))
The Global Novel is a podcast that surveys the narratology of world literature and history of translation from antiquity to modernity with a critical lens and aims to make academic education in literature accessible to the world.
…
continue reading
Book Riot's Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky discuss the latest news in the world of books and reading, including hot new releases, adaptations, publishing industry events, and more. Book Riot is the largest independent editorial book site in North America and home to a host of media, from podcasts to newsletters to original content, all designed around diverse readers and across all genres.
…
continue reading
Podcast Series
…
continue reading
A podcast about Japanese literature and some of its best works New episodes more-or-less monthly
…
continue reading
A podcast for leaders, teachers and potential educators looking to teach at home or abroad
…
continue reading
When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers and the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. They published poetry that dealt truthfully with the real contemporary world. For more than 50 years MPT has continued and widened that founding intent.
…
continue reading
The Apocalypse is Everywhere. The End of the World with Michael and Stu is a (hopefully) insightful and (hopefully) humorous exploration of the rise of apocalyptic news, apocalyptic thinking and apocalyptic culture. Each week, we’ll be looking at a work of art, a piece of media, or an historical event related to the (hopefully not) impending End of the World.
…
continue reading
Tune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. A podcast from The American Scholar magazine. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
Hosted by Cassidy Cash, That Shakespeare Life takes you behind the curtain and into the real life of William Shakespeare. Get bonus episodes on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
Welcome to Audibly Haunted Podcast! Every week we dive into the world of literature, the Paranormal, and the supernatural all around us.
…
continue reading
A book review and Op-Ed podcast by Jack Sezer. Veridical is a Small World Media Production.
…
continue reading
Film, Literature and the New World Order is a monthly podcast series from CorbettReport.com. In this series, James Corbett of The Corbett Report and a rotating series of guests dissect a different book or movie each month, examining its messages, exposing propaganda, understanding connections and finding the real agenda (and sometimes the real solutions) offered to us in the media we consume.
…
continue reading
Interviews with Historians about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
…
continue reading
Shakespeare, stoned. In Season One Rey and Mikey discuss why "Hamlet is an Asshole". New episodes every two weeks beginning 10/4.
…
continue reading
!!! I have discontinued this podcast, see latest ep for details !!! Heyy, I am your host Charlotte (bramb)! In this podcast I explore different types of literature, relax with the creative arts, and go on adventures all over the world from my home in Australia. I enjoy talking with friends, writing, reading, doing sport & watercolour. ~~~ Email me: brambleheartspodcast@gmail.com Voice message me: https://anchor.fm/charlotte_bramb/message Spotify profile: Charlotte Da Brownie Total plays: 7.2 ...
…
continue reading
Snoozecast is the podcast designed to help you fall asleep. Episodes air every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Learn more about us at snoozecast.com, and visit our sponsor Robody, at ro.co/snoozecast for a special deal that will help any listeners that would like a medically supported weight loss program. It also helps Snoozecast when you sign up through that special link, so thank you! Learn about our premium listening options at snoozecast.com/plus, which unlocks ad-free listening to our exp ...
…
continue reading
Professor Annette Fillery-Travis unpacks a virtual box of 'goodies' to help researchers in the modern world. Everything from skills, tools, resources and career options.
…
continue reading
A young adult services librarian recaps modern-ish young adult fiction to their friends who are not young adults.
…
continue reading
Conversations with visionary scholars and thinkers from the Harvard PhD community
…
continue reading
Formerly afikra's Book Club, this podcast series calls on anyone who is interested in literature from the Arab world to spend time reading along with the entire afikra community and discover some of the best books and writers that came out of the region. We interview Arab authors about books they’ve written in Arabic or English (and sometimes French), and non-Arab authors who have written extensively about the region, delving into their literary journey until present day. We also invite book ...
