Best Sara Baldwin Podcasts (2025)

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706 Living with Jane Austen (with Janet Todd) | A Listener Changes His Life | Bored Parents 1:12:23

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that Jane Austen's novels make us wish she was our friend. She wouldn't be just any old friend: she'd be the sharpest and wisest, the one we turn to in a crisis, the one who understands our flaws and helps us see our blind spots. As we navigate the perils of love and life, she'd be the friend who gently point…

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705 Runaway Poets - How the Brownings Fell in Love (And Why It Matters) 59:34

7d ago59:34

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Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861) was one of the most prolific and accomplished poets of the Victorian age, an inspiration to Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, and countless others. And yet, her life was full of cloistered misery, as her father insisted that she should never marry. And then, the clouds lifted, and a letter arrived. It was …

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704 Butterflies Regained 1:26:31

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Poetry, butterflies, and original music oh my! With some help from poets Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, William Wordsworth, and John Keats, along with original music by composer Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal, Jacke tackles the topic of butterflies. Yes, yes, we all know that butterflies are symbols of beauty and transformation - but can great poets get beyon…

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703 D.H. Lawrence (with David Ellis) | My Last Book with Dorian Lynskey 1:09:35

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D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) is one of the most famous novelists of his era - and one of the most difficult to pin down. Was he a tasteless, avant-garde pornographer? Or the greatest imaginative novelist of his generation (as E.M. Forster once said)? What should we know about his hard-luck childhood and turbulent adult life? In this episode, Jacke tal…

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Erotic Art Class to "completion" with Abby Ballin 1:17:53

19d ago1:17:53

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Powerhouse Comedian, photographer, producer, and Jill-of-all-trades Abby Ballin (Aries Sun, Aries Rising, Taurus Moon) joins Sara Armour fresh off of Sherman Yee’s erotic art class at Fierce Art Studio in Wilton Manor, FL. Erotic Art etiquette, Kim Kardashian’s diamond drip in diamond robbery trial, music vs cancelled musicians, & this week’s astro…

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702 Writing in the World of Jane Austen (with D.G. Rampton) | Disaster at the Book Festival! 52:01

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Jacke talks to D.G. Rampton, Australia's Queen of the Regency Romance, about her love for the novels of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer - and what it's like for a twenty-first-century novelist to set her novels in the early-nineteenth-century world of intelligent heroines, dashing men, and sparkling banter. Find PLUS Jacke dives into the story of a…

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701 Emerson's Struggle with Slavery (with Kenneth Sacks) | My Last Book with Victoria Namkung | We Had Sex Inside Moby-Dick! 1:11:31

24d ago1:11:31

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For several decades, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was perhaps the most prominent writer and intellectual in America. As an advocate of personal freedom living in Massachusetts, surrounded by passionate abolitionists, one might expect that his positions regarding slavery would be obvious and uncomplicated. And yet, Emerson struggled with the issu…

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New Virgo "Pope Leo" Astrology with Virgo-Leo Nick Griffin 1:10:29

25d ago1:10:29

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Happy Mother's Day, Trashling's --- the World has a new Father! The one and only comedian Nick Griffin (Virgo Rising, Leo Sun, Aries Moon) joins Sara Armour & Desi Handal to discuss the new Virgo Pope Leo's astrology (and the runners-up!), 12th house solar energy, Nick's upcoming Saturn return in Aries & more! If you're in the Palm Beach area, join…

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700 - Butterflies at Rest 28:08

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Returning to some devastating news after a trip to Paris, Jacke searches for lost time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

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699 Gatsby's Daisy (with Rachel Feder) | My Last Book with Francesca Peacock 1:12:12

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby might be one hundred years old, but it's still incredibly relevant: one list-of-lists site ranks it as the number-one book of all time. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Rachel Feder about this classic tale of reinvention - and the reinventing she did for her book Daisy, which retells the Gatsby sto…

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Katy Perry Space Astrology & The Taurus Full Moon 43:04

