Deep Thinking About Great Books
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Episode 4: War & Peace and the Comet of 1812
In this episode, we discuss the famous middle section of War & Peace, and the Broadway musical it inspired.
Episode 3: Moby Dick and Rachmaninoff
In this episode, we finish our 3-episode long discussion of Moby Dick, and tie in discussions about creativity and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Episode 2: Orson Welles and Moby Dick
In Episode 2 of the DTAGB podcast we continue our discussion of Moby Dick and take note of the fact that when Moby Dick became a sensation in the first half of the 20th century, it was because artists, rather than critics, loved it. What is it about...
Episode 1: Moby Dick
The inaugural podcast of Deep Thinking About Great Books focuses on the first half of Moby Dick by Herman Melville. In addition to licensed music, this episode contains Creative Commons Commercially Licensed songs as follows: Anguish by Kevin MacLeod...