…
continue reading
Welcome to India’s No. 1 book podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover the stories behind some of the best-written books of our time. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, and insecurities to publishing journeys. And how these books shape our lives and worldview today. Tune in every Wednesday! Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Get in touch with us at connect@boundindia.com.
…
continue reading
1
The World Beyond the Headlines from the University of Chicago
The Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago
The World Beyond the Headlines series is a collaborative project of the Center for International Studies, the International House Global Voices Program, and the Seminary Co-op Bookstores and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Its aim is to bring scholars and journalists together to consider major international issues and how they are covered in the media.
…
continue reading
Crack open a good book with two wise-cracking besties. Sarah and Cyrus are two queer English majors who use their degrees to commit crimes against literature. Support us on Patreon for bonus episodes and merch! https://www.patreon.com/crackedspinespodcast
…
continue reading
Meet the authors of the latest popular science books, and join Chemistry World for a review and discussion of the topics the book raises. Join in on twitter by using #bookclubCW
…
continue reading
Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the ...
…
continue reading
Better World Books Dana Barrett sits down with the current and upcoming stars of the literary world.
…
continue reading
Join Mikhail Büer as he recounts his life story; a supernatural tale of blood, lust and love lost accompanied by a variety of gothic industiral, ebm and synth pop. mikhailbuer.com
…
continue reading
Please join me in embarking on the Harvard Classics Series by Dr. Charles Elliot. This series dates back to around 1910 and is a collection of literature that I believe needs to be revived and rediscovered. I look forward to reading and discussing all 50 volumes with you as we learn about the great ideas of those who came before us. In this series, we will dive into Greek and Roman history, the American Founders, works from Francis Bacon, John Milton, and many more. We will cover Shakespeare ...
…
continue reading
This is The 10ofThose Podcast, a show for curious readers seeking to learn more about the Christian literature - how we can read more, read better and use books in our discipleship and evangelism. We discuss all things reading, and its impact on our day to day life, living for Jesus. 10ofThose is a Christian bookseller and publisher, handpicking the best books from across the publisher, selling books that point to Jesus. Everything we sell is discounted and we use our profits to support miss ...
…
continue reading
Love letters to the people of the world. Sincerely, Robyn O'Neil
…
continue reading
Interviews, book chat and everything about the short stories and graphic fiction from all around the world appearing in Fictionable Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
From great new books to favorite classic reads, from news to the latest in on-screen adaptations, Hey YA is here to elevate the exciting world of young adult lit.
…
continue reading
Monthly live lectures from Christendom College
…
continue reading
CraftLit is—Annotated Audiobooks for Busy People Love the classics (or wish you did) *** No time to pick up a book? Not any more! *** This weekly annotated audiobook podcast presents curated classic literature in a serialized format. The host—Heather Ordover—"teaches to the joke" by filling in any relevant tidbits before listening to the next chapter of the book. *** Callers regularly send in voicemail comments for play on the air to keep the "book club" vibe going. *** The podcast has been ...
…
continue reading
Recommended if You Like: longform conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers and other creative types. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
…
continue reading
What started as an exploration of the devil in their show, The Exorcist Minute, has grown into something much greater. Find all the original episodes of the show and more right here in The Devil's Details with Lester Ryan Clark and Kynan Dias.
…
continue reading
A daily journey through the world of books and stories you can't afford to miss.
…
continue reading
Exploring the beauty of indigenous peoples of the world
…
continue reading
A guided tour through the stories that have shaped our culture and the world we live in. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a romance aficionado, or just Not That Into Books, there’s no denying that the “great works” of literature have played a part in influencing everything from public policy to superhero movies. If you’ve ever wanted to know whether that pretentious guy on Twitter is correct in referring to news stories as “Orwellian,” wondered what stories inspired shows like Bridgerton, o ...
…
continue reading
Do you like to read the book before you see the movie? Or do you prefer to hunt down the source material after you fall in love with a film/tv show? If you answered yes to either, you’re like Luke and James--a writer and filmmaker respectively who use their backgrounds studying stories for in-depth discussions of adaptations past and present. If you like delving into the craft behind the art you love, then Ink to Film is for you. It’s a book and movie club all in one, focused on the art of s ...