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Comedian Desi Handal (Taurus rising, Leo sun, Scorpio moon) joins Sara Armour on the pod to discuss the Taurus full moon astrology, Katy "Hades" Perry’s astrology, the ladies trip to SPACE astrology, Etsy vs. Shopify, and the birth of Desi’s dope of new store @its_the_bag Join the Patreon for Desi’s full chart reading on video and to support the po…

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Edging The Edge of Space + Belieber and Judas 44:45

1M ago44:45

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Comedians Sara Armour & Desi Handal attend training to unpack the Blue Origin ladies trip to the edge of space and Justin Bieber's new sus Pastor "JudaS." What a wonderful world! Join the Patreon for the full unhinged convo + video + 50% of readings and coaching with Sara! Patreon.com/SpaceTrashPodcast Follow @themoonual on IG to register for Sunda…

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698 Dante in Love (with Ellen Nerenberg and Anthony Valerio) [Ad-Free Archive Edition] 1:05:26

1M ago1:05:26

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It's springtime! A great time to be in love - and if you're a poetic genius like Dante Alighieri, a great time to catch a glimpse of a girl named Beatrice on the streets of Florence, fall madly in love with her, and spend the rest of your life beatifying her in verse. In this episode, we present a conversation that first aired in February 2018, in …

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Pope Francis death Astrology with Mother Teresa (and Lilith!) 2:08:35

1M ago2:08:35

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Hey you Gaias! Comedian Sara Armour welcomes Teresa Liberatore : Molecular Biologist & Artist (Libra Rising, Leo Sun, Pisces Moon), to analyze the natal chart of the late Pope Francis (Cancer Rising, Sag Sun, Aqua Moon) & the profound astrological synchronicities of this *most* divine date of death. Science meets spiritually! Mother Teresa meets Li…

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697 Race in European Fairy Tales (with Kimberly Lau) | My Last Book with Rolf Hellebust 1:21:03

1M ago1:21:03

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Anyone digging into fairy tales soon discovers that there's more to these stories of magic and wonder than meets the eye. Often thought of as stories for children, the narratives can be shockingly violent, and they sometimes deliver messages or "morals" at odds with modern sensibilities. In this episode, Jacke talks to Kimberly Lau about her book S…

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696 John Ruskin (with Sara Atwood) | My Last Book with Collin Jennings 1:00:25

2M ago1:00:25

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John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a powerhouse of a man: writer, lecturer, critic, social reformer - and much else besides. From his five-volume work Modern Painters through his late writings about literature in Fiction, Fair and Foul, he brought to his subjects an energy and integrity that few critical thinkers have matched. His wide-ranging influence r…

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695 Ten Indian Classics (with Sharmila Sen) | My Last Book with Adam Smyth 1:03:57

2M ago1:03:57

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For the past ten years, the Murty Classical Library of India (published by Harvard University Press) has sought to do for classic Indian works what the famous Loeb Classical Library has done for Ancient Greek and Roman texts. In this episode, Jacke talks to editorial director Sharmila Sen about the joys and challenges of sifting through thousands o…

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694 Apocalyptic Literature (with Dorian Lynskey) | My Last Book with Charles Baxter 1:07:02

2M ago1:07:02

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For some reason, human beings don't seem to be content just thinking about their own death: they insist on imagining the end of the entire world. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Dorian Lynskey (Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World), who immersed himself in apocalyptic films and literature to discover exactly wha…

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White Lotus Thailand Finale: Shake Your Buddhism 50:42

2M ago50:42

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Comedians Molly Mulshine and Sara Armour discuss the finale of White Litus Season 3 & creator Mike White’s astrology! Join the Patreon! patreon.com/spacetrashpodcast Subscribe & leave a 5-star review! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Repealing Inflation Reduction Act Harms America’s Economy and Costs Consumers 51:29

2M ago51:29

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 marked the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history, supporting homegrown clean energy, electrification, and manufacturing. It has generated $600 billion in private investment across 750 clean energy projects, creating more than 406,000 new jobs. The IRA is now under threat, with calls …

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693 Understanding the Wonders of Nature (with Alan Lightman) | My Last Book with Alan Lightman 1:00:13

