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Feeding the Rich!

Season 4 Episode 462

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What if I told you one of the most famous writers in history calmly suggested… eating babies?

Here's the situation: You’re sitting down with a brand-new pamphlet in Dublin, 1729. The aut…

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Spy with a Pen

Season 4 Episode 461

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Now, Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, was a prolific and multi-talented English writer, journalist, and spy, whose life was as adventurous as his most famous characters. Bor…

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Darkness Visible

Season 4 Episode 460

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"Darkness visible — a phrase that captures the paradox of John Milton’s life: eventual blindness in body, yet vision without bounds in the mind.”

"Imagine a world gone dark — yet in that…

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Death Be Not Proud

Season 4 Episode 459

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Well here no I don't wanna do this I don't wanna do this because when I start doing stuff like this screw up so I'm just showing you I've got a belt a few hundred more to hit how are yo…

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Greatest of Them All - Part 2

Season 4 Episode 458

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Episode 458 - The Greatest of Them All, Part Two

“In Episode 1, we followed Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon to the bustling streets and theatres of…

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Greatest of Them All - Part 1

Season 4 Episode 457

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 The Greatest of Them All - Part 1

Now when I first decided to have a series of podcast episodes dealing with what I believe are the 25 most influential writers, it seemed easiest and mo…

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Chaucer - Not Just Paperwork

Season 4 Episode 456

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Welcome to Celebrate Creativity - Chaucer -Not Just Paperwork

Before Shakespeare, before Austen…even before Milton, there was Jeffrey Chaucer. Boldly writing in English when most of the …

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Architect of the Afterlife

Season 4 Episode 455

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Conversion, Contradiction, and Creativity

Season 4 Episode 454

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Today I'd like to talk about a unique individual from the New Testament first known as Saul, and after his conversion, was known as Paul

Based on what we know, Paul’s voice and style can…

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David - The Poet King

Season 4 Episode 453

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“Hello, friends, and welcome to Celebrate Creativity! My name is George Bartley, and today we turn to one of the most influential writers of the ancient world — David, the poet-king.

Dav…

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