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Albert Camus Radio

Albert Camus Radio

Eric Berg, Ph.D.

All things related to the French philosopher and author Albert Camus including episodes that are recordings of papers given at the annual meeting of The Albert Camus Society. Here you will learn about the French philosopher, playwright, journalist, and essayist Albert Camus and be able to access the most recent research on his thought from top scholars around the world. Enjoy!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Albert Camus Radio episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Albert Camus Radio for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Albert Camus Radio episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Albert Camus Radio - The Fall

The Fall

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08/10/20 • 19 min

Episode #3 of Albert Camus Radio. Camus' last finished novel and possibly his most intriguing. I this episode I will unpack this complex work and look at what drove Camus to write this book, the style he used, influences, and the themes he is working with. The Fall is a very rewarding book and I hope this episode can help guide you through this work. Enjoy!

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In this episode I review Catelli's 2020 (English translation) of The Death of Camus. In this text he makes the case that Camus was killed by the KGB.

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Thank you to Vectis Consulting for sponsoring this podcast!

www.vectisconsulting.org

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Albert Camus Radio - 20 Questions with Dr. James Woelfel
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09/28/20 • 41 min

Professor James Woelfel received his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of St. Andrews, became a member of the University of Kansas faculty in 1966, and served as Director of Humanities & Western Civilization from 1985 until July 2010.

His teaching and research have been primarily 19th and 20th century European philosophical and religious thought. Among the books he has authored are Bonhoeffer’s Theology, Borderland Christianity, Albert Camus on the Sacred and the Secular, Portraits in Victorian Religious Thought, The Existentialist Legacy and Other Essays on Philosophy and Religion, and is an editor of Patterns in Western Civilization fourth edition.

Professor Woelfel was a 1997 recipient of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Silver Anniversary Public Scholar Award, and in 1998 received a Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. He retired from KU in May 2015.

In this interview, I ask Dr. Woelfel 20 questions about Albert Camus. Enjoy this engaging interview with Dr Woelfel, my dissertation advisor!

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Albert Camus Radio - The Myth of Sisyphus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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08/21/20 • 27 min

Episode #6 covers Camus' extraordinary text The Myth of Sisyphus. In this podcast I will cover the context of the text and focus specifically on the philosophical arguments and themes that Camus wishes to explore. This podcast accidentally ran a bit longer (25 minutes) than the others but I really go on a roll with some of points I wised to cover.

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Albert Camus Radio - Gina Breen 2021 Address to The Albert Camus Society
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03/24/22 • 27 min

Gina Breen: ‘French-Algerian Exile’

Albert Camus’s L’Exil et le Royaume was Camus’s last official literary publication before his death in 1960. It is a collection of six short stories, published in 1957, seven months before he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his acceptance speech, which was misreported, Camus specifically addressed justice and the Algerian situation, by discussing the role of the writer and the importance of truth, communicating his belief that the writer has a social duty as they bear witness to history.

In this paper, I will discuss three of the six short stories, namely “La Femme Adultère,” “Les Muets” and “L’Hôte” which are all set in Algeria. Written at the beginning of the armed struggle, the stories were published three years into the Algerian War. I argue that these stories demonstrate the moral dilemmas of the colonial situation, and they are vital to our understanding of Camus’s mythopoetics and the evolution of the pied-noir myth Camus first presents in L’étranger fifteen years earlier. Like Meursault, the characters in these stories suffer from estrangement. As the title suggests, Camus’s identity crisis still exists as he depicts the poverty, self-exile, exclusion, and solitude inherent in these dystopic Algerian spaces. None of the stories end with resolutions and the characters’ neutrality makes them victims of French colonialism. The stories and protagonists also mirror many of Camus’s personal confrontations because they hesitate about the future. They imply a certain degree of hopefulness, but their true feelings remain hidden

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In this podcast you will hear from one of the leading Camus scholars in the world. Professor Heffernan of Merrimack College has been widely published and quoted on Camus across the years. Enjoy this engaging talk on Camus and the question of Meursault's guilt in The Stranger.

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First in a series of podcasts taken directly from the action at the annual meeting of The Albert Camus Society held on-line in November, 2021. This series of podcasts will give listeners first access to the newest (yet to be published) research on Albert Camus from the top Camus scholars in the world. The papers you hear on these podcasts will eventually appear in The Journal of Camus Studies, click HERE to go to the journal's webpage.

First up - Siimon Lea of the U.K. His paper on Camus and Nietzsche and Myth is a deeply engaging tour of this under-researched area in both Camus and Nietzsche studies. You will fine Simon Lea a very engaging speaker mixing just a bit of humor with loads of top-flight scholarship. Enjoy.

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Albert Camus Radio - 10 plus questions with Brock Taylor
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11/20/20 • 34 min

A fantastic episode. An interview with one of my last MacMurray College students. Brock independently took up the study of Camus with me reading almost everything available in English . Enjoy this fresh perspective on Camus!

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Albert Camus Radio - 20 Questions with Simon Lea Part 2
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11/06/20 • 106 min

Part 2 of the fascinating interview with Simon Lea of London. Settle in and take your time listening to this one! We cover much fertile ground in this one linking Camus to artistic movements and his intellectual heritage. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did live.

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Albert Camus Radio - Why Read Camus? Why Listen to these Podcasts?
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09/09/20 • 5 min

A very short answer to a very important question. Why pick this podcast out of many others? Why read Camus?

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How many episodes does Albert Camus Radio have?

Albert Camus Radio currently has 43 episodes available.

What topics does Albert Camus Radio cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts and Philosophy.

What is the most popular episode on Albert Camus Radio?

The episode title 'Round One of Questions and Answers from the 2021 Meeting of The Albert Camus Society' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Albert Camus Radio?

The average episode length on Albert Camus Radio is 36 minutes.

How often are episodes of Albert Camus Radio released?

Episodes of Albert Camus Radio are typically released every 9 days, 20 hours.

When was the first episode of Albert Camus Radio?

The first episode of Albert Camus Radio was released on Aug 10, 2020.

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