…
continue reading
The Wandering Book Collector with host Michelle Jana Chan airs regular conversations with writers exploring what's informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. The podcast has welcomed Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, such as Bernardine Evaristo, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Karen Joy Fowler, Carla Power and Maaza Mengiste. The choice of writers is representative of the world around us, naturally. https:/ ...
…
continue reading
The CLAS Latin American Briefing Series brings academic and policy experts to the University of Chicago campus to address important events and issues in contemporary Latin America. The series is supported, in part, by a Department of Education National Resource Center grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/University of Chicago Consortium for Latin American Studies and is co-sponsored by the International House Global Voices Program.
…
continue reading
My name is Bri and I like to read books. This is where I go to digest and spit out the books that I’ve chewed on.
…
continue reading
Keeping you up to beat with the latest on the global arts and culture scene.
…
continue reading
Building on the popular 1 Year Daily Audio Bible, the community expands to provide the Daily Audio Bible in Mandarin Chinese. Expose yourself to the Scriptures on a daily basis and you will not see the world the same a year from now. This is a community experience. Join with thousands around the world as we take the adventure of a lifetime through the Bible. www.dailyaudiobible.com
…
continue reading
On THE UBUNTU PEOPLE's Podcast, we will offer stories about people, lives and experiences that reflect humanity in all its glory, its folly, its success, sorrow, transformation and transcendence. Perhaps you shall see your humanity reflected back to you and may be inspired to shine on for someone else.
…
continue reading
NWR Connectivity is a weekly podcast that is focused on connecting the listeners to the going-ons at Nintendo World Report. It highlights key stories and features from the site while also pulling in a variety of staff members to talk about different topics, such as new releases and important news stories. This is your ticket into the minds behind Nintendo World Report, for better or worse.
…
continue reading
1
Satan’s Been All Around the World (LaLaLaLaLaLa) Paradise Lost, Book 9
1:43:48
1:43:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:43:48
On this bamboo-licious episode: Wait, we're here already?! Adam wants his baby back (rib!) Lester and Kynan's Bamboo Forest of Facts! Satan's been all around the world (lalalalalala) Sus is the default for snakes This poor snake! We're the WORST debate judges! Not as the snake.....in the snake! The Last Temptation of Satan ...and more! New segment …
…
continue reading
1
Bruce Gordon, "The Bible: A Global History" (Basic Books, 2024)
1:16:58
1:16:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:16:58
A “wonderful…highly comprehensive” (John Barton, author of A History of the Bible) global history of the world’s best-known and most influential book For Christians, the Bible is a book inspired by God. Its eternal words are transmitted across the world by fallible human hands. Following Jesus’s departing instruction to go out into the world, the B…
…
continue reading
1
Ashawnta Jackson, "Soul-Folk" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
1:10:55
1:10:55
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:10:55
Folk music of the 1960s and 1970s was a genre that was always shifting and expanding, yet somehow never found room for so many. In the sounds of soul-folk, Black artists like Terry Callier and Linda Lewis began to reclaim their space in the genre, and use it to bring their own traditions to light- the jazz, the blues, the field hollers, the spiritu…
…
continue reading
1
Jeremy Chow and Shelby Johnson, "Unsettling Sexuality: Queer Horizons in the Long Eighteenth Century" (U Delaware Press, 2024)
52:33
52:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:33
Jeremy Chow and Shelby Johnson set out, their new collection, Unsettling Sexuality: Queer Horizons in the Long Eighteenth Century (University of Delaware Press, 2024) to challenge the traditional ways that scholarship has approached sexuality, gender nonconformity, and sex (as well as its absence) in the long eighteenth century. Drawing from recent…
…
continue reading
1
Lois Peters Agnew, "Fitter, Happier: The Eugenic Strain in Twentieth-Century Cancer Rhetoric" (U Alabama Press, 2024)
25:39
25:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:39
