A Bug's Life (Kafka's "The Metamorphosis")

A Bug's Life (Kafka's "The Metamorphosis") is the 169th episode of the Very Bad Wizards podcast, released on July 30, 2019.

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Show Notes

David and Tamler try to control their emotions (with varying success) as they go deep into Franz Kafka's masterful novella "The Metamorphosis." What kind of a story is this? A Marxist or religious allegory? A work of weird fiction? A family drama? A dark comedy? Why does a story about a man who turns into a giant insect get under our skins so much? Plus a study that

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