Episode 19: Thanksgiving and the Challenge of Nonconformism

11/24/20 • 27 min

Yes, the Puritans hated art and subverted the Catholic hierarchy, but they weren't totally without insight. In this episode, hear a few sections from William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation," including the primary source for the Thanksgiving story. It includes mention of eating wild turkey!

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In this fiery episode, the first of a three or five part series on Melville, you get to hear clips from Dreyfus and some expert on painting, but more importantly, you hear a relaxed summary of Moby-Dick and just the right amount of Melville biography to whet your appetite for the greatest novel ever written.

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Episode 20: Moby-Dick, Moral Seriousness, and The Blackness of Darkness

In this super-serious episode, you'll accept responsibility or else be banished to outer darkness! Hear quotes from numerous professors and a country Bible preacher, but more importantly, some finely chosen excerpts from Moby-Dick itself. Morality matters, even if Ishmael pretends like it doesn't.