Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh

Subtext: Conversations about Classic Books and Films is a arts podcast hosted by Wes Alwan and Erin O'Luanaigh. It has 165 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.

Subtext is a book club podcast for readers interested in what the greatest works of the human imagination say about life’s big questions. Each episode, philosopher Wes Alwan and poet Erin O’Luanaigh conduct a close reading of a text or film and co-write an audio essay about it in real time. It’s literary analysis, but in the best sense: we try not overly stuffy and pedantic, but rather focus on unearthing what’s most compelling about great books and movies, and how it is they can touch our lives in such a significant way.

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