Best Stephen Hessel Podcasts (2025)

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Pod Quixote, Episode 7 Steven Ritz-Barr and Esther Fernández 1:32:09

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In episode 7, Steven Ritz-Barr and Esther Fernández discuss the fascinating effects that puppets have on representing stories and how puppetry provides us a novel perspective from which to consider the world in which we live. Steven Ritz-Barr is a puppeteer with decades of experience and the creative force behind Quixote (2010), an adaptation of Do…

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Pod Quixote, Episode 6 Stephen Haff and Rogelio Miñana 1:15:25

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In episode 6, Stephen Haff of Still Waters in a Storm and Rogelio Miñana of Drexel University's Office of Global Engagement discuss Don Quixote in education and social activism. Stephen Haff is the author of Kid Quixotes: A Group of Students, Their Teacher, and the One-Room School Where Everything is Possible. Rogelio Miñana is the author of Living…

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Pod Quixote, Episode 5 Eric Drooker, William Childers, and William Egginton 1:18:10

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In this special episode, three guests will discuss the recent New Yorker cover featuring Don Quixote, approaches to Don Quixote in art, and how to bring art to bear as a force for positive change in society. We are joined by Eric Drooker, the artist of the New Yorker cover, William Childers of Brooklyn College, and William Egginton of Johns Hopkins…

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Pod Quixote, Episode 4 Miguel Cervantes III 1:44:13

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In episode four, I speak with Miguel Cervantes III about famous names, middle age, self-improvement, adaptations of Don Quixote, and much more.By Stephen Hessel

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Pod Quixote, Episode 3 Dominick Finello 1:41:28

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In this episode of Pod Quixote, I chat with Dominick Finello about the Spanish pastoral, La Galatea, and many other scenes from Cervantes's other works linked to this idyllic, and sometimes not so idyllic, genre.By Stephen Hessel

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Pod Quixote, Episode 2 Brian M. Phillips 1:45:57

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In this episode of Pod Quixote, I chat with Brian M. Phillips about the picaresque, space in place in Cervantes, and bridging the gap between early modern Spain and contemporary culture and society.By Stephen Hessel

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Pod Quixote Episode 1 Christi Garst-Santos 1:25:16

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In this first episode of Pod Quixote, I chat with Christi Garst-Santos about female characters from Don Quixote (Dorotea and Zoraida), Cervantes and social media, and the #MeToo movement.By Stephen Hessel