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The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

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Amateur enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to contemporary classics. Episodes are not in chronological order and you don't need to start at the beginning - feel free to jump in wherever you like! Find out more at historyofliterature.com and facebook.com/historyofliterature. Support the show by visiting patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. Contact the show at historyofliteraturepodcast@gmail.com.
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I am running a company and I think 90 percent of advice is garbage. But, I like talking to people about what they think. This is a visceral, comedic and therapeutic exercise on building a #NoCode business...from one founder's POV. ⚡Hosted by startup comedian Jeremy Redman ⚡ “Hard to be boring around Jeremy Redman….he is the one of the hardest working and funniest founders I think I have ever spoken to :)” -Todd Uterstaedt, From Founder to CEO
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Dan Hardy & guests explore all things Martial Arts and Combat Sports. Featuring our breakdown show The War Room, our weekly Sunday evening review show The Aftermath & of course the only picks show you need, The Outlawed Picks Podcast with Dan & Veronica Hardy for every UFC numbered event. Every episode is also available on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2VR6aVxWDUY34usexCaHQ
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“WTOP’s American Nightmare Series” is a podcast covering true crime stories in the Washington D.C. region. Season 3, "Unknown Subject": For 9 years, he terrorized women across the DC region. Breaking into homes and raping his victims before killing a brilliant scientist near the gates of Georgetown University in 1998. And then, it all stopped. Had he died? Was he locked up? Before the FBI would name him the infamous Potomac River Rapist, detectives simply called him their “unknown subject” f ...
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[7:05] Robert, wrote a letter asking if a 2004 court order, which omitted mention of probation, supersedes his 2002 plea agreement that included indefinite supervised probation. The response clarified that a plea agreement is a binding contract, and the state can correct clerical errors even after many years. Therefore, Robert’s probation condition…
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For Virginia Woolf, Leo Tolstoy was "the greatest of all novelists," and her argument was simple: "[W]hat else can we call the author of War and Peace?" In this episode, Jacke takes a look at Tolstoy's original plans for the novel; the unusual nature of the book, which Henry James called a "loose, baggy monster"; the contributions of Tolstoy's wife…
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