BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation

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• AI: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)

  September 15, 2026 · 59 min

  Here it is, Bradbury’s masterpiece! The Center For Lit crew is blown away by the novel’s eerie predictions of current technologies, its stern diagnosis of today’s cultural tendencies, and finally by the sheer beauty of the thing…

• AI: "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)

  July 28, 2026 · 54 min

  Well, we didn’t see that coming! In this episode, the crew discusses a lesser known story by the author of Fahrenheit 451, and we end up surprised by where it takes us. Bradbury’s presentation of a post-apocalyptic world decimated by…

• AI: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1950)

  July 14, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

  The Center For Lit crew returns with a brand new season where we tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time: artificial intelligence. We quickly discover that the issue is not particularly new; thinkers and writers have been…

• All the World's a Stage: Creator by Forrester and Andrews

  May 27, 2025 · 54 min

  You’ve heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. You’ve heard of Bernstein and Sondheim. But have you heard of Forrester and Andrews?! In this episode the CenterForLit crew is joined by Adam’s good friend Scott Forrester to talk about Missy’s…

• Changes Coming to the CenterForLit Podcast Network!

  May 15, 2025 · 3 min

  CenterForLit Director Adam Andrews explains what you can expect from the CenterForLit Podcast Network going forward. In summary: * The BiblioFiles archives and previous How to Eat an Elephant seasons will be available to paid Substack…

• All the World's a Stage: Conclusion

  May 7, 2025 · 57 min

  For our season finale we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since Medea. We offer our final thoughts on the difference between written literature and dramatic performance, identify trends in theater history, and take a little time to be…

• All the World's a Stage: Waiting for Godot

  April 30, 2025 · 55 min

  Aaron Andrews is returning to the show today to talk about Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with the rest of the crew. We debate whether or not there is any room for hope in this strange play, and wonder about the nature of its humor and…

• All the World's a Stage: A Long Day's Journey Into Night

  April 12, 2025 · 45 min

  Today we're wading deep into the fog of Modernism with a discussion of Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). Ian and Megan sit down in this episode to talk about the difference between self-consciously textual plays and…