I love all the Hardcore Literature podcasts I’ve done thus far. But this 30-minute podcast on how to read and appreciate short stories was, hands down, my favourite. Geeking out and deep diving into the art and craft of short stories, talking about how to become a connoisseur of this wonderful literary form. You’ve got […]
Should We Boycott Straight White Male Writers? (Podcast)
Should we ever boycott a writer on the basis of their sex, race, or orientation? Here’s what I have to say on the subject in season two, episode two, of Hardcore Literature. Should We Boycott Straight White Male Writers? Let me know what you think. We’re talking mansplaining, virtue signalling, and culling male writers from […]
The Silence of the Lambs Podcast
Kicking off Season Two of the Hardcore Literature Podcast with a good one: Thomas Harris’ The Silence of the Lambs. Let me know how you like the new opening intro music. The Silence of the Lambs Podcast: Hardcore Literature S2 E1 We’re talking about: 0:34: “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice […]
Aristotle’s Ethics: Magnificence and Pride (Podcast)
We’re expanding upon the first and second Aristotle podcasts. We’re talking about the virtues of magnificence and pride. Check out the timestamps below for quickly navigating to any topic that interests you the most. And, if you have a second, I’d be grateful if you left a review on iTunes, which lets me know to […]
The Seneca Podcast
Today we’re looking at the eighty-eighth letter from Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic. This is a shorter-form episode. I’m experimenting with content under 10 minutes long. Let me know what you think. I’ll likely turn this into its own long-running series, and we’ll deal with a different aspect from Seneca’s letters every now and then. Today […]
The Nietzsche Podcast
We’re deep-diving into Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra and talking about justice, revenge, power, virtue, and virtue signalling, taking examples from the current year. Difficult discussion – and only part one of what I hope to be a long Nietzsche-focused series – but don’t get it twisted. There’s stuff that sounds controversial, and Nietzsche has long been […]
Podcast Programming Schedule
The thing about recording these long literary podcasts is this: They take a lot of time. I wish I had more hours in the day. But the syntopic reading, researching, speaking, editing, and producing all adds up to a lot of hours invested. So I’ve got a bunch of different shows at various stages of […]
The Khalil Gibran Podcast
Today’s show is about the life lessons you can take away from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet. We’re talking about all the big key pieces that comprise the human condition: work, love, crime and punishment, justice, freedom, friendship, passion, pain, self-knowledge, beauty, death, and so much more. Get the book: The Prophet Read the book review: The […]
The Viktor Frankl Podcast
I consider Man’s Search for Meaning to be the best book I have ever read. After countless people getting in touch with me after writing this article on Man’s Search for Meaning, I thought it was about time to sit down and have a chat about it. You can get the book here: Man’s Search […]