Best Métamorphose Podcasts (2025)

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Daedalus and Icarus from Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Arthur Golding 45:02

28d ago45:02

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Episode 79 Daedalus and Icarus from Ovid’s Metamorphses, translated by Arthur Golding Mark McGuinness reads and discusses Arthur Golding’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/79_Daedalus_and_Icarus_from_Ovid_s_Metamorphoses_translated_by_Arthur_Golding.mp3 Poet Ovid, trans…

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Living Well at the End of a World: Antón Barba-Kay on “These United States of Books: What Democracy Will Endure Its Digitalization?”

23h ago

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In his talk, Antón Barba-Kay probes how the logics of the digital world—endless choice, algorithmic optimization, and a veneer of neutrality—quietly erode the habits of judgment and shared reality that democracy depends on. He contrasts two futures: one that doubles down on engineering our information streams for “better” engagement, and another th…

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Living Well at the End of a World: Stephen Bullivant on “Demography, Religion, and the Eight-Billion Body Problem”

10d ago

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In his talk, “Demography, Religion, and the Eight-Billion Body Problem," Stephen Bullivant delves into the complex interplay between declining fertility rates, evolving religious landscapes, and shifting societal values, particularly in America. He explores how these interconnected trends are reshaping demographics, impacting the economy, and influ…

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Stephanie Burt reads Poly Beach House by Tonee Mae Moll 34:50

14d ago34:50

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Episode 80 Stephanie Burt reads Poly Beach House by Tonee Mae Moll Stephanie Burt reads ‘Poly Beach House’ by Tonee Mae Moll and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/80_Poly_Beach_House_by_Tonee_Mae_Moll_read_by_Stephanie_Burt.mp3 This poem is from: Super Gay Poems: LGB…

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Living Well at the End of a World: Sarah Shortall on “Soldiers of God in a Secular World”

17d ago

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In her talk at Living Well at the End of a World, Sarah Shortall examines the experiences of French Jesuit priests during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a period marked by anti-clericalism and exile, and how these crises led to a revolution in Catholic theology known as the Nouvelle Théologie. Forced out of France, the Jesuits found themse…

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Living Well at the End of a World: James Hankins on “Restoring Classical Civilization in the Renaissance”

1M ago

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In this talk at Living Well at the End of a World, James Hankins draws parallels between our contemporary anxieties about civilizational decline and the late medieval Renaissance period, specifically the 14th and 15th centuries, which also faced profound institutional crises. He highlights the humanist movement, spearheaded by Petrarch, as a histor…

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Living Well at the End of a World: Bp. Erik Varden on “Monastic Culture as Creative Subversion”

2M ago

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In his talk at Living Well at the End of a World, Bishop Erik Varden discusses the end of our “internal world”—the microcosm of human life—at the deathbed and the monastic venture to confront death and live well in the face of its inevitable appearance. Using the vita of Antony the Great by St. Athanasius as his exemplar par excellence of the monas…

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Desire Path by Jude Rosen 32:59

2M ago32:59

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Episode 78 Desire Path by Jude Rosen Jude Rosen reads ‘Desire Path’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/78_Desire_Path_by_Jude_Rosen.mp3 This poem is from: Reclamations from London’s Edgelands Available from: Reclamations from London’s Edgelands is available from: …

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Believe, with Ross Douthat

3M ago

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In his new book Believe, NY Times correspondent Ross Douthat offers a blueprint for thinking one's way from doubt to belief. Douthat argues that religious belief makes sense of the order of the cosmos and our place within it, illuminates the mystery of consciousness, and explains the persistent reality of encounters with the supernatural. On Monday…

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Self Portrait 1981 Self Portrait of the poet as Cassius Clay 1982 by Nick Makoha 44:08

4M ago44:08

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Episode 77 Self Portrait 1981 Self Portrait of the Poet as Cassius Clay 1982 by Nick Makoha Nick Makoha reads ‘Self Portrait 1981 Self Portrait of the poet as Cassius Clay 1982’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/77_Self-portrait_1981_Self-portrait_of_the_poet_as_…

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Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll 31:16

4M ago31:16

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Episode 76 Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/76_Jabberwocky_by_Lewis_Carrol.mp3 Poet Lewis Carroll Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did g…

