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Tolstoy Unveiled
Season 4 Episode 469
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Leo Tolstoy is Russia’s other literary giant — a master of epic storytelling, moral inquiry, and psychological insight. His genius li…
7 months, 1 week ago
Facing the Firing Squad
Season 4 Episode 468
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In the previous episode, we walked with Walt Whitman down the open roads of America, hearing the chorus of ordinary lives. Now we cro…
7 months, 1 week ago
Leaves of Freedom
Season 4 Episode 467
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Walt Whitman’s writing helped to capture and define the spirit of the growing United States during the challenging 1800s. He had a bo…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Quiet Radical
Season 4 Episode 466
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Within the past few days, this podcast has dealt with Victor Hugo, Jonathan Swift, and Edgar Allan Poe - all these individuals were g…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Les Miserables
Season 4 Episode 465
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First you might ask - why should I read Victor Hugo. Well I'm glad you asked. You see, Reading Victor Hugo is an immersive and prof…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Storytelling for Social Change
Season 4 Episode 464
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I can't believe it, but we are halfway through the list of writers. I have at least 13 of the 25 writers on the list finished - and…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Echoes Through the Lakes
Season 4 Episode 463
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Imagine this: William Wordsworth, in the early 1800s, walking the hills of England’s Lake District. He stops to watch a field of daff…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
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 dow…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
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 w…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
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 i…
7 months, 3 weeks ago