All Episodes
Illiterate — 199 episodes · page 2 of 2
Lupin | the French thief who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | the Mother of the Blues
Best of 2020 | the finest moments of ILLITERATE this year
Die Hard | how to make a Christmas story
Hallmark Christmas Movies | mastering holiday media
Steven Spielberg (pt 2) | the life of a director
Steven Spielberg (pt 1) | the life of a director
Hillbilly Elegy | can memoirs make good movies?
The Crown | how the British Royal Family works
The Queen’s Gambit | the story of a female chess prodigy
Elections | stories of the American voting system
Halloween Special | the history of spooky stuff
Lovecraft Country | on monsters, magic, and Jim Crow
The Haunting of Bly Manor | where ghosts come from
Books of Blood | the horrifyingly thoughtful mind of Clive Barker
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | the founding of modern animation
Enola Holmes | it’s elementary, my dear listener
Moonlight | the path to portraying masculinity
I’m Thinking of Ending Things | the pɹ!ǝʍ world of Charlie Kaufman (& Iain Reid)
Philip K Dick | how to start the cyberpunk revolution
Taking a Break This Week!
Avatar: The Last Airbender | the fight for a multicultural cartoon
The Secret Garden | the forgotten story of the bestselling female novelist
Tread | building a Killdozer for small town revenge
The Kissing Booth | how fan fiction gets sold for millions
Harriet | why no one really knows Harriet Tubman
Love, Victor | coming out on the big screen
Hamilton | America then, told by America now (Lin-Manuel Miranda & Ron Chernow)
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark | how Michelle McNamara tracked the Golden State Killer
Watchmen (HBO) | the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Da 5 Bloods | Black Veterans of the Vietnam War (from Spike Lee & Wallace Terry)
Harry Potter (pt 3) | the worldwide impact
Eight minutes, forty-six seconds
Harry Potter (pt 2) | how the movies got made
Bad Education | the biggest theft from the best school (Frank Tassone)
Harry Potter (pt 1) | the life of JK Rowling
Defending Jacob | is there a murder gene?
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | don't forget your towel
Mrs. America | how one woman changed the United States
Westworld | the masterful mind of Michael Crichton
Emma & Clueless | why Jane Austen is timeless
Little Fires Everywhere | moms in the 1990’s
The Plot Against America | if Charles Lindbergh was president
Pandemics | how they affect art & history (feat. Contagion & Outbreak)
Peter Pan & Wendy | the adventure of growing up
The Invisible Man | how to modernize a monster (Leigh Whannell & HG Wells)
The Call of the Wild | how to be a real dog (feat. Togo)
High Flying Bird | the business of the NBA
Parasite | foreign films and critics awards
Color Out of Space | HP Lovecraft & the long-lost Richard Stanley
Gretel & Hansel | with director Oz Perkins
Martin Luther King, Jr | how to lead a movement
Animal Farm | teaching history with pigs
Little Women | the history of these heroines
New Year's Special | the past & future of Illiterate
Cats | how to make a musical sensation
Star Wars | the forgotten book (feat. Splinter of the Mind’s Eye)
The Irishman | the Forrest Gump of organized crime
Frozen | how a fairy tale made billions
Thanksgiving Special | what to watch and read this holiday
Ford v Ferrari | why racing is about people (feat. Go Like Hell)
Stephen King | an amazing life of horror (feat. Doctor Sleep)
Motherless Brooklyn | detectives, Tourette’s, & 20 year projects
The Laundromat | the Panama Papers and their “Secrecy World”
Jojo Rabbit | finding comedy in Hitler (feat. Caging Skies)
Nancy Drew | how her mysteries inspired millions
Joker | how one villain has multiple origins
Judy Garland | living at the End of the Rainbow
Ad Astra & Heart of Darkness | journeying into the unknown
The Goldfinch | do great books make bad movies?
It | why clowns are scary
Huck Finn & The Peanut Butter Falcon | adapting the american controversy
Toni Morrison | how to write with a voice
Mindhunter | the story of the real serial killer FBI team
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | why children need horror
Charles Manson, Hollywood, and the CIA | a theory 20 years in the making
The Boys | why we're starting to say "f*** superheroes"
Hamlet | how one of the most copied works was made
The Greatest Literary Hoax | how JT Leroy fooled millions
1775 | why it's such an important year for america
Catch-22 (part 2) | how war is scarily funny
Catch-22 (part 1) | how war is scarily funny
This is Where You Belong | how to love where you live
Voices From Chernobyl | the human stories of disaster
The Handmaid's Tale | what our past says about our future
Casino Royale | the literary origins of James Bond
Aladdin | the original had two genies, and more
Digital Minimalism | how to detox from social media
Ted Bundy's Girlfriend | firsthand account of The Phantom Prince
Lord of the Flies | the original Hunger Games
Stan Lee and Marvel Comics | the spectacular story
How to Change Your Mind | everything you should know about psychedelics
Dr. Seuss | how he became the top children's author
Better Than Before | how to form habits
Becoming by Michelle Obama | the life of a First Lady
Watchmen | why superheroes changed
Black Klansman | how a black man infiltrates the KKK
Pride and Prejudice | how Jane Austen gets modern love
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