Fitter, Happier: The Eugenic Strain in Twentieth-Century Cancer Rhetoric (U Alabama Press, 2024) is a thought-provoking exploration of the relationship between cancer rhetoric, American ideals, and eugenic influences in the twentieth century. This groundbreaking work delves into the paradoxical interplay between acknowledging the genuine threat of …
…
continue reading
1
Susan Grant, "Soviet Nightingales: Care Under Communism" (Cornell UP, 2022)
51:56
51:56
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
51:56
In Soviet Nightingales: Care under Communism (Cornell UP, 2022), Susan Grant examines the history of nursing care in the Soviet Union from its nineteenth-century origins in Russia through the end of the Soviet state. With the advent of the USSR, nurses were instrumental in helping to build the New Soviet Person and in constructing a socialist socie…
…
continue reading
1
Michael J. Alarid, "Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Age of Manifest Destiny, 1837-1860" (U New Mexico Press, 2022)
42:14
42:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:14
In Hispano Bastion: New Mexican Power in the Age of Manifest Destiny, 1837-1860 (University of New Mexico Press, 2023), historian Dr. Michael J. Alarid examines New Mexico's transition from Spanish to Mexican to US control during the nineteenth century and illuminates how emerging class differences played a crucial role in the regime change. After …
…
continue reading
After covering both the book and the new Guillermo del Toro version, Luke & James tackle the original Disney adaptation of the classic novel. But how does the original groundbreaking animation hold up today? Join them for this former Patreon-exclusive episode filled with childhood nostalgia and legendary music as they ultimately answer the question…
…
continue reading
1
Judith Vanistendael: 'This first love has defined my storytelling'
22:37
22:37
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:37
In the first of our Autumn podcasts, Daisy Johnson told us how she was living on the edge when she was writing her collection The Hotel, and read from her short story Conference. Over the course of this season we'll be ranging all round the world to hear from Esther Karin Mngodo, Scott Jacobs and Hannah Webb, but this time Judith Vanistendael expla…
…
continue reading
1
Anne Higonnet, "Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution" (Norton, 2024)
47:04
47:04
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
47:04
Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt. Together, Joséphine and Téré…
…
continue reading
1
Andrew G. Walder, “China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed” (Harvard UP, 2015)
1:20:27
1:20:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:20:27
"With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that 1949 was actually the beginning, not the end, of the Chinese revolution." Building from this premise, Andrew G. Walder's new book looks at the ways that China was transformed in the 1950s in order to understand why and how Mao's decisions and initiatives - among those of other leaders - had the effec…
…
continue reading
1
Thomas Weber, “Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi” (Basic Books, 2017)
1:11:09
1:11:09
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:11:09
Few would dispute that Hitler’s ideas led to war and genocide. Less clear however, is how and when those ideas developed. In his latest book, Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi (Basic Books, 2017), Thomas Weber highlights the years between 1918 and 1926 as the period in which Hitler’s worldview developed. Challenging Hitler’s own narrative, as w…
…
continue reading
1
Joseph John Viscomi, "Migration at the End of Empire: Time and the Politics of Departure Between Italy and Egypt" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
1:37:29
1:37:29
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:37:29
How has migration shaped Mediterranean history? And what role did conflicting temporalities and the politics of departure play in the age of decolonisation? Using a microhistorical approach, Migration at the End of Empire: Time and the Politics of Departure Between Italy and Egypt (Cambridge UP, 2024) explores the experiences of over 55,000 Italian…
…
continue reading
1
Christopher Smith, "Samurai with Telephones: Anachronism in Japanese Literature" (U Michigan Press, 2024)
42:02
42:02
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
42:02
What is going on when a graphic novel has a twelfth-century samurai pick up a telephone to make a call, or a play has an ancient aristocrat teaching in a present-day schoolroom? Rather than regarding such anachronisms as errors, Samurai with Telephones: Anachronism in Japanese Literature (U Michigan Press, 2024) develops a theory of how texts can u…
…
continue reading
1