2M ago1:00:13

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In today's world of specialization, Alan Lightman is that rare individual who has accomplished remarkable things in two very different realms. As a physicist with a Ph.D. from Cal Tech, he's taught at Harvard and MIT and advised the United Nations. As a novelist, he's written award-winning bestsellers like Einstein's Dreams and The Diagnosis. In th…

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692 An Investigation in Chinatown (with Radha Vatsal) | The Five Books (with Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen) 1:02:57

2M ago1:02:57

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It's a two-for-one special! First, Jacke talks to novelist Radha Vatsal about her new book, No. 10 Doyers Street, which tells the gripping story of an Indian woman journalist investigating a bloody shooting in New York's Chinatown circa 1907. Then podcaster Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen stops by to discuss her experience hosting The Five Books, which asks …

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691 The Making of Sylvia Plath (with Carl Rollyson) | My Last Book with Cheryl Hopson 1:04:05

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Since her death, poet and novelist Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) has been an endless source of fascination for fans of her and her work. But while much attention has been paid to her tumultuous relationship with fellow poet Ted Hughes, we often overlook the influences that formed her, long before she traveled to England and met Hughes. What movies did s…

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Pre-Aries Eclipse Pisces Party: Benny Blanco, Justin Beiber & FLORIDA! Featuring Florida Woman Meg Griffin 1:50:58

2M ago1:50:58

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Comedian, filmmaker, and co-founder of TruthFL.org Meg Griffin joins Sara Armour and guest co-host Desi Handal to discuss: Benny Blanco & Selena’s healthy relationship, the current astrological weather & incoming Aries New Moon Eclipse, Thailand, the astrology of Florida, Meg’s chart twins, road head & more! What was the Haley-stalked-Selena video …

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690 Coleridge and the Person from Porlock [Ad-Free] 1:06:26

2M ago1:06:26

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[This episode originally ran on July 18, 2016. It is presented here without commercial interruption.] In 1797, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge took two grains of opium and fell into a stupor. When he awoke, he had in his head the remnants of a marvelous dream, a vivid train of images of the Chinese emperor Kubla Khan and his summer palace, Xanadu.…

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689 Thomas Kyd (with Brian Vickers) | My Last Book with Jonathan D.S. Schroeder 47:28

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For centuries, the playwright Thomas Kyd has been best known as the author of The Spanish Tragedy, a terrific story of revenge believed to have strongly influenced Shakespeare's Hamlet. And yet, a contemporary referred to Kyd as "industrious Kyd." What happened to the rest of his plays? In this episode, Jacke talks to scholar Brian Vickers about hi…

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Hailey Bieber's "Dangerous" MANifestation feat. birthday twin Erica Lederman! 1:12:41

3M ago1:12:41

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So Fla Comedian Erica Lederman joins host Sara Armour on today's pod to discuss the 6-month old YouTube video created by Internet Oddities titled: "Hailey Bieber's Dangerous Decade-Long Obsession" that is currently being chopped, screwed, and is making it's rounds as a "7-part viral series" across social media platforms. Is Haley Bieber a star-stal…

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688 Georges Simenon 1:05:36

3M ago1:05:36

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The Belgian-born French writer Georges Simenon (1903-1989) was astonishing for his literary ambition and output. The author of something like 400 novels, which he wrote in 7-10 day bursts (after checking with his physician beforehand to ensure that he could handle the strain), he's perhaps best known for his creation of Chief Inspector Jules Maigre…

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Snow White Supremacy Premiere Drama + Martin & Meryl confirmed feat. Desi Handal 1:11:19

3M ago1:11:19

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Why does Snow White’s race matter? Would netizens accept Snow White if he were Asian or Albino or is this role reserved for “whites only?" Political rifts: Israeli Gal Godot vs. Free-Palestine tweeter Rachel Zegler and an inter-dwarfism community feud about casting, led by Peter Dinklage & challenged by Martin Klebber aka Grumpy lol. Astrology of S…

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687 Gatsby Turns 100 (with James West) 53:29

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"I want to write something new," American author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a letter to his editor, "something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." Months later, he presented the results: the novel that would eventually be titled The Great Gatsby. Published in 1925 to middling success, the book has since become a can…

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686 Russian Poetry After the Cold War (with Stephanie Sandler) 55:32

