Episode 8 - Beowulf & The Song of Roland, with Prof. Stephen McGinley

Episode 12 - Flannery O'Connor, with Prof. Mary Johnson

Emma Weinheimer interviews Mary Johnson about Flannery O'Connor's "The Fiction Writer and His Country" and "The Life You Save May Be Your Own." Prof. Johnson is a professor of English at Mount St. Mary's University. 0:00 Context 8:10 Message vs Story 13:30 The Fiction Writer and His Country 23:45 Parables 29:25 The Life You Save May Be Your Own 35:00 Disabled Characters 39:35 Lessons for Living Well 45:00 Parker's Back 47:40 Great Books

Episode 11 - Plato's Republic, with Dr. John Hersey

Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview John Hersey about Plato's Republic. Dr. Hersey is a professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University. 0:00 Context 8:30 Justice 14:30 Book One 21:00 Thrasymachus 26:30 Personality 29:45 Cave Allegory 38:45 Return to the Cave 43:05 Relation to Justice 48:50 Cardinal Virtues 54:10 Totalitarian?

Episode 10 - Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols, with Dr. Christopher Anadale

Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview Chris Anadale about Nietzsche & Twilight of the Idols. Dr. Anadale is a professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University. 0:00 Background 6:45 Content of Twilight 10:45 Why Read Nietzsche? 20:10 Spiritual Writer? 24:00 Postmodernity 30:10 Will to Power 36:40 Overman 42:00 Education Quote

Episode 9 - Arthurian Legends, with Dr. Susann Samples

Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview Susann Samples about Arthurian Legends. Dr. Samples is a professor of German and Spanish at Mount St. Mary's University. 0:00 Background 10:40 Kalamazoo 17:30 English vs German Versions 21:45 Christian Stories 29:40 Morgan le Fay & Guinevere 32:20 Arthur as an Ideal 39:20 No Single Text 43:00 Historical Arthur

Episode 8 - Beowulf & The Song of Roland, with Prof. Stephen McGinley

Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview Stephen McGinley about Beowulf and The Song of Roland. Prof. McGinley is a professor of Philosophy at Mount St. Mary's University. Recorded 2020-21 0:00 Introduction 4:20 Context 9:00 Beowulf & Roland 13:50 Human Questions 17:15 Grendel 22:20 Huxley's Brave New World 29:35 Song of Roland 33:40 Chesterton's The Ball and the Cross 35:30 Reading in Community