Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)
by Robert Harrison
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Description
Entitled Opinions is a literary talk show on Stanford University Radio, KZSU, in which Professor Robert Harrison interviews guests about issues that range from literature and philosophy to politics and sports.
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Nietzsche and Wagner - Stephen Hinton | November 30, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stephen Hinton, Stanford professor of Music, about the love/hate relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Wagner. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Medicine and the Human Condition - Larry Zaroff | November 23, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Larry Zaroff, doctor, writer, and Stanford professor, about the medical profession and the human condition. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Homer and Homeric Epics - Richard Martin | November 16, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of Classics Richard Martin about Homer and his two greatest works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Discipline of Geography - Martin Lewis | November 9, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of International History Martin Lewis about the discipline of geography. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Life and Poetry of John Keats - Denise Gigante | November 2, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of English Denise Gigante about the life and poetry of John Keats, as well as his relationship with his family. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Ancient Roman Family - Richard Saller | October 26, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of Classics and History and Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences Richard Saller about the Ancient Roman family. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hegel and His Heirs - Adrian Daub | October 19, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of German literature Adrian Daub about G.W.F. Hegel and his philosophical heirs. | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Rosetta Stone - Patrick Hunt | October 12, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford archaeologist Patrick Hunt about the Rosetta Stone. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phenomenology - Thomas Sheehan | October 5, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Thomas Sheehan, Stanford Professor of Religious Studies, about phenomenology. | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hiatus Announcement | April 25, 2011--Entitled Opinions will be on hiatus from May till Fall 2011 - this is a short announcement. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Samuel Beckett - Robert Harrison | April 12, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks about Samuel Beckett. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Human Brain - Stuart Edelstein | April 5, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stuart Edelstein, Professor Emeritus of biology and neuroscience (University of Geneva) and member of the French Académie des Sciences. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psychedelic Rock - Jay Kadis | March 29, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Jay Kadis (Department of Music, CCRMA, Stanford) about the late sixties psychedelic rock bands of San Francisco. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Italian Cinema - Sarah Carey | March 22, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Sarah Carey, Mellon Fellow at the Department of French and Italian at Stanford about Italian cinema. | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greek Tragedy - Rush Rehm | March 15, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Rush Rehm, Stanford Professor of Classics and Drama about ancient Greek tragedy. | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aristotle's Poetics - Blair Hoxby | March 8, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Blair Hoxby, Stanford Professor of English literature about Aristotle's Poetics. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sonia Korn Grimani and her memoir of the Holocaust | April 25, 2011--Christy Wampole talks to Sonia Korn-Grimani in French about her memoir recounting her experiences during her escape from Nazi-Germany and during the German occupation of Belgium. Sonia was born in 1931 and has lived all over the world, she has a PhD in French literature and is an accomplished singer. The episode includes some of her recordings. | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Haitian writer Lyonel Trouillot | March 1, 2011--Christy Wampole, Ph.D candidate in French and Italian Literature at Stanford, speaks with Haitian author Lyonel Trouillot (in French). | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Nouveau Roman - Christy Wampole | February 22, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Christy Wampole, Ph.D candidate in French and Italian Literature at Stanford about the French New Novel (Nouveau Roman) of the 1950s through the 1970s. | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beauty - Alexander Nehamas (part 2) | February 15, 2011--Joshua Landy speaks with professor of philosophy at Princeton University Alexander Nehamas about beauty. | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beauty - Alexander Nehamas (part 1) | February 15, 2011--Joshua Landy speaks with professor of philosophy at Princeton University Alexander Nehamas about beauty. | 2/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Uses of Philosophy - John Perry and Kenneth Taylor | February 13, 2011--Joshua Landy speaks with professors of philosophy at Stanford John Perry and Kenneth Taylor about the uses of philosophy. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Romantic Symbol - Nicholas Halmi | February 8, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with professor of English literature at Oxford University Nicholas Halmi about the Romantic symbol. | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roberto Bolaño - Héctor Hoyos | February 1, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of Latin American literature Héctor Hoyos about Chilean author Roberto Bolaño. | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Commedia dell'Arte - Mace Perlman | January 25, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Mace Perlman, actor, teacher and director, about masks, mime, and the Italian Commedia dell'Arte. | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Classicism in America - Caroline Winterer | January 18, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Caroline Winterer, Stanford Professor of History, about America's relation to classical antiquity. | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Moby Dick - Andrea Nightingale | January 11, 2011--Robert Harrison speaks with Andrea Nightingale, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Stanford, about Herman Melville's "Moby Dick". | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Doors - Robert Harrison | June 23, 2010--A monlogue by Robert Harrison about The Doors. | 6/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Georges Bataille - Laura Wittman | May 25, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Laura Wittman, Professor of French and Italian Literature at Stanford, about Georges Batalle. | 5/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heidegger's Being and Time - Thomas Sheehan | May 18, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Thomas Sheehan, Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford, about Heidegger's Being and Time. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pink Floyd - Thomas Harrison | May 11, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with his brother Thomas Harrison, professor of Italian Literature at UCLA, about Pink Floyd. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Glass Wave - Rush Rehm | May 4, 2010--Robert Harrison's band Glass Wave speaks with Rush Rehm, Stanford Professor of Drama and Classics, about the band's new album based on great works of literature from the western canon. | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexander the Great - Vincent Barletta | April 27, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford professor of Iberian literature and culture Vincent Barletta about Alexander the Great. | 4/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Uses of Literature - Joshua Landy | April 20, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford French literature professor Joshua Landy about the uses of literature. | 4/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Athanasius Kircher - Paula Findlen | April 13, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford history professor Paula Findlen about Athanasius Kircher, 17th-century German Jesuit scholar. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Karl Marx - Mark Mancall | April 6, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Stanford history professor Mark Mancall about Karl Marx, the misappropriation and misunderstanding of his ideas, and his legacy today. | 4/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Italian Epic Poetry - Giuseppe Mazzotta | March 2, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Yale professor Giuseppe Mazzotta on Tasso, Ariosto, and Italian epic poetry. | 3/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digital Music - Jay Kadis | February 23, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with audio engineer Jay Kadis about transistors, psycho-acoustics, rock 'n roll, and the future of music in the digital age. | 2/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Welsh Literature - Gwyneth Lewis (Part II) | February 16, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis about her writing. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Welsh Literature - Gwyneth Lewis (Part I) | February 16, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with poet Gwyneth Lewis about Welsh literature. | 2/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Literature - Tobias Wolff | February 9, 2010--Robert Harrison speaks with author Tobias Wolff about his fiction, J.D. Salinger, and the art of the short story. | 2/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shakespeare - Stephen Orgel | January 19, 2010--Robert Harrison discusses Shakespeare's King Lear with Stanford English Professor Stephen Orgel | 1/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Monologue on Wallace Stevens | December 9, 2009--Robert Harrison discusses the poetry of the American poet Wallace Stevens | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Monologue on Machiavelli | December 7, 2009--Robert Harrison discusses Machiavelli's The Prince | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Plato - Andrea Nightingale | November 25, 2009--Andrea Nightingale and Robert Harrison discuss love and beauty in Plato's Symposium. | 11/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Borges - Hans Gumbrecht | November 23, 2009--Hans Gumbrecht