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amazingly calming to spend 40 minutes listening to three experts talk about anything from tang dynasty poetry to supernovae under melvin bragg’s sure handed and only slightly cantankerous guidance.
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Feb 14, 2024

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the in our time podcast discusses heaps of classics with a panel of experts, great way to hear what academics have been thinking about texts and the key themes they draw out. it's really chaotic because they have to get through a lot in a short time and the host (melvyn bragg) is always pressing them to give a straight answer.
the secret life of books podcast is also really good, they discuss the backstory and context of classics and how they contribute the books overall identity, but also its legacy.
i'm sure there's heaps more out there but these two are quite in depth when it comes to easily available literary analysis !
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I think the first podcast ever? über academic but Melvyn Bragg is sharp as a tack.
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Also “Obscure” which is just Michael Ian Black reading an old usually obscure-for-a -reason depressing book. It’s soothing.
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