Dive into Sinclair Lewis's timeless 1935 warning, It Can't Happen Here, where a populist demagogue seizes power and dismantles democracy. This gripping tale of fascism's stealthy rise feels eerily prescient amid today's polarized politics and authoritarian echoes worldwide. Join us as we unpack its lessons for our turbulent era.

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://www.illiberalism.org/fascism-in-the-english-world-a-review-of-it-cant-happen-here-and-prophet-song/
• https://bookthrasher.com/2024/11/03/it-cant-happen-here/
• https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/ten-minute-book-club/lewis-it-cant-happen-here
• https://www.litcharts.com/lit/it-can-t-happen-here/summary

Dive into Ray Bradbury's timeless classic Fahrenheit 451, where firemen ignite books instead of saving them, and society drowns in screens and shallow distractions. This episode explores its haunting warnings about censorship, conformity, and the death of critical thought—echoes that feel eerily relevant amid today's social media echo chambers and debates over free speech. Join us as we ask: Are we burning our own books?

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://www.oreateai.com/blog/the-case-against-censorship-why-fahrenheit-451-resonates-today/52e53b3e024ee48ebe4537a91020ad0a
• https://thisbookisbanned.com/banned/fahrenheit-451-insights-into-todays-epidemic-of-book-banning/
• https://hub.papersowl.com/examples/censorship-and-knowledge-in-bradburys-fahrenheit-451/
• https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/university/news/all/Books-in-the-hands-of-the-New-Right/
• https://josephfolley.substack.com/p/were-amusing-ourselves-to-death-fahrenheit
• https://theacademic.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/10.pdf
• https://www.abc.net.au/religion/ray-bradbury-fahrenheit-451-adventure-of-moral-perfectionism/105129708

In this episode of ReReadium, dive into J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, where Holden Caulfield's raw rebellion against "phoniness" captures the eternal teenage angst that still resonates. Explore timeless themes of alienation and authenticity, and see how Holden's cliffside dreams mirror our modern struggles with social media facades and global unrest. A classic that refuses to fade.

Additional sources for this episode:

• https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/the-catcher-in-the-rye-issues-and-the-relevance-of-the-book-in-society/
• https://sophiesblog.medium.com/the-power-of-perspective-analyzing-point-of-view-in-the-catcher-in-the-rye-through-literary-2b447b3dc2ce
• https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-catcher-in-the-rye/chapter-1
• https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/catcher-rye-analysis-setting