Workers’ Lit
@socialistshelf.bsky.social
A podcast about books and the news with Lenore, Aysha, Jen, and Jacob
Books/Culture episodes on Mondays!
News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays!
Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future!
www.workerslit.com
Books/Culture episodes on Mondays!
News/Politics episodes on Wednesdays!
Read good books, tell bad jokes, and fight for a better future!
www.workerslit.com
Trump channels goo-goo when we could have used more ga-ga.
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump channels goo-goo when we could have used more ga-ga.
"Obscenity" laws, suppression of LGBTQ+ rights, and the Witcher.
Clip from our episode with Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
Clip from our episode with Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Obscenity" laws, suppression of LGBTQ+ rights, and the Witcher.
Clip from our episode with Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
Clip from our episode with Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
There's a war on LGBTQ+ Rights in the US. The sooner we treat it as such the better.
We’re joined by Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social an exvangelical, queer podcast about the evangelical radio drama, "Adventures in Odyssey" to discuss this war and how to fight back!!
We’re joined by Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social an exvangelical, queer podcast about the evangelical radio drama, "Adventures in Odyssey" to discuss this war and how to fight back!!
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
There's a war on LGBTQ+ Rights in the US. The sooner we treat it as such the better.
We’re joined by Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social an exvangelical, queer podcast about the evangelical radio drama, "Adventures in Odyssey" to discuss this war and how to fight back!!
We’re joined by Pigeon of @2whits1cup.bsky.social an exvangelical, queer podcast about the evangelical radio drama, "Adventures in Odyssey" to discuss this war and how to fight back!!
On the juxtaposition of the old and the new in "The Saint of Bright Doors" by Vajra Chandrasekera.
Clip from our full episode.
Clip from our full episode.
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On the juxtaposition of the old and the new in "The Saint of Bright Doors" by Vajra Chandrasekera.
Clip from our full episode.
Clip from our full episode.
Let's goooooooo
December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let's goooooooo
In, "The Saint of Bright Doors," Fetter's mother tells him that the only way to change the world is through, "the application of directed violence." We discuss what that means for the characters in the novel as they take on their own rickety liberal institutions.
Full episode out now!
Full episode out now!
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In, "The Saint of Bright Doors," Fetter's mother tells him that the only way to change the world is through, "the application of directed violence." We discuss what that means for the characters in the novel as they take on their own rickety liberal institutions.
Full episode out now!
Full episode out now!
The four horsewomen (and horseman) of the apocalypse
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The four horsewomen (and horseman) of the apocalypse
It's called "The Atlantic" because that's where the magazine and everyone involved in it should be dropped in the middle of
December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's called "The Atlantic" because that's where the magazine and everyone involved in it should be dropped in the middle of
Them doors are about to get real bright.
It's time to hop into Vajra Chandrasekera's crazy 2023 fantasy novel, "The Saint of Bright Doors."
We've got revolution, we've got being bisexual, we've got family trauma, we've got cults, we've got it ALL with this book!!
It's time to hop into Vajra Chandrasekera's crazy 2023 fantasy novel, "The Saint of Bright Doors."
We've got revolution, we've got being bisexual, we've got family trauma, we've got cults, we've got it ALL with this book!!
December 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Them doors are about to get real bright.
It's time to hop into Vajra Chandrasekera's crazy 2023 fantasy novel, "The Saint of Bright Doors."
We've got revolution, we've got being bisexual, we've got family trauma, we've got cults, we've got it ALL with this book!!
It's time to hop into Vajra Chandrasekera's crazy 2023 fantasy novel, "The Saint of Bright Doors."
We've got revolution, we've got being bisexual, we've got family trauma, we've got cults, we've got it ALL with this book!!
Will you join the Piggly Wiggly Brigade? Or the Costco Commandos? The freedom of consumer choice is YOURS!
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Will you join the Piggly Wiggly Brigade? Or the Costco Commandos? The freedom of consumer choice is YOURS!
Pretty much all American institutions are imploding into their most idiotic possible forms. 😎
The workers are joined by Nelson from
@wlotspod.bsky.social
to talk about the Warner Bros acquisition, Unitary Executive Theory, the Texas senate race, and Indigenous people fighting back!
The workers are joined by Nelson from
@wlotspod.bsky.social
to talk about the Warner Bros acquisition, Unitary Executive Theory, the Texas senate race, and Indigenous people fighting back!
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Pretty much all American institutions are imploding into their most idiotic possible forms. 😎
The workers are joined by Nelson from
@wlotspod.bsky.social
to talk about the Warner Bros acquisition, Unitary Executive Theory, the Texas senate race, and Indigenous people fighting back!
The workers are joined by Nelson from
@wlotspod.bsky.social
to talk about the Warner Bros acquisition, Unitary Executive Theory, the Texas senate race, and Indigenous people fighting back!
This book's plot is thrilling...and yet it's kind of boring.
But that doesn't mean we didn't like it!
Check out the full episode to learn why.
But that doesn't mean we didn't like it!
Check out the full episode to learn why.
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This book's plot is thrilling...and yet it's kind of boring.
But that doesn't mean we didn't like it!
Check out the full episode to learn why.
But that doesn't mean we didn't like it!
Check out the full episode to learn why.
