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Ear Read This

Ash Caton

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Edinburgh based book podcast. Critical appreciations of classic and modern literature. Interviews with academics, authors and perfomers.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Ear Read This episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Ear Read This 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 Ear Read This episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Ear Read This - Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 2
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11/08/19 • 47 min

S2E29 It's the return to Fire Island.

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Ear Read This - Water Music (1981) by T. C. Boyle
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10/27/19 • 35 min

S2E27 T.C. Boyle's Water Music is a riotous debut novel, featuring real life Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Today we talk about the merits of excess, going up the jungle in a boat, 18th Century novels, and Anaconda(s).

Intro: 'Water Music, Suite No.1' by George Frideric Handel
Outro: 'Cool Water' by Vaughn Monroe

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Ear Read This - Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns
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01/26/23 • 31 min

S3E83 To celebrate Burns Night, Ash talks about Robert Burns' Now Westlin Winds, a song written at the very start of the Bard's career. Tune in for a discussion of the circumstances that inspired the song, and the long and fruitful afterlife it has had in the repertoire of folk-singers from Burns' day to our own.

Songs featured:

I Had A Horse and I Had Nae Mair by Katherine Campbell:

https://youtu.be/5W3p3fpm-Cs

Now Westlin Winds (Port Gordon Version) by Andrew Calhoun:

Lady Keith Laments by Jock Tamsons Bairds:

https://youtu.be/xzse2ZtKfQg

Ally Croker by Katherine Liley Lovaig:

https://youtu.be/ACJyF94xpeM

Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan:

https://youtu.be/ZDB0P57nQds

Noe Westlin Winds at the Scottish Parliament, 2011:

https://youtu.be/DmlNmuEl310

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Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.

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Ear Read This - ‘Kookaburra’ (1998) by Frieda Hughes
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04/04/24 • 19 min

S3E96 On today's episode, Ash looks at a poem from Frieda Hughes' debut collection, Wooroloo, discussing Hughes' longstanding connection with birds, and how 'Kookaburra' relates to the poetry of her parents, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound.

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Ear Read This - Romeo and Juliet (1595) by William Shakespeare
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02/09/19 • 38 min

S2E5 Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most recognisable play. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses how the play deals with its fame, whether or not the lovers are damned, and what commentary Shakespeare is providing on his own developing language.

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S2E1 A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved and often performed plays. Join Ash for an exploration of The Dream's history, variety of verse styles, and it's preoccupation with the relationship between the imaginer and the thing imagined.

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S1E8 Love's Labour's Lost is a comedy full of buffoons, braggarts and would-be boffins. But why the non-traditional ending? What is a flap-dragon? And is it, as J.A. Herand called it, "exclusively a play on words"? (It does indeed contain the longest word in Shakespeare - say it three times fast: honorificabilitudinitatibus.)

Music: "Not Drunk" by The Joy Drops

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Ear Read This - Interview with Michael Smith
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06/27/20 • 38 min

S3E10 Following on from yesterday's chat with Michael Smith about the alliterative Morte Arthur, today we have an extended interview in which Ash asks Michael about the process of translating from Middle English, his lino-cut prints, and where he got started with medieval literature. His book recommendation is Richard II by Nigel Saul from the Yale English Monarchs Series. To pledge towards Michael's upcoming translation of the Morte Arthure, or to purchase any of his prints, or a signed edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, visit:
www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

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Ear Read This - James Patterson Bingo Part 9
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06/18/20 • 45 min

S3E8 And so we march on through the bingo hall of death and dullness. This week features talk about James Patterson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, an overly elaborate DUI and a whole lot of zero, zip, nada.

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Ear Read This - Ear Read This Welcome Package
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09/04/18 • 1 min

Welcome to Ear Read This. A podcast that swivels books around in your earholes to wax lyrical about literature. 

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How many episodes does Ear Read This have?

Ear Read This currently has 157 episodes available.

What topics does Ear Read This cover?

The podcast is about History, Podcasts, Books and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Ear Read This?

The episode title 'The Alliterative Morte Arthure (1399-1402)' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Ear Read This?

The average episode length on Ear Read This is 44 minutes.

How often are episodes of Ear Read This released?

Episodes of Ear Read This are typically released every 5 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of Ear Read This?

The first episode of Ear Read This was released on Sep 4, 2018.

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