178: R.U.R.

178: R.U.R.

Update: 2025-09-24
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BEEP boop what is… love? Well, we don’t figure this out, but John Siracusa does return to Sophomore Lit to discuss Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (1920), the origin of the word “robot.”



John McCoy with John Siracusa




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178: R.U.R.

178: R.U.R.

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