The Captain and the Glory

Arts & Letters - A podcast by J. Bradley Minnick

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Imagine a noble cruise ship with a rogue charlatan as its new captain with followers "most fowl" and a conspiracy theorist speaking from the bowels of the ship... Join us as we interview author and journalist Dave Eggers about his satirical allegory, The Captain and the Glory . "I like being captain," said the man with the yellow feather. He was installed high on the bridge of the Glory , and surveyed the seas with swelling pride. The ship's passengers had elected him to steer the ship and he