Poetry is a Destructive Force

S2E2: Excuse Me, Baby

We read "A Story" by Czeslaw Milosz and two poems by Nick, and briefly discuss the history of the Catholic Church

S2E1: Themes, Folks!

We're back! Tyler and Nick read two stories from Italo Calvino's Italian Folktales: "The Crab Prince" and "The Two Hunchbacks" and also talk about some other things.

S1E4: Dueling Jesuses

Tyler and Nick read the poetry of Jesus, poetry about Jesus, and a section from Rilke.

S1E3: Baudelaire's Roach

In this episode, Nick and Tyler discuss readings from Gwendolyn Brooks, Charles Bukowski, and Charles Baudelaire.

S1E2: August Kleinzahler and the Entrance of the Angel

Nick and Tyler discuss two poems from August Kleinzahler's "A History of Western Music” series. Other poems read in this episode are Czeslaw Milosz's "Ars Poetica?" and Rainer Maria Rilke's "Archaic Torso of Apollo."