Credo Quia Absurdum
The podcast that analyzes and interprets texts (and other pieces of media) from contemporary times and antiquity. Siblings Cat and Anna Jane love stories and love finding the absurdity in them (whether or not that absurdity was intended). Whether beautiful and poignant, creepy and atmospheric, utterly ridiculous, or some combination of the above, we delve deep into what some of our favorite works mean to us.
Credo Quia Absurdum
The Queen of Spades: Close encounters with ghosts and frenemies
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Anna Jane & Cat
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Season 1
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Episode 6
The Queen of Spades is a fantastic and spooky little tale from Russian literary great Alexander Pushkin. In this episode we enter his magical world of 1830s St. Petersburg, where we attend lavish balls, play cards late into the night, yearn, possibly commit murder, and definitely see some ghosts.
Note: at the beginning of this episode we say this story was published in 1933; it was actually published in 1833.
Content warnings: mention of violence
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