Best jane gatsby Podcasts (2024)

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Go Tell It On The Mountain 52:36

1h ago52:36

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Go Tell It On The Mountain is one of the great incendiary debuts of the 20th Century. Published in 1953, James Baldwin’s autobiographical novel follows a fictionalised avatar of his younger self as he navigates his way through an ordinary day in 1930s Harlem. Baldwin showed readers life as he knew it as a black, working-class gay teenager in a raci…

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The Great Gatsby 1:10:09

4d ago1:10:09

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Few novels capture a moment and place in time as The Great Gatsby. F Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 masterpiece captures a generation determined to live and party hard in the aftermath of the First World War. There are love affairs, exotic cocktails (a ‘gin rickey’ anyone?), no less than three car crashes and, of course, the famous party scenes. It has be…

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To Kill a Mockingbird 52:05

11d ago52:05

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Within a year of its publication in 1960, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird sold 2.5 million copies and has remained a much-loved classic by adults and children alike. What was it about this book that captured the public imagination at the time - and to this day? Harper Lee mined her own childhood in Alabama for this coming-of-age story of persona…

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Wolf Hall 48:47

18d ago48:47

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Hello Thomas Cromwell. And Hello Lev Grossman, best-selling author of The Magicians trilogy, the Silver Arrow children’s books, and now The Bright Sword, who joins Sophie and Jonty as THEIR FIRST EVER GUEST to talk about Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall. Published in 2009 to immediate acclaim, Wolf Hall reinvented historical fiction and changed the way we…

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Dracula 52:59

1M ago52:59

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Twenty-first century vampires are the brooding, sparkly anti-heroes of Twilight and Ann Rice— all pointy teeth and hair-product. But they used to be much weirder, scarier and sexier than that. Bram Stoker’s world-changing 1897 novel Dracula is one of the most erotic and thrilling novels in English literature—despite having the most boring opening p…

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Frankenstein 50:45

1M ago50:45

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Frankenstein is English literature’s great myth about Artificial Intelligence, 200 years before A.I. existed. But the world’s most famous monster is nothing like you imagine. Who knew that he chops wood and reads Milton’s Paradise Lost? And who remembers if Frankenstein is the name of the monster, or the mad inventor who made him? Sophie and Jonty …

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Wuthering Heights 54:41

1M ago54:41

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A ghostly face in the dark, a child’s hand through the window, a doleful cry: “I’d lost my way on the moor! - I’ve been a waif for twenty years!” Are we talking about Kate Bush’s 1978 hit single “Wuthering Heights”? No! It’s Emily’s Bronte’s 1847 novel of the same name, back as never before. Heathcliff and Catherine are the doomed lovers in a novel…

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2.08 Glory 43:28

2M ago43:28

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On Spell & Story. The series finale of Wonderland takes you on a journey through the alphabet and esoteric symbolism underlying our letters. It draws connections between the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, the Tarot's Major Arcana, the early signs of the Phoenicians, and the transcendent archetypes found in every monomyth. Find me at: https://linktr.ee/j…

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2.07 Power 1:25:00

3M ago1:25:00

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On Might & Right. This episode is concerned with power, energy, and authority. It explores the follies of democracy, the potential unlocked by modern technology, and the future of sovereignty. Find me at: https://linktr.ee/janegatsby Get full access to Wonderland at welcometowonderland.substack.com/subscribe…

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Wide Sargasso Sea Part 2 45:20

3M ago45:20

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It should have taken a year. It took thirty. In writing Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys endured several mental breakdowns, was arrested numerous times for verbal and physical violence, served time in prison, lost two husbands and suffered a heart attack. All the time, she came to increasingly identify with her heroine, making the inevitable tragedy of…

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Wide Sargasso Sea Part 1 53:30

3M ago53:30

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Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea, published in 1966, is a bold riposte to Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, humanising the mad woman in Mr Rochester’s attic. It is less than 150 pages, but took Rhys 30 years to write - one of the most agonising literary births in history. Jean Rhys was born on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 1890 and identified as ‘whi…

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Jane Eyre Part 2 40:42

3M ago40:42

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When Charlotte Bronte arrived in Brussels at the age of 26 to attend finishing school, she had no idea she would fall desperately in love with the director: Constantine Heger. Heger - a strange, mercurial character - would prove the model for Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre. On returning to Haworth Parsonage, she wrote obsessively to and about him, while…

