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Back to Search38 Literary Duos (Part Two)
When are two artists or characters more than the sum of their parts? How is that magic created? And what does it mean for the rest of us? Part two of…
10 years, 1 month ago
37 Literary Duos (Part One)
What makes a great literary duo? Two authors inspiring one another? Two characters who fall in love? Best friends? Rivals? Host Jacke Wilson is joine…
10 years, 1 month ago
36 Poetry and Empire (Virgil, Ovid, Horace, Petronius, Catullus)
What happens when a republic morphs into empire? What did it mean for the writers of Ancient Rome – and what would it mean for us today? Jacke Wilson…
10 years, 2 months ago
35 A Conversation with Ronica Dhar
In this episode, Jacke welcomes special guest Ronica Dhar, who presents Five Books (or actually Four Books and a Movie) To Lower Your Blood Pressure.…
10 years, 2 months ago
33 – The Bhagavad Gita
Written over the span of 800 years from ca. 400 B.C. to ca. 400 A.D, the Mahabharata tells a riveting tale of disputed kingship and warring families.…
10 years, 2 months ago
32 The Best Debut Novels of All Time (A Conversation with the President of the Literature Supporters’ Club)
What makes a great first novel? Which do we prefer: the freshness of a new style (even if it contains mistakes), or the demonstration of competence (…
10 years, 2 months ago
28 The Ramayana
It’s been called “the greatest of all Indian epics – and one of the world’s supreme masterpieces of storytelling.” Nobody can deny the power of this …
10 years, 4 months ago
27 The Upanishads (Part Two)
How did the Universe begin? What is the nature of individual consciousness? How do these relate to one another? Host Jacke Wilson continues his look …
10 years, 4 months ago
11 The Upanishads (Part One)
Thousands of years ago, a group of Indian mystics conducted investigations into the universe and the nature of human consciousness. Using deep medita…
10 years, 4 months ago
10 Indian Literature: A Cosmic Feast
Recalling his own long-ago transition from China to India, our host previews our journey’s next stop, where we will immerse ourselves in the literatu…
10 years, 4 months ago