Beyond Texas with W.F. Strong

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A short biopic of Johnathon Edwards with a focus on his most famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. "  This was the prototypical "hell fire and brimstone sermon" that became afterwards a popular salvation strategy by priests and ministers who preferred  the power of fear over love in their preaching.  

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An examination of one of the most famous essays ever written, "A Message to Garcia."  Was it true?  Was it accurate?   Why was Elbert Hubbard inspired to write it and how did it affect his life?  
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Here we look at the original Baron Munchausen and how his stories because the basis of the now famous syndrome.  

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First Part of a two part series examining Munchausen Syndrome and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and its origins, tracing the phenomenon all the way back to the fabulous storyteller himself,  Baron Munchausen.  

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Here's a commencement speech that is to my mind the best ever because it is short and packed with extraordinary advice that is truly useful to young graduates.  

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The 19th century wasn't ready for Kate Chopin - so it was the latter 20th century that rediscovered her and the 21st that continues to embrace her groundbreaking perceptions. This is one of her best short stories, often listed among the very best in the world - and of all time.  

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Oscar Wilde was sent to prison for two years of hard labor for the crime, essentially, of being gay.   The time in prison influenced some marvelous writing completed later.  He died young (at 46) likely due to the prison conditions he suffered through.  But his humor and wit did not die with him.  They live on today, everyday, in prolific memes on the internet, and it his books and movies and plays - and podcasts like this one.    Photo attached is one of the last known of Oscar. 

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In 1982-83 Oscar Wilde toured America and lectured on great design - in clothes, in furniture, in homes and cities.  His style of dress, his wit and humor and his erudite knowledge of world art and history had audiences eager to see what he was all about.  

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An interview with Susan Cain, author of Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World that Won't Stop Talking.  

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Oscar Wilde rose to fame quite rapidly as a young man.  How did he achieve that?  Was it all literary genius at work?  Or did he have a genius of another sort as well?  

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