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Jane Eyre Part 1 54:45

3M ago54:45

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What on earth was going on in the parlour of Haworth Parsonage in the Yorkshire Moors that caused three sisters to write three of the greatest novels in history within a year of one another? This is the question running through this four-part series of the Brontes. In this first episode, Sophie and Jonty look at the impact of Charlotte Bronte’s Jan…

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Gulliver's Travels Part 2 43:55

4M ago43:55

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As we learned in episode one, Gulliver’s Travels is the gloriously unhinged invention of the dirty-minded genius Jonathan Swift, who was also the greatest defender of Ireland under English rule. Swift was a man of contradictions - to put it mildly - a clergyman and patriot who wrote some of the most explicit and shocking poems and essays of all tim…

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Gulliver's Travels Part 1 58:04

4M ago58:04

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Gulliver’s Travels is one of the most popular books of all time, but it’s no mere child’s tale. It’s the GOAT of political satires – mad, dirty and brilliantly cutting, written in 1726 by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish clergyman and perhaps the most notorious writer of his age. Join us to learn more about the fictional adventures of Swift’s creatio…

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Macbeth 1:05:35

4M ago1:05:35

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Macbeth, which actors superstitiously call the Scottish Play, is one of Shakespeare’s shortest and most exciting dramas. It’s also the most horrifying. Join Sophie and Jonty to find out why a play set in 11th-Century Scotland is really about the biggest issues of the day in King James I’s new court in 1606 London. Learn how Shakespeare is taking a …

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Alice in Wonderland 59:10

5M ago59:10

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Alice in Wonderland is one of the most widely translated and quoted books in the world, and yet it is - quite literally - nonsense. How was it ushered into the world and why did it travel quite so far? Lewis Carroll, or Charles Dodgson to his mum and dad, was born in the north of England in 1832. Somehow, the unique circumstances of his life - a wi…

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Secret Life of Books Trailer 0:53

5M ago0:53

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The Secret Life of Books is a fascinating, addictive, often shocking, occasionally hilarious weekly podcast starring Sophie Gee, professor of English at Princeton University, and Jonty Claypole, formerly director of arts at the BBC. Every week these virtuoso critics and close friends take an iconic book and reveal the hidden story behind the story:…

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2.06 Money 1:36:45

7M ago1:36:45

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On Value and Desire. This episode explores what money is, how it’s made, and why economic systems fail or flourish. It explains what Bitcoin is, why it works, and what new social potential this technology unlocks. It then delves into what “good” fortune is, the relationship between wealth and virtue, and how we can create societies that maximize pr…

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2.05 Sex 1:50:21

11M ago1:50:21

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On difference and identity. This episode explores sex, gender, and sexuality. Examining social roles, archetypes, and stereotypes; the experiences of dissonance, dysphoria, and desire that influence queer people; and how these topics should be navigated when it comes to technology, transition, and cultural reaction. Find me at: https://linktr.ee/ja…

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2.04 Environment 1:34:53

1y ago1:34:53

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On natural rights and urban delights. This episode is about our relationship to the Earth, land, cities, and sustainability. It explores Henry George's economic theory of the land value tax; how urban planning would be better divided into smaller, distinct districts; and how Smart Cities could look if built using open data and IoT technology. Find …

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2.03 Consciousness 53:00

1+ y ago53:00

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On being and becoming. This episode explores consciousness. What it is, why we have it, and what we can do with it. Covering everything from what a plant knows to where your elusive sense of "I" comes from and how we can cultivate a relationship with the divine within. Lending ideas from Douglas Hofstadter, Carl Jung, Alan Watts, and religious phil…

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2.02 Justice 53:17

2y ago53:17

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On crime and punishment. This episode explores what actions should be criminalized in a just society and how conflicts in communities might best be resolved. Herman Bianchi's vision of restorative justice is then introduced as an alternative to the current conventions of criminal prosecution and imprisonment, highlighting the importance of compassi…

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2.01 The And 43:01

2+ y ago43:01

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On binaries and beginnings. Synthesizing ideas inspired by Douglas Hofstädter, Gilles Deleuze, Stephen Wolfram, Robert Pirsig, and Daoism. Follow Jane Gatsby: https://linktr.ee/janegatsby Get full access to Wonderland at welcometowonderland.substack.com/subscribeBy jane gatsby