Amy Reading, "The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker" (Mariner Books, 2024)
56:35
56:35
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:35
In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024…
…
continue reading
1
Amanda Shoaf Vincent, "Constructing Gardens, Cultivating the City: Paris's New Parks, 1977-1995" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2023)
1:15:49
1:15:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:15:49
In the space of about two decades, five major parks were proposed, designed, and created in Paris. Some emerged from competitions between professional landscape architects, others were imagined by planners working for the city, all represented a shift in what Amanda Shoaf Vincent calls “post-modern” understandings of the role of parks and garden in…
…
continue reading
Ep. 677: The Penultimate | Chapter 52 / Volume 3, Chapter 16 Book talk begins at 14:54. We’re nearing the end. But Emma and Jane are actually bonding! With some.. classically horrifying Mrs. Elton moments. This is also your last chance to grab the quilt, so don’t forget. --------------------------------------------------------------- • • • • *Craft…
…
continue reading
This week we are truly changing things up! I want to bring you all into the campfire to sit around and listen in as Audibly Haunted and Rainyday Rabbit Holes turn down the lights and turn up the spooky. So, lets dive into that! Make sure to check out Rainy Day Rabbit Holes where ever you get your podcasts! Don't forget to follow both podcasts on In…
…
continue reading
Tonight, we shall read the next part to “Persuasion”, the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen, and published in 1817. The story concerns Anne Elliot, an Englishwoman whose family moves in order to lower their expenses and reduce their debt, by renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. In the last episode, Anne finally extricates herself …
…
continue reading
Henry David Thoreau is known for Walden Pond, his writings on solitude and nature, and his staunch, even strident, abolitionism. He is not known for his pencils. But it’s his pencils, writes the historian Augustine Sedgewick in our Autumn issue, that have been overlooked by scholars for so many years, along with one particularly damning detail that…
…
continue reading
1
William T. Taylor, "Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History" (U California Press, 2024)
50:13
50:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
50:13
Which society was the first to domesticate the horse? It’s a difficult question. The archaeological record is spotty, with only very recent advancements in genetics and carbon dating allowing scientists to really test centuries-old legends about where horses came from. For example, historians argued that the Botai civilization in Kazakhstan provide…
…
continue reading
1
Corey Ross, "Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World" (Princeton UP, 2024)
1:22:34
1:22:34
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:22:34
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more than a third of the land surface of the planet. These sprawling empires encompassed not only rainforests, deserts, and savannahs but also some of the world’s most magnificent rivers, lakes, marshes, and seas. Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Coloni…
…
continue reading
Tonight, for this month’s Snoozecast+ Deluxe bonus episode, we’ll read a Snoozecast original story titled “The Goose, the Fox and the Dog”. In this tale, a quiet farmer returns from a bustling town market with his purchases: a fox, a goose, and a sack of grain. On his way home, he faces a dilemma as to how to cross the riverbank with his goods. The…
…
continue reading
Kelly talks about Summer Scares and highlights several awesome YA horror books honored as part of the program. Get ready to get the chills. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers …
…
continue reading
Jeff and Rebecca talk about a shared favorite movie, 1989's When Harry Met Sally. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! Check out the Book Riot Podcast Book Page on Thriftbooks! The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega…
…
continue reading
1
Tevi Troy, "The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry" (Regnery History, 2024)
44:28
44:28
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:28
When U.S. presidents clash with corporate titans, what tips the balance of power? In The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry (Regnery History, 2024), acclaimed presidential historian Tevi Troy takes readers on a riveting journey through the biggest battles between CEOs and the nation's commander …
…
continue reading
1