and Robert Harrison discuss the life and literary legacy of Jorge Luis Borges. | 11/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blues - Byrd Hale - Part II | October 19, 2009--Byrd Hale, Blues Director of KSZU 90.1 Stanford radio, continues the second portion of his conversation with Robert Harrison on various aspects of the blues, including its origins, prevalent themes, and major protagonists. | 10/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blues - Byrd Hale - Part I | October 19, 2009--Byrd Hale, Blues Director of KSZU 90.1 Stanford radio, joins Robert Harrison to discuss various aspects of the blues, including its origins, prevalent themes, and major protagonists in this first hour of a two-part conversation. | 10/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tennis - Dick Gould | October 6, 2009--The legendary, former Stanford tennis coach Dick Gould joins Robert Harrison to discuss the art, strategy and philosophy of the game. | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unabomber - Jean-Marie Apostolidès | September 29, 2009--Stanford Professor of French Jean-Marie Apostolidès discusses the ideas and the case of Ted Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber. | 9/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Jimi Hendrix Solo Show | June 20, 2009--In the concluding show for the spring, 2009 season, Robert Harrison speaks about the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. | 6/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Byzantine Culture Pt 2 - Panagiotis Agapitos | June 2, 2009--The second part of a two hour conversation with Panagiotis Agapitos, Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Cyprus, about the history, literature and culture of Byzantium. A long discussion of contemporary crime fiction as well. | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Byzantine Culture Pt 1 - Panagiotis Agapitos | June 2, 2009--The first part of a two hour conversation with Panagiotis Agapitos, Professor of Byzantine Studies at the University of Cyprus, about the history, literature and culture of Byzantium. | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Emily Dickinson - Katie Peterson | June 2, 2009--A conversation about the poetry of Emily Dickinson with poet Katie Peterson. | 6/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Friedrich Nietzsche - Andrew Mitchell | May 26, 2009--A conversation about the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche with Andrew Mitchell, professor of philosophy at Emory University. This is Andrew Mitchell's 3rd appearance on Entitled Opinions. He has spoken twice previously about Martin Heidegger. | 5/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Re-enchantment of the World - Michael Saler | May 19, 2009--A conversation about secular magic and the re-enchantment of the world between guest-host Josh Landy, professor of French at Stanford University, and Michael Saler, professor of History at UC Davis. | 5/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nuance and Brazilian Culture - Marília Librandi Rocha | May 12, 2009--A conversation with Professor Marília Librandi Rocha about nuance and Brazilian Culture | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metaphysics of Misogyny - Adrian Daub | May 5, 2009--A conversation with Professor Adrian Daub about the metaphysics of misogyny in the German philosophical tradition | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Romanticism and Organic Form - Denise Gigante | April 28, 2009--A conversation with Professor Denise Gigante about romanticism and organic form, which is the subject of her new book, Life: Organic Form and Romanticism (Yale UP, 2009) | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beethoven Pt 2 - Stephen Hinton | April 21, 2009--The second hour of a two part conversation with Professor Stephen Hinton about the life, music, and myth of Ludwig van Beethoven | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beethoven Pt 1 - Stephen Hinton | April 21, 2009--The first hour of a two part conversation with Professor Stephen Hinton about the life, music, and myth of Ludwig van Beethoven | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Existentialism of Sartre - Lanier Anderson | April 14, 2009--A conversation with Professor Lanier Anderson about the Existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre | 4/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Heart of Darkness - Robert Harrison | December 15, 2008--The fall season wraps up with Robert Harrison's concluding thoughts on Conrad's Heart of Darkness | 12/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Réflexions sur l'Internet - Michel Serres | December 9, 2008--A conversation with French philosopher Michel Serres about the internet (conducted in French) | 12/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Jesuit Order - Matt Farley | December 2, 2008--A conversation with Matt Farley S.J. about the Jesuit Order and various matters related to Christian faith in our times | 12/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Human Rights - Helen Stacy | November 25, 2008--A conversation with Professor of Law Helen Stacy about human rights in the 21st century | 11/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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WWII and the Blitz - Peter Stansky | November 18, 2008--A conversation with Historian Peter Stansky about World War II and the first day of the London Blitz | 11/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future of the Internet - Vinton Cerf | November 