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1.10 Commerce & Contracts 44:51

3+ y ago44:51

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This episode delves into the realm of free trade, examining what contracts are and how they are used as a tool to create reliable relationships between individuals. It also considers what rules and regulations are appropriately imposed upon market dynamics, and finally presents a critique of intellectual property, demonstrating why patents and copy…

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1.9 Rights & Responsibilities 34:51

3+ y ago34:51

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This episode of Wonderland lays out what could be considered the guiding principles of a nation’s charter. What rights and responsibilities are afforded to and asked of each citizen as well as the reasoning why. It also explores what promises and protections should be made to those subjects who depend upon another citizen for their care, how childr…

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1.8 Protection & Police 25:44

3+ y ago25:44

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This episode of Wonderland explores how we could reimagine the role of police and protection in our communities. examining what protection looks like, why it requires government involvement, and how best it could be integrated into our cities. Follow Jane Gatsby: https://linktr.ee/janegatsby Get full access to Wonderland at welcometowonderland.subs…

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1.7 On Land 40:33

3+ y ago40:33

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This episode of Wonderland is on land. What makes land necessary for establishing a domain of political authority, how new territory can be acquired, and potential methods of distribution within the state. These ideas are building off the Royalist foundations established in the previous episode, examining what is required to form a good government.…

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1.6 The Structure of Freedom 54:26

3+ y ago54:26

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This episode of Wonderland introduces politics and sets out to discover how best individual liberty may be achieved. It explores the relationship between power, force, and finance, examining how political power manifests and what money really means. Finally, it presents royalism, as first described by Curtis Yarvin, as the best possible method of b…

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1.5 Hero: Moral Ego 56:28

4y ago56:28

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This episode of Wonderland dives into rationality, morality, and the hero's journey. Borrowing bits of knowledge from Stoicism, Zen Buddhism, Jordan Peterson, and Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Follow Jane Gatsby: https://linktr.ee/janegatsby Get full access to Wonderland at welcometowonderland.substack.com/subscribe…

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1.4 Free Will, Ethics, and Religion 55:02

4y ago55:02

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This episode of Wonderland tackles the timeless tension between free will and determinism, providing a synthesized approach that shows how both of these perspectives go on to inform our ethical intuitions and religious systems. Follow Jane Gatsby: https://linktr.ee/janegatsby Get full access to Wonderland at welcometowonderland.substack.com/subscri…

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1.3 Emergence & Epistemology 43:27

4y ago43:27

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This episode of Wonderland explores emergence, epistemology, and the philosophy of science. It starts with a retelling of Douglas Hofstadter's "Ant Fugue", and introduces some of the implications of complex systems. Then Roy Bhaskar's philosophy of critical realism is described as a means of reconciling objective truth with epistemological relativi…

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1.2 The Metaphysics of Complexity 38:16

4y ago38:16

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Welcome back to Wonderland. This episode explores metaphysics through the eyes of complexity theory, explaining what complex adaptive systems are and how they work. Understanding complexity can provide key insights to the fundamental nature of the universe, affecting everything from how plants grow, mud cracks, and lightning strikes. The series is …

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1.1 Philosophy: Who Needs It? 34:54

4y ago34:54

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Welcome to Wonderland. This introductory episode seeks to demonstrate the value of philosophy in our daily lives. Inspired by Ayn Rand's 1974 speech of the same title, it explores her central arguments through the analogy of a maze. Listeners journey down the rabbit hole and into Wonderland where they must use philosophy in order to escape the maze…

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The Road - Cormac McCarthy 55:39

6y ago55:39

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This week my guest, Elliot, chose The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Apocalyptic tunes abound.By Textual Feelings

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem - Joan Didion 56:30

6y ago56:30

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This week's book is Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem. I play some Beatles, some Ravi Shankar, some Randy Newman and much more. Have a listen!By Textual Feelings

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East West Street - Philippe Sands 59:59

6y ago59:59

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Last week's show! The book was East West Street by Phillipe Sands. A heavy but interesting episode with my flatmate, Pete. We play music written during or inspired by genocides and their aftermaths.By Textual Feelings

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