Happy New Year! On New Year’s Eve I expressed some gratitude and kicked off our countdown of 2015’s top podcast episodes. Today, I can reveal the Top History of Literature Episodes of 2015 as selected by you, the listeners. For those of you new to the History of Literature, this might be the best place […]
Jacke offers some holiday thoughts on loneliness, his failures with women and the theater, and a teary trip to the Nutcracker. Happy Holidays! Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:35 — 28.5MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options
Continuing the discussion of Greek tragedy, Jacke takes a look at Nietzsche and the impact he has on eager young philosophers. This episode includes the Jacke Wilson story “My Roommate’s Books” from the History of Jacke in 100 Objects series. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:26 — 33.6MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android […]
Testing the Burt Reynolds method for avoiding cliches! Author Jacke Wilson takes a break from the history of literature to consider language and masculinity. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:51 — 22.2MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options (NB: We’re still sharing a feed with the History of Literature… […]
On the eve of a holiday, author and host of the History of Literature podcast Jacke Wilson considers the consolations that total immersion in literature can provide. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:29 — 19.9MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options
Jacke and Gar take a break from the history of literature to discuss the development of Jacke’s new play, The Trial of Shrimp Boy, which has attracted interest from Bryan Cranston’s agent(!). Also: Gar builds fences and is not a good neighbor. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:27 — 40.5MB) Subscribe: iTunes […]
Dear Readers and Listeners, It’s a heavy-hearted weekend for the world. All of our very best wishes for peace, love, and safety to our friends in Paris. Let’s hope we somehow learn to end the madness of hatred and violence. This week on the History of Literature Podcast, we’ll take a deeper look at the […]
Gar finds a lost recording of Walt Whitman reading his own poetry! Plus: Author Jacke Wilson gives an update on the Greatest First Lines contest. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:27 — 20.5MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options
Jacke and Gar take a break from the history of literature to look at the meaning of signs and symbols. Can we forgive the swastika? Should we? Plus: Gar reveals his three ideal dinner guests. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:39 — 23.4MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS | More Subscribe Options
We don’t believe in the divine rights of kings anymore. But what gives today’s leaders the right to the powers they have? What happens when they test the limits of that power? What does it mean for the rest of us? And what does any of this have to do with a contest for babies? […]