11, 2008--A conversation with Vinton Cerf, Vice President and "Chief Internet Evangelist" at Google about the future of the internet and Google | 11/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Language and Thought - Lera Boroditsky | November 4, 2008--Guest host Joshua Landy, Professor of French at Stanford University, speaks with Lera Boroditsky, Professor of Psychology about language and thought. | 11/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Medical Vocation - Dr. Abraham Verghese | October 28, 2008--A conversation with physician and author Abraham Verghese about internal medicine, the sociology of infectious diseases, the rehumanization of the doctor-patient relationship, and Dr. Verghese's literary career | 10/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Heart - Heather Webb and Connie Solari | October 21, 2008--A conversation with Italianist Heather Webb and educator Connie Solari about the physiology, theology, and poetics of the medieval heart, as well as the career of French Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, the 19th century founder of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and their international network of schools | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Persian literature - Dick Davis | October 14, 2008--A conversation with scholar Dick Davis about the history, culture, and poetry of ancient and medieval Persia | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Philosophy of Moods - Sepp Gumbrecht | October 7, 2008--A conversation with scholar Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht about the philosophy of moods | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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W.H. Auden - Nicholas Jenkins | September 30, 2008--A conversation with literary historian Nicholas Jenkins about the life and work of poet W.H. Auden | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Intellectual History - Paul Robinson | September 24, 2008--A conversation with Paul Robinson about the field of intellectual history, Freud, opera, and gay autobiography | 9/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Erwin Schrödinger - Robert Harrison | April 10, 2008--Erwin Schrödinger on Mind and Matter: A Coda by Robert Harrison | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Boccaccio - Robert Harrison | April 1, 2008--A monologue by Robert Harrison about Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron | 4/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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W.B. Yeats - Marjorie Perloff | March 25, 2008--A conversation with Marjorie Perloff about the Irish poet W.B. Yeats | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert Service - Giovanni Tempesta | March 18, 2008--A conversation with Giovanni Tempesta about his translations of the Poet Robert Service | 3/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jane Austen - Blakey Vermeule | March 11, 2008--A conversation with professor Blakey Vermeule about the works of Jane Austen | 3/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Poetry of AR Ammons - Laura Wittman | February 26, 2008--A conversation with professor Laura Wittman about the poetry of AR Ammons | 2/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vocation of the Humanities - Hayden White | February 19, 2008--A conversation with historian and literary theorist Hayden White about the vocation of the humanities | 2/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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History of Psychiatry - Dr. Stewart Agras | February 12, 2008--A conversation with Dr. Stewart Agras about the history of pyschiatry, behavioral therapy, and eating disorders | 2/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Origins of Agriculture Pt 2 - Michael Shanks | February 5, 2008--The conclusion of a two part conversation with archaeologist Michael Shanks about the origins of agriculture | 2/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Origins of Agriculture Pt 1 - Michael Shanks | February 5, 2008--The first of a two part conversation with archaeologist Michael Shanks about the origins of agriculture | 2/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pamuk and Modern Turkey - Aron Rodrigue | January 29, 2008--A conversation with historian Aron Rodrigue about the place of Orhan Pamuk in Turkish literature, and the Ottoman past of modern Turkey | 1/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Novelist Orhan Pamuk | January 22, 2008--A discussion with 2006 Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk about his work and modern Turkey. | 1/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Religion and Violence - Philippe Buc | January 15, 2008--A discussion with historian Philippe Buc on the topic of religion and violence. | 1/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante Pt. 3 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff | April 17, 2007 | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante Pt. 2 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff | April 17, 2007 | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante Pt. 1 - A Conversation with Rachel Jacoff | April 10, 2007 | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Earthly Paradise - An Epilogue | June 20, 2006 | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Vladamir Nabokov - A conversation with Monika Greenleaf | December 13, 2005. Listen to Stanford Professor Monika Greenleaf speak about Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Albert Camus - A conversation with Jean-Marie Apostolidès | December 06, 2005. Listen to Stanford Professor Jean-Marie Apostolidès speak about the literary career of Albert Camus and his most famous novel, The Stranger. