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The Literature Humanities Radio Hour on WKCR 89.9FM: Literary Classics in Conversation episodes
- Vergil's Aeneid | The Story of Rome's Founding
Thomas, Katrina and Larry are joined by Geoff to discuss their favorite bits of an Aeneid: its strange ambiguity vis-a-vis its own political project, Aeneas as a less than ideal hero, a paranoid stance regarding excessive affect and some very choice Latin terms.
59 min - Plato's Symposium | Ancient Greek Literature / Philosophy
Larry takes Thomas & Katrina on a journey through Plato's Symposium, a literary and philosophical work presenting a series of speeches on the nature of love, reading the Symposium through lens of Socrates' execution in 399BCe as the originary trauma of philosophy.
1 hr 1 min - Aeschylus' Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides | Ancient Greek Tragedy
Thomas, Larry and Katrina discuss the story of Agamemnon's bloody return home: his death in the bathtub at the hands of his wife, Clytaemestra; his wife's death at the hands of HER OWN SON ORESTES; and the eventual establishment of a court after Orestes is hounded by vengeful spirits with eyes oozing slime and blood. Turn up, tune in, get grossed out.
1 hr 1 min - Homer's Odyssey Pt II | Ancient Greek Epic Poetry
Thomas, Katrina, Larry & Rosalie round off their conversation on Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's Odyssey
49 min - Homer's Odyssey Pt I | Ancient Greek Epic Poetry
Thomas, Larry and Katrina are joined by Rosalie Stoner (Classics) to discuss Homer's The Odyssey, the Emily Wilson translation. This text tells the story of Odysseus' journey home and the reclamation of his household, and its twists and turns through many strange places in the Homeric universe.
1 hr - Iliad Pt 2 & Sappho's Fragments | Ancient Greek Epic & Lyric Poetry
Thomas, Katrina and Larry are joined by Nadrah Mohammed to discuss the end of the Iliad along with Sappho's fragments.
1 hr 1 min - Homer's Iliad Part 1 | Ancient Greek Epic Poetry
Thomas Preston is joined by Katrina Dzyak and Larry Jackson to discuss the Iliad
1 hr 2 min - The Book of Genesis | Ancient Hebrew Creation Myth
Thomas Preston is joined by Larry Jackson, Katrina Dzyak and Jennifer Rhodes to discuss the Book of Genesis as literature.
1 hr - The Exaltation of Inana & Gilgamesh | Ancient Mesopotamian Literary Works
Thomas Preston is joined by Katrina Dzyak, Tamara Hache and Geoff Harmsworth to discuss ancient mesopotamian texts
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About The Literature Humanities Radio Hour on WKCR 89.9FM: Literary Classics in Conversation
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Ever wanted to talk about the “classics” in a relaxed, accessible setting? This podcast brings together Columbia University Core Curriculum lecturers to discuss their favorite moments from the texts we read in class. Each year, roughly 1,800 students work through the same sequence of literary classics, from Ancient Mesopotamia to Toni Morrison. We follow that arc in conversation.
Hosted by WKCR 89.9 FM radio host and Core lecturer Thomas, with colleagues Katrina, Larry, and a rotating group of others. We’re not experts, our students aren’t experts, and nor do you need to be. Recorded live.
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