Phi Fic

Feb 12 2023 47 ep. 84 mins 515

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Dicussions of literature from a philosophical perspective.

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Stendhal’s Red and Black (Le Rouge et le Noir) - Phi Fic Ep. 46

Feb 12 2023 89 mins

One of Nietzsche’s favorite novels, Le Rouge et le Noir contains some of the most profound psychological analysis in all of fiction. The novel tells the story about a young man from a modest background who seeks a glorious career, but ends up in enormous trouble as a result of his love affairs. The novel is divided into halves, with the first half being about a job where he ended

The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

Sep 25 2022 75 mins

Join Nina, Daniel, Fabrice, and Rob us as we discuss Edith Wharton's 1913 satire of American ambition, The Custom of the Country.

The Poetry Episode (Dickinson, Baudelaire, Bishop, Byron)

Jul 16 2022 56 mins

Each of the four contributors picked a different poem to read and discuss for this episode. The poems we picked are listed below. Also below are links to the poems and the starting point for each segment. Emily Dickinson, "The Brain is Wider Than the Sky" - 2:35 https://drupal.yalebooks.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/TOC/edelman_wider.pdf Charles Baudelaire, "The Albatross" - 1

PHI FIC #43 Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Mar 10 2022 97 mins

An unwritten novel by Virginia Woolf

Jan 04 2022 44 mins

Phi Fic #41 Paradise Lost by John Milton

Oct 12 2021 77 mins

Phi Fic #40 The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway

Jun 02 2021 77 mins

Phi fin #39 Point Omega by Don DeLillo

Mar 30 2021 82 mins

Phi Fic #38 Howard's End by EM Forster

Jan 27 2021 74 mins

Phi Fic #37 The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Oct 26 2020 83 mins