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Crowds - A conversation with Jeffrey Schnapp | November 28, 2005. Listen to Stanford Professor Jeffrey Schnapp speak about crowds from the ancient world to the fall of the Berlin Wall. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Rorty - A conversation | November 22, 2005. Listen to American philosopher Richard Rorty speak about his career and the current state of philosophy in America. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ezra Pound - A conversation with Marjorie Perloff | Nov. 15, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Emerita Marjorie Perloff speak about the poetry and politics of Ezra Pound. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Epicureanism - A conversation with Andrea Nightingale | November 8, 2005. Listen to Stanford Classics Professor Andrea Nightingale speak about Epicureanism throughout the ages. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life - Part 1 of a conversation with Dr. Michael Hendrickson | May 16, 2006. Listen to Stanford Medical School Professor and Doctor Michael Hendrickson address the question "What is Life?". | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Avantgarde - A conversation with Marjorie Perloff | May 9, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Emerita Marjorie Perloff speak about the European Avantgarde. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The US Constitution - A conversation with Kathleen Sullivan | May 2, 2006. Listen to Stanford Law Professor Kathleen Sullivan speak about the founding scriptures of the United States of America. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Concluding Opinions | June 13, 2006. Listen to Robert Harrison conclude Entitled Opinions' first year on the radio with a few reflections on birds. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Virgil - A conversation with Susanna Braund | October 25, 2005. Listen to Stanford Classics Professor Susanna Braund speak about the poetry of Virgil. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marcel Proust - A conversation with Joshua Landy | November 1, 2005. Listen to Stanford French Professor Joshua Landy speak about the vocation of literature and Marcel Proust's 4000 page novel, A la recherche du temps perdu. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Fate of the Earth - A conversation with Paul Ehrlich | February 21, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Paul Ehrlich speak about evolution, ecology, population, and consumption. How humans have changed the face of the Earth. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henry James - A conversation with Colm Toibin | June 06, 2006. Listen to Irish novelist Colm Toibin speak about Henry James, the main character of his acclaimed novel, The Master. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Isaac Babel - A conversation with Gregory Freidin | February 14, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Gregory Freidin speak about Isaac Babel and the fate of literature in the Soviet Union. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Martin Heidegger - A conversation with Andrew Mitchell | October 18, 2005. Listen to Stanford IHUM Fellow speak about the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Francophonie - A conversation with Elisabeth Boyi | October 11, 2005. Listen to Professor Elisabeth Boyi speak about African and Caribbean authors who write in French, with special focus on the Martinican poet Aimé Césaire. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cancer - Part 2 of a conversation with Dr. Michael Hendrickson | May 16, 2006. Listen to Stanford Medical School Professor and Doctor Michael Hendrickson speak about Cancer as a disorder of life. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Man Without Qualities - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht | February 07, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht speak about the literary and philosophical aspects of Robert Musil's novel "The Man Without Qualities" | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Historical Jesus - A conversation with Thomas Sheehan | January 31, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Thomas Sheehan speak about the historicity of Jesus. Who was he? What do we really know? | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henry David Thoreau - A conversation with Kathryn Todd | January 24, 2006. Listen to Stanford graduate student and KZSU Program Director speak about Henry David Thoreau. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmology - A conversation with Andrei Linde | January 17, 2006. Listen to Cosmologist Andrei Linde speak about the theory of the inflationary universe. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shirley Hazzard - A conversation | January 10, 2006. Listen to Novelist Shirley Hazzard speak about her life and works. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Anti-Americanism - A conversation with Russell Berman | April 25, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Russell Berman speak about the historical and cultural causes of anti-Americanism. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mimetic Desire - A conversation with René Girard | September 17, 2005. Listen to Professor Girard speak about his theory of mimetic desire in relation to authors like Shakespeare and Cervantes. