123 Episodes

  1. Political Poems: 'The Prelude' (books 9 and 10) by William Wordsworth

    Published: 10/28/2024

  2. Among the Ancients II: Juvenal

    Published: 10/24/2024

  3. Medieval LOLs: Boccaccio’s ‘Decameron’, Part Two

    Published: 10/18/2024

  4. Human Conditions: ‘Discourse on Colonialism’ by Aimé Césaire

    Published: 10/10/2024

  5. On Satire: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde

    Published: 10/4/2024

  6. Political Poems: 'Autumn Journal' by Louis MacNeice

    Published: 9/28/2024

  7. Among the Ancients II: Tacitus

    Published: 9/24/2024

  8. Medieval LOLs: Boccaccio's 'Decameron', Part One

    Published: 9/18/2024

  9. Human Conditions: ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ by W.E.B. Du Bois

    Published: 9/10/2024

  10. On Satire: Byron's 'Don Juan'

    Published: 9/4/2024

  11. Political Poems: 'Goblin Market' by Christina Rossetti, feat. Shirley Henderson and Felicity Jones

    Published: 8/28/2024

  12. Among the Ancients II: Lucan

    Published: 8/24/2024

  13. Medieval LOLs: 'Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle'

    Published: 8/18/2024

  14. Human Conditions: ‘Hope against Hope’ by Nadezhda Mandelstam

    Published: 8/10/2024

  15. On Satire: Jane Austen's 'Emma'

    Published: 8/4/2024

  16. Political Poems: 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' by Walt Whitman

    Published: 7/28/2024

  17. Among the Ancients II: Plautus and Terence

    Published: 7/24/2024

  18. Medieval LOLs: Solomon and Marcolf

    Published: 7/18/2024

  19. Human Conditions: ‘The Golden Notebook’ by Doris Lessing

    Published: 7/10/2024

  20. On Satire: 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman' by Laurence Sterne

    Published: 7/4/2024

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