from Monday's live video: Machiavelli had plenty of advice for current politicians on the subject of how, or whether, to maintain an empire. Lees meer
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"Get Lit With Matt and Brad." Takes on Machiavelli
9 juni 2026 · 1 uur 7 min
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Episode One of "Get Lit With Matt and Brad."
2 juni 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
A new all-books, all-the-time show premieres Lees meer
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