We are joined by returning guest and apocalypse-understander @spocksbrian.worstpossible.world
of the @worstpossible.world podcast to discuss Nevil Shute's 1957 end-of-the-world novel, "On The Beach."
What if the world was ending, but we were in Australia and being real polite about it?
of the @worstpossible.world podcast to discuss Nevil Shute's 1957 end-of-the-world novel, "On The Beach."
What if the world was ending, but we were in Australia and being real polite about it?
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are joined by returning guest and apocalypse-understander @spocksbrian.worstpossible.world
of the @worstpossible.world podcast to discuss Nevil Shute's 1957 end-of-the-world novel, "On The Beach."
What if the world was ending, but we were in Australia and being real polite about it?
of the @worstpossible.world podcast to discuss Nevil Shute's 1957 end-of-the-world novel, "On The Beach."
What if the world was ending, but we were in Australia and being real polite about it?
A clip from our bonus interview with Brian Recker...Christian or not, we think you'll enjoy this discussion!
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A clip from our bonus interview with Brian Recker...Christian or not, we think you'll enjoy this discussion!
Bonus ep!
We're joined by author and public theologian Brian Recker to talk about his new book, "Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love."
Go listen, and then buy the book! If you don't need it, there sure as hell (haha) is someone in your life who does!
We're joined by author and public theologian Brian Recker to talk about his new book, "Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love."
Go listen, and then buy the book! If you don't need it, there sure as hell (haha) is someone in your life who does!
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Bonus ep!
We're joined by author and public theologian Brian Recker to talk about his new book, "Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love."
Go listen, and then buy the book! If you don't need it, there sure as hell (haha) is someone in your life who does!
We're joined by author and public theologian Brian Recker to talk about his new book, "Hell Bent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love."
Go listen, and then buy the book! If you don't need it, there sure as hell (haha) is someone in your life who does!
On Pete Hegseth's war crimes, Franklin the turtle, and imperialism in the Caribbean.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
On Pete Hegseth's war crimes, Franklin the turtle, and imperialism in the Caribbean.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
On the Washington DC National Guard shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the CIA's Zero Units, and imperialism coming home.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On the Washington DC National Guard shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the CIA's Zero Units, and imperialism coming home.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your pods and casts!
We start this episode by discussing the evangelical cabal (and Jacob's ties to it), move into the DC shooting (and the Pentagon's responsibility for it), and then talk about US meddling in Latin America
Finally, Starbucks takes a big L.
Listen now wherever you get your pods and casts!
Finally, Starbucks takes a big L.
Listen now wherever you get your pods and casts!
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We start this episode by discussing the evangelical cabal (and Jacob's ties to it), move into the DC shooting (and the Pentagon's responsibility for it), and then talk about US meddling in Latin America
Finally, Starbucks takes a big L.
Listen now wherever you get your pods and casts!
Finally, Starbucks takes a big L.
Listen now wherever you get your pods and casts!
On the brutal (complimentary!) epilogue of "The Secret History"
(with @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social )
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
(with @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social )
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
On the brutal (complimentary!) epilogue of "The Secret History"
(with @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social )
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
(with @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social )
Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your pods and casts!
On being a college psuedointellectual loser (a rite of passage!)
Clip from our "The Secret History" episode.
Clip from our "The Secret History" episode.
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On being a college psuedointellectual loser (a rite of passage!)
Clip from our "The Secret History" episode.
Clip from our "The Secret History" episode.
Face down the twin horrors of Dionysian madness and class anxiety with Donna Tartt’s brilliant 1992 novel, “The Secret History”
We are joined by Kevin Vibert and Harley Takagi Kaner of @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social 😎
Themes: Bisexual angst, middle class angst, academic angst, hiding-a-murder angst
We are joined by Kevin Vibert and Harley Takagi Kaner of @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social 😎
Themes: Bisexual angst, middle class angst, academic angst, hiding-a-murder angst
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Face down the twin horrors of Dionysian madness and class anxiety with Donna Tartt’s brilliant 1992 novel, “The Secret History”
We are joined by Kevin Vibert and Harley Takagi Kaner of @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social 😎
Themes: Bisexual angst, middle class angst, academic angst, hiding-a-murder angst
We are joined by Kevin Vibert and Harley Takagi Kaner of @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social 😎
Themes: Bisexual angst, middle class angst, academic angst, hiding-a-murder angst
Look what just came in the mail 👀
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Look what just came in the mail 👀
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We’re joined by @videocrime.48minutesofdogsbarking.com of the @podcast.48minutesofdogsbarking.com and @midnightpals.bsky.social podcasts to discuss “the MAGA civil war,” MTG’s exit, goofy online reactions to Epstein, “the seditious six,” some awful news out of Texas, and Jacob’s college lore
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We’re joined by @videocrime.48minutesofdogsbarking.com of the @podcast.48minutesofdogsbarking.com and @midnightpals.bsky.social podcasts to discuss “the MAGA civil war,” MTG’s exit, goofy online reactions to Epstein, “the seditious six,” some awful news out of Texas, and Jacob’s college lore
I love going to Scotland to build a woman
From our Frankenstein episode which you should for sure listen to YES YOU!!
From our Frankenstein episode which you should for sure listen to YES YOU!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I love going to Scotland to build a woman
From our Frankenstein episode which you should for sure listen to YES YOU!!
From our Frankenstein episode which you should for sure listen to YES YOU!!