Alastair Bonnett, "40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World" (Ivy Press, 2024)
43:51
43:51
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:51
40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World (Ivy Press, 2024) by Dr. Alistair Bonnett is a meticulously curated selection of 40 maps that spans the ages, from ancient parchment scrolls to cutting-edge digital creations. Each map is a window into a different facet of our world, shedding light on the complex interplay of geography, geopolitics, ar…
…
continue reading
In this episode, we talk to Professor Jonathan Brown about his book, Slavery and Islam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/historyBy Marshall Poe
…
continue reading
1
Rachel O'Sullivan, "Nazi Germany, Annexed Poland and Colonial Rule: Resettlement, Germanization and Population Policies in Comparative Perspective" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
1:03:05
1:03:05
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:03:05
Nazi Germany, Annexed Poland and Colonial Rule: Resettlement, Germanization and Population Policies in Comparative Perspective (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines Nazi Germany's expansion, population management and establishment of a racially stratified society within the Reichsgaue (Reich Districts) of Wartheland and Danzig-West Prussia in annexed Poland …
…
continue reading
Tonight, to continue our 6th annual “Spooky Sleep Story Series”, we shall read the opening to The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards. Tune in every Wednesday this month for sleep stories of the darker variety- like classic horror literature and ghost stories. If you prefer to avoid the mildly macabre we hope you’ll enjoy one of our many other stori…
…
continue reading
1
ARE YOU STOIC ONLY IN NAME? | Why Learn About Stoicism If You Are Not Willing To Live It... Adjust!
5:58
5:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
5:58
Send us a text I enjoy reading about Stoicism but sometimes living it out can be difficult. Thinking about the hard things in life is much easier than living them out. This video covers some quotes from Seneca's Letters and how I plan to apply the meaning to my life. It is time to lace up the running shoes and get back to running. I truly hope you …
…
continue reading
1
Episode 387: Letters of Note / E.B. White / My Voiceover
25:22
25:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
25:22
"I must decline, for secret reasons." ~E.B. White LINKS: My Substack See Letters of Note on Instagram ME READING STUFF shirts at the bottom of THIS page. California Scrub Jay Stellar's Jay
…
continue reading
1
7.7 Manjiri Prabhu: Unraveling Secrets and Mysteries in Portugal’s Wine Country
39:24
39:24
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
39:24
Ever wonder how a destination can inspire an entire mystery novel? In this episode of Books and Beyond, Tara and Michelle chat with Manjiri Prabhu, India’s first female mystery writer to break into the international scene. She talks about her latest novel, The Mystery of the Portuguese Hearts, set in the heart of Portugal’s wine country. Manjiri re…
…
continue reading
In the second and final episode of our series on Atlantis we get into the modern vision of the mythical lost land, touching on such singular figures as Ignatius Donnelly, Madame Blavatsky, and Edgar Cayce. What was it about this ancient story from a minor Platonic dialogue that was so appealing to psychics, cranks, and charlatans of every variety, …
…
continue reading
1
Jane Lydon, "Anti-Slavery and Australia: No Slavery in a Free Land?" (Routledge, 2021)
1:30:27
1:30:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:30:27
Bringing the histories of British anti-slavery and Australian colonization together changes our view of both. Anti-Slavery and Australia: No Slavery in a Free Land? (Routledge, 2021) explores the anti-slavery movement in imperial scope, arguing that colonization in Australasia facilitated emancipation in the Caribbean, even as abolition powerfully …
…
continue reading
1
Dan La Botz, "Riding with the Revolution: The American Left in the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1925" (Brill, 2024)
1:09:45
1:09:45
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:09:45
Dan La Botz's book Riding with the Revolution: The American Left in the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1925 (Brill, 2024) tells the story of Americans who from 1900 to 1925 became involved with the Mexican Revolution. John Reed actually saddled up and rode with Pancho Villa. Later, American war resisters crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, where they hel…
…
continue reading
1
Jacques Bertrand, "Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar" (Cornell UP, 2022)
