Sacred and Profane Love

Jun 21 2024 84 ep. 67 mins 271
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Episode 71: Dana Gioia on the Tragic Thought of Seneca

Jun 21 2024 56 mins  
In this season finale, internationally acclaimed poet Dana Gioia and I discuss Seneca's thought in general, and his tragic work The Madness of Hercules in particular. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Episode 70: The Poetry of John Donne w/ Lars Engle

Jun 07 2024 63 mins  
In this episode, I speak with my colleague, Lars Engle, on the poetry and person of John Donne. There is no poet more attuned to the connections between the sacred and the profane than Donne, and it was a pleasure to hear Donne's poetic voice through Engle's readings. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Episode 69: Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" w/ Aaron Gwyn

May 24 2024 57 mins  
In this episode, I discuss Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian with Aaron Gwyn.  I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Episode 68: The Poetry of Jonathan Swift with Steve Karian

May 03 2024 56 mins  
In this episode, I speak with Stephen Karian, renowned scholar of 18th century British literature, on the poems of Jonathan Swift, the promise and perils of satire, and the pleasures of reading profane poetry written by one of the great Divines.  I hope you enjoy our conversation. Read along with us at .

Episode 67: Poetry, Art, and Truth with Carl Phillips

Apr 12 2024 44 mins  
In this episode, I am joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips to discuss poetry, classic texts, art, and truth. I hope you enjoy our conversation!

Episode 66: Ovid's "The Art of Love" with Julia Hejduk

Mar 22 2024 47 mins  
In this episode, I speak with the classicist Julia Hejduk on Ovid's The Art of Love. I hope you enjoy our conversation!    

Episode 65: Boris Dralyuk on Nabokov’s Pnin

Mar 01 2024 47 mins  
In this episode, I speak with my colleague at TU, Boris Dralyuk on Vladmir Nabokov’s delightful take on the campus novel, Pnin.  We explore our endearing hero’s journey from being a man on the wrong train to becoming an American behind the wheel at long last.  I hope you enjoy our conversation.    Boris Dralyuk is a poet, translator, and critic. He holds a P

Episode 64: Patrick Deneen on DeLillo's White Noise

Feb 16 2024 59 mins  
In this episode, I speak with the political theorist Patrick Deneen about Don DeLillo’s award winning novel, White Noise.  We explore the novel’s undercurrents of existential angst in a world of distraction, amnesia, and unfulfilled longings. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

The Podcast Returns!

Feb 16 2024 2 mins  
Six years ago I launched a literature, philosophy, and theology podcast.  I had no assumptions that anyone would listen to it; it was an output for a grant project on virtue, happiness, and meaning of life. Today, I am thrilled to announce the launch of season 5 of Sacred and Profane Love, now fully supported by , where I am privileged to serve as dean of their Honors Col

Episode 29: Thomas Mann's Death in Venice with Agnes Mueller

Feb 15 2024 74 mins  
In this episode, I speak with my colleague, Agnes Mueller, who is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina, about why Thomas Mann’s novella, Death in Venice, is a must-read during our ongoing pandemic. We talk about Modernism, Plato, and Nietzsche. We see the novella as exploring sickness, death, and eros, and we find similarities