Episode 98: Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Episode 98 kicks off Pride Month 2020 on SSR!

This week, Alli is joined by podcaster and kid lit enthusiast Bryce Kelly for a conversation about J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. And we’re not talkin’ the Disney version! Tune in to hear them chat about this story’s deep publishing/adaptation history, unpack its strict depiction of traditional gender roles and weird conception of parenthood, and consider which characters are “good” and which characters are “bad.”

Bryce is the co-host of the Percy Jackson podcast Radio Camp Half Blood and the former co-host of the Lemony Snicket podcast Unfortunate Associates. They studied children’s literature as an undergraduate at Bard College and regretfully know too much about Roald Dahl. Follow them on Instagram (@bkellygorman), Twitter (@BKellyGorman), and Tumblr. Support their current endeavors on Patreon!

LISTEN TO THE CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY EPISODE HERE!

CHECK OUT BRYCE’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan

MORE READING:

“How the fantasy of Peter Pan turned sinister” (Vox, 2017)

“Loitering in Neverland: the strangeness of Peter Pan” (The Guardian, 2011)

“Peter Pan’s dark side emerges with release of original manuscript” (The Guardian, 2019)

“Why J.M. Barrie created Peter Pan” (The New Yorker, 2004)

“J.M. Barrie & Peter Pan: From Fantasy to Dark Realities” (Biography, 2014)

“The surprisingly morbid origins of Peter Pan” (The Week, 2014)

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