Media/Lit Podcast - LOST 3x17 (Catch-22)
On Desmond Hume, Abraham and Isaac, and the Ethics of Time Travel
Hi folks! It has yet again been a while since I’ve posted on Serially Engaged; I promise to get back to coverage soon (I owe you a Quantum Leap (2022) post-mortem, maybe some HotD content… Ideally, I’d get you something about S3 of Wheel of Time, on now). For now, I wanted to share yet another episode of LOST & Lit (a series inside the Media/Lit podcast)!
Back in 2024, I was delighted to participate in several episodes of the Media/Lit Podcast: first, to discuss an early, formative episode of LOST (1x05 - White Rabbit); second, to explore Magneto’s politics in X-Men 97; and third to draft our favourite LOST characters to then pitch a totally unnecessary LOST Legacyquel. As I said back in April of last year, after recording the very first episode linked above:
As many of you know, LOST is my urtext, the cornerstone of the TV Canon of my life. LOST inspired my love of TV/criticism and informed my academic interests. LOST brought me community and connection in the Dark Times (the pandemic), and helped motivate me to finish my thesis. Without LOST, Serially Engaged would not exist. And so It was an absolute delight to chat with the Hosts of Media/Lit, Randy Alain & Kris Ingersoll, about a text that has meant so much to so many.
And, so, I’m excited to share a new episode of LOST & Lit, focused on another great literary reference/LOST episode: Catch-22! Will Desmond save Charlie, or does he need Charlie to die in order to finally be reunited with his love, Penelope Widmore?
I also wanted to mention that, in the coming weeks, we’ll have even more LOST & Lit for you, exploring The Wizard of Oz and the S4 finale: There’s No Place Like Home!
Finally, please subscribe to Media/Lit! In the words of Randy Alain, Host of Media/Lit:
This podcast examines the various forms of media that shape our lives: the stories we love, the music that moves us, and the art the inspires us. We meet with a variety of guests to explore a piece of media that shaped them in some way and explore that influence as if it were a piece of great literature. Whether we are dealing with the seemingly inane or the deeply profound, we will try to get to the center of how we define ourselves and our values. It's a course in media literacy that puts hearts and minds ahead of the nuts and bolts of the industry.
