John Phipps

A podcast about the literary canon that actually deepens your knowledge (sort of)

The Canon Ball is good on books about which you know a little, but when discussing books I knew something about, my hosts turned into simplistic oafs

Harold Bloom, author of The Western Canon. Image: Ted Thai / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images
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