51:36
51:36
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
51:36
Winning by Process: The State and Neutralization of Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar (Southeast Asia Program Publications/Cornell UP, 2022) asks why the peace process stalled in the decade from 2011 to 2021 despite a liberalizing regime, a national ceasefire agreement, and a multilateral peace dialogue between the state and ethnic minorities. Winning b…
…
continue reading
1
Jamie Furlong and Will Jennings, "The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales" (Oxford UP, 2024)
50:22
50:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
50:22
What is the connection between where people live and how they vote? In The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales (Oxford UP, 2024), Jamie Furlong a Research Fellow at the University of Westminster and Will Jennings Associate Dean Research & Enterprise and Professor at the University of Southampton, analyse the continuities and changes in hist…
…
continue reading
1
Simcha Gross, "Babylonian Jews and Sasanian Imperialism in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
1:14:22
1:14:22
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:14:22
From the image offered by the Babylonian Talmud, Jewish elites were deeply embedded within the Sasanian Empire (224-651 CE). The Talmud is replete with stories and discussions that feature Sasanian kings, Zoroastrian magi, fire temples, imperial administrators, Sasanian laws, Persian customs, and more quotidian details of Jewish life. Yet, in the s…
…
continue reading
1
Christian Velasco, "Commercial Banking in Kenya: A History from Colonisation to Digital Age" (Routledge, 2024)
56:25
56:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:25
Commercial Banking in Kenya: A History from Colonisation to Digital Age (Routledge, 2024) investigates the impact of commercial banks in Kenya right through from their origins, to their role during the colonial period, the process of adaptation following independence, and up to their responses to new challenges and economic policies in the twenty-f…
…
continue reading
1
Episode 246: “Best of” Series – “Are Women Human” by Dorothy L. Sayers, Ep. 9
1:06:06
1:06:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:06:06
Today’s episode of The Literary Life podcast is one in our “Best of The Literary Life” series. This week’s remix is a conversation from 2019 between Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins in which they discuss Dorothy L. Sayers’ essay “Are Women Human?“ They explore the ideas that Sayers wrestles with in the essay, including: the Victorian view of wom…
…
continue reading
1
Night Walking, Link Boys, and Artificial Light
29:06
29:06
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
29:06
In 1552, a lexicographer gave us the word “noctivagation” which means walking around at night. The word itself was a legal term for Shakespeare’s lifetime, used to describe someone that wandered around at night without any particular purpose. Vagrancy, on the whole, was frowned upon for Shakespeare’s lifetime, but vagrancy at night was viewed with …
…
continue reading
1
Eric R. Schlereth, "Quitting the Nation: Emigrant Rights in North America" (UNC Press, 2024)
56:03
56:03
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
56:03
Perceptions of the United States as a nation of immigrants are so commonplace that its history as a nation of emigrants is forgotten. However, once the United States came into existence, its citizens immediately asserted rights to emigrate for political allegiances elsewhere. Quitting the Nation: Emigrant Rights in North America (UNC Press, 2024) r…
…
continue reading
1
10 Giving: Sowing Seeds for a Global Harvest
22:39
22:39
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
22:39
"He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness." - 2 Corinthians 9:10 In this episode, Jonathan is joined by 10 Giving trustee Alistair Chalmers as they discuss the goal of 10 Giving to equip churches and organisations around the world by enabling th…
…
continue reading
1
Donald R. Hickey, "Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America" (Westholme, 2023)
35:13
35:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
35:13
The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for …
…
continue reading
Tonight, we’ll read the second half of “The White Cat” , penned by Madame d’Aulnoy in 1698. The first half aired last week. This story is one of the earliest examples of the contes de fées, or fairy tales, that were a hallmark of French literary culture in the late 17th century. These stories gained popularity not only for their fantastical element…
…
continue reading
