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Pursuing Perfect Prose

Podcast by Lee Stewart

English

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About Pursuing Perfect Prose

Welcome to Pursuing Perfect Prose! This channel is dedicated to celebrating the art of storytelling by dissecting the most iconic passages in fictional literature. Each episode dives deep into the rhythm, language, and structure of sentences that have shaped the literary world, while exploring the characters, themes, and philosophies they reveal. Whether you’re a book lover, an aspiring writer, or just someone who’s curious about what makes great writing so timeless, this is the place for you. Perhaps perfection is impossible. The pursuit, however, is where the fun is. Read on!

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War Heroes: The Cost We All Pay

This was an impulsive video. Something I felt compelled to make after watching a recent video by Neil deGrasse Tyson. It was filmed and edited in just a couple of days, so it’s rough around the edges. That feels appropriate, given my feelings on the subject. From Neil deGrasse Tyson’s reflection on Ronald Reagan’s famous idea, to stories like Catch-22, Ender’s Game, First Blood, The Road, and Dune, this video explores why war creates heroes, and why that might be the real tragedy. Does war reveal humanity’s courage… or its failure to imagine something better? Timestamps 0:00 Do we need war to coexist? 1:21 Why we celebrate warriors 2:48 Fear and bravery 3:49 Our instincts to fight 5:38 Hidden casualties of war 6:41 When stories glorify war 7:26 Literature imagining the end result 8:03 The enemies we already share 9:31 The cost of war 10:47 Final Reflection: What literature has been telling us Sources & Inspiration A Scientist’s View of War – Neil deGrasse Tyson (StarTalk) https://youtu.be/XI9NG068TwI?si=mxpd5mCdK7jSrYIA

18 Mar 2026 - 11 min
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