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A Modest Love by Sir Edward Dyer 29:08

6M ago29:08

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Episode 75 A Modest Love by Sir Edward Dyer Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘A Modest Love’ by Sir Edward Dyer. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/75_A_Modest_Love_by_Sir_Edward_Dyer.mp3 Poet Sir Edward Dyer Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness A Modest Love by Sir Edward Dyer The lowest trees have …

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The Metamorphoses in the Twenty-First Century

7M ago

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The Metamorphoses is a work with an insistent modern resonance and relevance. In terms of Roman political commentary, socio-cultural implication, historical awareness, and psychological investigation, Ovid constructs a poem about change that is itself fundamentally slippery in its meanings, hard to deconstruct, and full of human eccentricity. The p…

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Empathy by A. E. Stallings 27:20

7M ago27:20

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Episode 74 Empathy by A. E. Stallings A. E. Stallings reads ‘Empathy’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/74_Empathy_by_A_E_Stallings.mp3 This poem is from: This Afterlife: Selected Poems Available from: This Afterlife: Selected Poems is available from: The publish…

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Is Virtue Sufficient for Happiness?

8M ago

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According to ancient philosophers, all human beings want to be happy. But how can we achieve this? In Books 3 and 4 of his dialogue “On the Greatest Good and Evil” (De finibus bonorum et malorum), Cicero and his interlocutor, the Stoic Cato, discuss what guarantees a person’s supreme happiness. Is it enough to be a morally good person (as the Stoic…

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From Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Emilia Lanyer 42:15

8M ago42:15

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Episode 73 From Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, by Emilia Lanyer Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Emilia Lanyer. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/73_From_Salve_Deus_Rex_Judaeorum_by_Emilia_Lanyer.mp3 Poet Emilia Lanyer Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness From S…

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Reddest Red by Z. R. Ghani 37:46

11M ago37:46

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Episode 72 Reddest Red by Z. R. Ghani Z. R. Ghani reads ‘Reddest Red’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/72_Reddest_Red_by_Z_R_Ghani.mp3 This poem is from: In the Name of Red Available from: In the Name of Red is available from: The publisher: The Emma Press Amazo…

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Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats 39:18

11M ago39:18

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Episode 71 Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ by John Keats. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/71_Ode_on_a_Grecian_Urn_by_John_Keats.mp3 Poet John Keats Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness Ode on a Grecian Urn By John Keats I Thou still unravi…

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Drinking Ode by Matthew Buckley Smith 37:17

12M ago37:17

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The post Drinking Ode by Matthew Buckley Smith appeared first on A Mouthful of Air.By Mark McGuinness

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The Great Fire of London, from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden 43:15

1y ago43:15

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The post The Great Fire of London, from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden appeared first on A Mouthful of Air.By Mark McGuinness

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Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama by Carrie Etter 36:53

1y ago36:53

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The post Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama by Carrie Etter appeared first on A Mouthful of Air.By Mark McGuinness

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The Power Records Podcast 30 - Plastic Man/Metamorpho! 1:17:09

1y ago1:17:09

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Chris and Rob discuss the audio adventures "The Invasion of the Plastic Men" starring Plastic Man and "Fumo, The Fire Giant" starring Metamorpho! Have a question or comment? EMAIL: [email protected] You can find THE POWER RECORDS PODCAST on these podcast platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-power-records-pod…

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To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell 38:44

1y ago38:44

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The post To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell appeared first on A Mouthful of Air.By Mark McGuinness

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Secular Hope

1+ y ago

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Tradition describes courage, moderation, justice, and prudence as the cardinal virtues (a list going back to Plato) and faith, hope, and charity as the theological virtues (a list going back to Saint Paul). Can we conceive of hope as a virtue, as a good quality for people to have, without a theological framework — without any notion of salvation? O…

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Natality and the Counter-Tradition of Birth

1+ y ago

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Birth is one of the most fraught and polarized issues of our time, at the center of debates on abortion, gender, work, and medicine. But birth is not only an issue; it is a fundamental part of the human condition, and, alongside death, the most consequential event in human life. Yet it remains dramatically unexplored. Although we have long intellec…