Join me and Dr. Paul Jaussen as we dig into Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein, one the most influential stories of all time. Let us see what it says about love.

Everyone knows the story of Frankenstein and his Creation, the Wretch, the Monster. But do they? Let's dig into it from a different angle. What if it is, ultimately, a love story?

Let's follow the Sufi path to discover what love is in Islamic mysticism and what diverse expressions it found in some of the key figures that defined it. Our guest is Filip Almansour Holm the host of the erudite and fun podcast Let's Talk Religion (https://www.youtube.com/ @LetsTalkReligion )

Islam is one of the biggest religions in the world and at its core is The Holy Qur'an. What does it say about love? In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Celine Ibrahime on a journey through the holy text of Islam to explore the multitude of ways in which it evokes, defines, and prescribes love.

What if there was no tomorrow? What would that do to love? Is love eternal? Find out in this fun episode on the classic romantic comedy "Groundhog Day."

Join me as I dig into Jean Rhys' amazing novel Wide Sargasso Sea and explore the relationship between love and madness and the harms of colonialism.

In this episode, we introduce the burning love and the debilitating madness of Bertha a.k.a. "madwoman in the attic." Jean Rhy's prequel to the classic Jane Eyre takes us all the way to the Caribbean and explores how he came to marry a creole woman who would later come to go crazy, be locked up in his attic, and eventually burn down his estate.

Join us for an in-depth conversation on love, marriage, and the constraints of the Victorian age in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre with Dr. Lisa Ann Robertson.

Dr. Robertson is an Associate Professor in Nineteenth-Century British Literature with expertise in Romanticism and eighteenth-century literature and culture at the University of South Dakota.