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TOL | The Storybook Origins of Your Smartphone
Episode 1285
What do your earbuds, your tablet, and the submarine have in common? They were all dreamed up in the pages of a book long before they existed in real…
1 year, 1 month ago
MagTalk | The Ghost in the Machine: Can AI Write a Novel That Makes You Cry?
Episode 1284
An AI can write a sonnet in five seconds. It can generate a short story in the style of your favorite author. But can it create true literature? Can …
1 year, 1 month ago
Literature and Us 4 | Reading the World: A Literary Passport to Our Global Mosaic
Episode 1283
It’s time to step outside your literary neighborhood! This episode is a celebration of the human spirit as seen through the lens of world literature.…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Story of Literature EP2 | Echoes of Olympus: The Greek and Roman Foundations
Episode 1282
We journey to ancient Greece and Rome to uncover the cornerstones of Western literature. From the epic poems of Homer and the tragedies of Sophocles …
1 year, 1 month ago
The Story of Literature EP1 | The First Scribes: Tales from the Fertile Crescent
Episode 1281
This episode travels back to the dawn of writing in Mesopotamia. We explore the world's first known literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, and discuss…
1 year, 1 month ago
TOL | The Narrative Thread: Are You the Author or the Character?
Episode 1280
Have you ever looked back on your life and tried to make sense of it, to connect the dots into a coherent story? In this episode, we're treating our …
1 year, 1 month ago
MagTalk | Is Your Favorite TV Show Literature? Redefining Storytelling in the 21st Century
Episode 1279
What if the most important "novels" of our generation aren't books at all?We're in a golden age of storytelling, but much of it isn't happening on th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Literature & Us 3 | Beyond "It Was Good": How to Talk About Books Like You've Always Wanted To
Episode 1278
We've all been there: you finish a book buzzing with thoughts, but when someone asks what you thought, you can only muster, "Uh... it was good." This…
1 year, 1 month ago
TOL | The Question a Story Leaves in Its Wake
Episode 1277
Have you ever finished a book, closed the cover, and just… sat there, feeling like the world tilted slightly on its axis? You're not just processing …
1 year, 1 month ago
MagTalk | Reading Between the Lines of Your Own Life: The Cognitive Benefits of Literature
Episode 1276
Ever feel like you're a different person after finishing a great book? Turns out, you actually are.Neuroscience shows that reading complex fiction is…
1 year, 1 month ago