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For decades, the Soviet Union was unfriendly territory for poets and writers. But what happened when the wall fell? Emerging from the underground, the poets reacted with a creative outpouring that responded to a brave new world. In this episode, Jacke talks to Russian poetry scholar Stephanie Sandler about her new book The Freest Speech in Russia: …

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685 Charles Chesnutt (with Tess Chakkalakal) | My Last Book with John Goodby 1:01:41

3M ago1:01:41

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Complex and talented, Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was one of the first American authors to write for both Black and white readers. Born in Cleveland to "mixed race" parents, Chesnutt rejected the opportunity to "pass" as white, instead remaining in the Black community throughout his life. His life in the South during Reconstruction, and his kno…

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684 The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne (with Mike Palindrome) 1:29:36

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What happens when a respected church leader shows up one day wearing a mysterious veil that conceals his eyes, offering no explanation - and keeps wearing it for decades? How will the community respond? What conspiracy theories will they develop? And how will an author like Nathaniel Hawthorne, writing a hundred years later, spin a New England sin-…

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Meghan Markle & Hilaria Baldwin’s Reality Shows: Women’s History Month Special 1:20:27

3M ago1:20:27

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Comedians Molly Mulshine & Sara Armour welcome International Women’s History month with the debut of two new reality tv shows from two of our favorite notorious women: Meghan Markle’s “With Love, Meghan” and Hilaria Baldwin’s “The Baldwin’s.” Support the podcast by joining the Patreon! patreon.com/spacetrashpodcast Subscribe & leave a 5-star review…

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683 Marianne Moore (with Cristanne Miller) 1:12:13

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Marianne Moore (1887-1972) achieved something rare in American letters: a modernist poet who was popular with both critics and the public. Famous for her formal innovation, precise diction, and wit - as well as her black tri-corner hat and cloak, which she wore as she dashed around Manhattan - she was lauded by T.S. Eliot (and numerous prize commit…

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682 The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature (with Farah Jasmine Griffin) [Ad-Free Re-Release] 58:55

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As America closes out this year's Black History Month, Jacke dives into the archives for one of his favorite episodes, which featured a conversation with Columbia University professor Farah Jasmine Griffin about her book Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature. PLUS friend of the show Scott Carter stops by to tal…

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681 The Jolly Corner by Henry James - Part 3 | My Last Book by Colm Tóibín 56:02

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It's the conclusion to "The Jolly Corner"! Spencer Brydon lived in Europe for 33 years (as did his creator, Henry James) before returning to his childhood home in New York City. Europe has changed him - and he can't help thinking, as he observes a highly transformed New York, that he'd have been a very different person had he stayed in America duri…

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680 The Jolly Corner by Henry James - Part 2 1:16:34

4M ago1:16:34

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After spending decades in Europe, the American Henry James felt haunted by the idea that he'd given up something essential. Inspired by a trip home to New York City, the place of his birth, he wrote an astonishing story about a man who creeps through his childhood home late at night, searching for ghosts, and one in particular he's desperate to see…

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679 The Jolly Corner by Henry James - Part 1 1:15:52

4M ago1:15:52

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Although the writer Henry James (1843-1916) was born in New York City's Washington Square, he spent most of his adulthood in Europe, where he wrote such masterpieces as The Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove, and The Golden Bowl. Late in life, he returned to New York after a thirty-three year absence to find the city much transformed, as sky…

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Valentine’s Ye 49:01

4M ago49:01

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The north node is in Pisces and we are in Neptunian times people! Guest host Desi Handal joins Sara Armour to discuss the potential split between Pisces Moons Kanye West & Bianca Censori. But first, this week following the Leo full Moon, X Æ A-Xii, human shield & 4-year-old son of Elon Musk and Grimes has words with Trump in the Oval Office. After …

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Electrification Loves Grid Reliability 35:54

4M ago35:54

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In this special valentine to the electric grid, Electrify This! host Sara Baldwin speaks with grid expert, Ric O’Connell of GridLab, about a topic front of mind for more people, utilities, and policymakers around the world: grid reliability. Demand for electricity is on the rise after decades of relatively flat load growth as more end-uses seek to …

