STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel

STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel

From Sweet Child Of Time: Recaps Of Time Related TV Shows And Movies by Steve Barnes hosts; cohosts James McCollum, and Lindsey Dunn

March 4, 2026 · 13 min · Episode 164

About this episode

The episode discusses and reviews the book 'STATION ELEVEN' by Emily St John Mandel, focusing on its themes and character connections in a post-pandemic world.

Book Club episodes discuss and review one book per episode. This week, it is STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel, a Theatre Fiction novel about a flu pandemic causing the collapse of America, and the Traveling Symphony that brings Shakespeare plays to the survivors. The interactions of the characters is nothing short of brilliant, and they all seem to be related in some way to former film actor Arthur Leander. "Station Eleven" is a fictitious graphic novel within this world that ties some together. Check out our main website for all info, videos, and episodes: https://www.sweetchildoftime.com Please support the show at https://patreon.com/mlmpod.com Join us at our Marsh Land Media Discord channel: https://discord.gg/aRdKmv9Ybc Our podcast is brought to you by Zencastr! Use "sweetchildoftime" as your promo code for 30% off if you join: https://zen.ai/34YswfAyb8Tg_68Rugun28BAv0U3EeXAvPbnN9FTzpOU9gDo6uemPt2NxY_ET4N0

People in this episode

Host: Steve Barnes

Topics covered

  • book club
  • theatre fiction
  • flu pandemic
  • character interactions
  • graphic novel
  • Shakespeare plays
  • post-apocalyptic

Keywords

  • Station Eleven
  • Emily St John Mandel
  • theatre fiction
  • flu pandemic
  • character connections
  • graphic novel
  • Shakespeare
  • post-apocalyptic

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: STATION ELEVEN

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