I talk with Carolyn Oliver (Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble) about John Milton's Sonnet 19, "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent." Topics include: Would John Milton be a fun hang?; Milton's skill with the Petrarchan Sonnet form; a fair amount of 17th century English politics; and maternal mortality. Afterward, we have an ad from a new online ticket app and the return of the game "Tell me what how you really feel, William Logan."

Also mentioned:

• Milton's sonnet "On His Deceased Wife"
• The Parable of the Talents
• Paradise Lost