The Literature Humanities Radio Hour on WKCR 89.9FM: Literary Classics in Conversation
thomasprestonEver wanted to talk about the “classics” in a relaxed, accessible setting? This podcast brings together Columbia University Core Curriculum lecturers to discuss their favorite moments from the texts we read in class. Each year, roughly 1,800 students work through the same sequence of literary classics, from Ancient Mesopotamia to Toni Morrison. We follow that arc in conversation. Hosted by WKCR 89... more
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 2 months ago |
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Thomas & Katrina are joined by Nicholas Dames, Chair of Literature Humanities, to discuss the Gospels of Luke & John through the lens of literary study.
Thomas, Katrina and Larry are joined by Geoff to discuss their favorite bits of an Aeneid: its strange ambiguity vis-a-vis its own political project, Aeneas as a less than ideal hero, a paranoid stance regarding excessive affect and some very choice ... more
Larry takes Thomas & Katrina on a journey through Plato's Symposium, a literary and philosophical work presenting a series of speeches on the nature of love, reading the Symposium through lens of Socrates' execution in 399BCe as the originary trauma ... more
Thomas, Larry and Katrina discuss the story of Agamemnon's bloody return home: his death in the bathtub at the hands of his wife, Clytaemestra; his wife's death at the hands of HER OWN SON ORESTES; and the eventual establishment of a court after Ores... more
Thomas, Katrina, Larry & Rosalie round off their conversation on Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's Odyssey
Thomas, Larry and Katrina are joined by Rosalie Stoner (Classics) to discuss Homer's The Odyssey, the Emily Wilson translation. This text tells the story of Odysseus' journey home and the reclamation of his household, and its twists and turns through... more
Thomas, Katrina and Larry are joined by Nadrah Mohammed to discuss the end of the Iliad along with Sappho's fragments.
Thomas Preston is joined by Katrina Dzyak and Larry Jackson to discuss the Iliad
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