The Great Eight

By Emma Belske (Weinheimer)

Emma Weinheimer (now Belske) & Josh Hochschild interview MSMU faculty about the texts they love to teach & read.... more

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The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

The Great Eight episodes:

August 14, 2024 Episode 2 - Machiavelli's The Prince, with Dr. Greg Murry
Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview Greg Murry about Machiavelli's The Prince.
Dr. Murry is a professor of History at Mount St. Mary's University.
Recorded 2020
0:00 Machiavelli's Legacy
6:20 Relevance for Today
10:00 Structure of the Text
15:50 Machiavelli vs Cicero
21:45 Christianity
25:30 Audience
32:50 Student Reactions
38:00 Not Satire
41:40 Great Books
49:05 How Machiavelli is Wrong
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54min
August 07, 2024 Episode 1 - Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, with Dr. Sean Lewis
Emma Weinheimer and Joshua Hochschild interview Sean Lewis about Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
Dr. Lewis is a professor of English at Mount St. Mary's University.
Recorded 2020
0:00 Core Curriculum
5:20 Shakespeare's Context
10:58 Plot of Merchant of Venice
19:20 Shylock
27:57 Humanizing the Other
32:48 Justice vs Mercy
40:00 Audience Reactions
46:13 Great Books
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55min
July 24, 2024 Welcome to The Great Eight
Emma Belske (Weinheimer) introduces the series:
"Hello, I'm Emma Belske. From 2021-2022, while I was a student at Mount St. Mary's University, I interviewed several professors about texts that they love teaching and reading.
I'm happy to share these recording with you now, as The Great Eight Podcast. Enjoy!"
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1min

FAQs about The Great Eight:

How many episodes does The Great Eight have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.