Christian Lutes & Cathleen Brumback

Two English Majors Walk Into A Bar

Comedy EN ↓ 83 episodes

Former English majors Cathleen Brumback and Christian Lutes reintroduce their audience to all those “classics” you never actually read in your high school English class. Sparknotes and Wikipedia saved us all back in the day and it’s time to #getLit and relive the experience. We play fun drinking games, aggressively throw out a pop quiz, and question why most of us were only exposed to the Literature written by old dead white dudes.

Author

Christian Lutes & Cathleen Brumback

Episodes

Episode 8: Kegger Allan-Poe 23.09.2022 58:30

Get your SpoOoOoky poet hats ready! This month we ease into spooky season by taking a deep dive into Edgar Allan-Poe! Cathleen covers The Tell-Tale Heart and Christian covers The Raven !  Start rapping at our chamber door on IG @twoenglishmajorswalkintoabar !!! Let's get LIT!

Episode 7: Teen Angst Edition 23.08.2022 1:17:49

Were you a #TeenageDirtbag like Cathleen and Christian back in the early 00's? If so, join us for the ride! This month Cathleen covers The Crucible (Arthur Miller) and Christian covers An Old Fashioned Girl (Louisa May Alcott). Both pieces of Lit showcase teens at their best... and worst. *cough*…gets the whole village accused of witchcraft *cough*... AND they both touch on our own long forgotten...

Episode 6: The Fight for Freedom 23.07.2022 1:26:42

REVOLUTIONISTS!- Yes, we did finally google it and now know that it is, in fact, a word... Join your favorite English majors as we examine In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez and Kindred by Octavia E. Butler!!! It's a wild ride with some badass women in Literature and we are here to GET LIT!!! Follow us on Social Media: @twoenglishmajorswalkintoabar

Episode 5: Pride 2022! 23.06.2022 1:16:59

Happy Pride Month Everyone!!! In this episode Christian unpacks the problematic Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx) and teaches us all how to be better allies to the LGBTQ+ community. AND Cathleen brings the levity back up a notch and covers The Importance of Being Earnest by none other than our favorite wit...Oscar Wilde!!!

Episode 4: Satire 23.05.2022 1:02:03

We thought we could surprise each other and boy oh boy did we! In this month's episode BOTH Christian and Cathleen cover Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal For Preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick . So warm up that baby stew you've been keep in the fridge and listen to some satire!

Episode 3: American Feminists 23.04.2022 1:01:25

Grab your beverage of choice and join your favorite English majors in celebrating the works of some of America's early feminist authors! In this episode Christian covers Emily Dickinson's Wild Nights - Wild Nights! and Cathleen covers The Awakening by Kate Chopin! Because we've all had an awakening or two after a couple of wild nights ;)

Episode 2: Banned Books 23.03.2022 1:23:33

In this episode Cathleen covers A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess) and Christian covers Catcher In the Rye (J.D. Salinger). Join us for some ultraviolent phony nonsense!  Follow us on IG @twoenglishmajorswalkintoabar

Pilot: Let's get Lit! 23.02.2022 1:07:24

IT'S OUR VERY FIRST EPISODE!!!  The two English majors, Cathleen Brumback and Christian Lutes, walk into a bar and chat about Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) and The Time Machine (H.G. Wells).  Follow us on IG @twoenglishmajorswalkintoabar