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678 Fernando Pessoa (with Bartholomew Ryan) | My Last Book with Robin Waterfield 1:09:28

4M ago1:09:28

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Jacke's been trying to come to grips with Portuguese modernist poet Fernando Pessoa ever since Harold Bloom named him one of the 26 most influential writers in the entire Western canon. But it's not easy! As a young man, Pessoa wanted to be, in his words, "plural like the universe," and he carried this out in his poetry: writing verse in the style …

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Eagles Defeat MAGA at Super Bowl 2025 1:15:35

4M ago1:15:35

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Comedians Molly Mulshine & Sara Armour recap Super Bowl 59, noting the Eagles' victory and contrasting experiences of watching the game in Ireland versus West Palm Beach, including the quest for authentic Philly cheesesteaks in Dublin. Molly & Sara delve into the astrology of Kendrick Lamar's mars-return halftime performance, highlighting its polit…

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677 Dylan Thomas (with John Goodby) | Emily Brontë and the Search for Hope 1:07:50

4M ago1:07:50

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Dylan Thomas: brilliant poet or self-indulgent blowhard? In this episode, Jacke talks to John Goodby, co-author of the biography Dylan Thomas: A Critical Life, about the misconceptions swirling around the famous Welsh poet, and the approach that he and fellow author Chris Wigginton took in presenting a revealing and fresh introduction to Thomas's l…

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Whitehouse.gov + Leo Full Moon Chart Twins with Desi Handal 1:01:18

4M ago1:01:18

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** What’s up you guys it’s Sara— I just want to apologize in advance for the sloppy audio, I edited this podcast on my phone in the car on the way to my show in Miami (as referenced in the episode) – – it just felt like the astrology was pertinent and worth posting ASAP! I hope you can forgive me and otherwise enjoy the ep! —— Comedians Sara Armour…

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676 "Mrs Spring Fragrance" by Sui Sin Far (with Mike Palindrome) 1:25:52

4M ago1:25:52

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Mike Palindrome, the President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins Jacke for a reading and discussion of "Mrs. Spring Fragrance" by Sui Sin Far. The story, which takes place against a backdrop of waves of immigration to America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (and the racist anti-Asian laws that followed), depicts an enterprisi…

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675 Zora Neale Hurston (with Cheryl Hopson) | Jack Kerouac's Newly Discovered Writings 1:10:18

4M ago1:10:18

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Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) was the most published African American woman writer of the first half of the twentieth century; her signature novel Their Eyes Were Watching God is still read by students, scholars, and literature lovers everywhere. In this episode, Jacke talks to Hurston biographer Cheryl R. Hopson (Zora Neale Hurston: A Critical Li…

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The Dumb-Dumb Defense 1:09:15

4M ago1:09:15

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Comedians Molly Mulshine & Sara Armour discuss the top pop news of the week and correlating astrology. This week: What does the internet expect Selena Gomez to do about ICE? Snoop Dogg goes MAGA and crip-walks his way to the Crypto Ball. Eagles vs. Chiefs battle for the soul of America in this year's Super Bowl Former "Bachelor" Matt James dumps se…

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674 Nabokov vs Freud (with Joshua Ferris) [Ad-Free Re-Release] 51:13

4M ago51:13

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“I admire Freud greatly,” the novelist Vladimir Nabokov once said, “as a comic writer.” For Nabokov, Sigmund Freud was “the Viennese witch-doctor,” objectionable for “the vulgar, shabby, fundamentally medieval world” of his ideas. Author Joshua Ferris (The Dinner Party, Then We Came to the End) joins Jacke for a discussion of the author of Lolita a…

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673 Edna Ferber (with Julie Gilbert) | My Last Book with Jessica Kirzane 1:04:39

4M ago1:04:39

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Novelist and playwright Edna Ferber (1885-1968) lived a wondrous life: residing in Manhattan as a member of the famed Algonquin Round Table, writing a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (So Big), and producing works that Hollywood turned into twentieth-century classics, including the Kern & Hammerstein musical Show Boat and George Stevens's Giant, starri…

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