Episode 45: Roosevelt Montas on Great Books and Intellectual Transformation
In this episode, I am joined by Professor Roosevelt Montas to discuss his new book, Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed my Life a...
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Sacred and Profane Love
Through wide ranging conversations with philosophers, literary critics, artists, and theologians, philosopher Jennifer A. Frey explores the nature of love and happiness as depicted in import...
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10 episodesEpisode 44: The Tragic Abyss with Dr. Kevin Kambo
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Kevin Kambo about Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, in light of an essay by Louise Cowan titled “The Tra...
Sacred and Profane Love Episode 42: Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter
In this episode, I speak with professor of theology Fritz Bauerschmidt about Graham Greene’s novel, The Heart of the Matter. We discus...
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Sacred and Profane Love Episode 40: The Tragic Vision of Eugene O’Neill
In this episode, I speak with the journalist Damon Linker about the Pulitzer prize winning American playwright, Eugene O’Neill. Our co...
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Episode 39 Sacred and Profane Love: Gabriel Marcel’s Thirst
In this episode, I speak with Michial Farmer about the philosopher and playwright Gabriel Marcel–more specifically, we discuss his pla...
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Bonus Episode Sacred and Profane Love: Matthew Mehan on Children’s Literature
Sometimes, you just need to do something fun, and this episode reflects one of those times. I was in DC this summer for a week teaching, so...
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Episode 35, Sacred and Profane Love: Morten Hoi Jensen on Jens Peter Jacobsen
In this episode, literary critic Morten Høi Jensen and I discuss the Danish novelist and poet, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and his beautiful novel,...
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Episode 34 Sacred and Profane Love: Dante’s Paradiso
“Heaven is a place where nothing, nothing ever happens...” Talking Heads OK, friends, we are finally in Paradise, with our faith...
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Episode 33 Sacred and Profane Love: Dante’s Purgatorio
2021 marks the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death in Ravenna. This is the second of three episodes exploring Dante’s The Divi...
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Episode 32 Sacred and Profane Love: The Therapeutic Fiction of David Foster Wallace
In this episode, I am joined by one of the founding editors of The Point, Jon Baskin, to discuss the prospects of philosophical literary cri...
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