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Virgin Mary - A conversation with Bissera Pentcheva | May 23, 2006. Listen to Stanford Art History Professor Bissera Pentcheva speak about the figure of the Virgin Mary in the early eastern and western churches. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Resurrection pt 2 - A conversation with Tom Sheehan | April 18, 2006. Part 2 of a conversation with Tom Sheehan on the Christ's resurrection. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Corporations - A conversation with Drew Gibson | May 30, 2006. Listen to Silicon Valley businessman Drew Gibson speak about the state of American corporations and the philosophy that governs them. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michel Tournier - A conversation with Laura Wittman | September 14, 2005. This week we are talking about the modern French novel with Stanford Professor Laura Wittman. We will spend most of the time speaking about Michel Tournier's novel Friday | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Resurrection pt 1 - A conversation with Tom Sheehan | April 18, 2006. Part 1 of a conversation with Tom Sheehan on the Christ's resurrection. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Americans in Paris - A conversation with Cécile Alduy | April 11, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Cécile Alduy speak about the long tradition of American writers in Paris, from Gertrude Stein to the beats. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The History of the Book - A conversation with Seth Lerer | April 4, 2006. Listen to Stanford Professor Seth Lerer speak about the history and culture of the book. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Love Poetry - A conversation with Lisa Dornell | March 14, 2006. Listen to KZSU DJ Lisa Dornell (aka "Decca") and Robert Harrison speak about and read love poetry from across the centuries. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michel Serres - A conversation (in French) | December 13, 2005. Listen to French Philosopher Michel Serres speak about his career and thought. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Scapegoat - A conversation with René Girard | October 4, 2005. Listen to Professor Girard speak about his theory of ritual sacrifice and the scapegoat in relation to myth and religion from the Old Testament to Ancient Greek Tragedy to Nietzsche. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Enlightenment - A conversation with Dan Edelstein | September 28, 2005. This week we talk about the French Enlightenment with Professor Dan Edelstein. The discussion includes the relationship between the Enlightenment and Totalitarianism. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Athletic Beauty - A conversation with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht | September 17, 2005. This week we talk about sports and athletic beauty with Professor Gumbrecht, whose new book "In praise of athletic beauty" just appeared in Germany. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Enlightenment - A conversation with Pierre Saint-Amand | May 22, 2007--A conversation with Brown University Professor Pierre Saint-Amand on the dark side of the French Enlightenment. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hannah Arendt pt. 2 - A conversation with Karen Feldman | May 15, 2007--A continuation of the conversation with Professor Karen Feldman of Berkeley on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hannah Arendt pt. 1 - A conversation with Karen Feldman | May 15, 2007--A conversation with Professor Karen Feldman of Berkeley on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tom Thomson in Purgatory - A conversation with Troy Jollimore | May 8, 2007--A conversation with Poet and Professor of Philosophy Troy Jollimore on his award winning book of poetry. Tom Thomson in Purgatory won the 2007 Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ancient Athenian Democracy - A conversation with Josiah Ober | May 1, 2007--A conversation with Stanford Professor Josiah Ober about democracy in ancient Athens. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Higher Education - A conversation with John Hennessy | April 24, 2007--A conversation with Stanford President John Hennessy about the vocation of higher education, the role of the Humanities at Stanford, and the general mission of Stanford University. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1910 - A conversation with Thomas Harrison | March 07, 2006. Listen to Professor Thomas Harrison of UCLA speak about the culture of expressionism in pre-WWI Europe. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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American Cemeteries - A conversation with Marilyn Yalom | February 28, 2006. Listen to Stanford Senior Scholar Marilyn Yalom speak about the cemeteries of America, including the cemeteries of New Orleans and what happened to them in the wake of Katrina,. | 11/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dante and Prufrock - A Coda | June 19, 2007--A monologue by Robert Harrison on T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and its connections with Dante's "Inferno." | 6/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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End of the Year Wrap-up | June 19, 2007--A monologue by Robert Harrison with concluding thoughts about issues from shows of the last three months. | 6/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Poetry and Thinking - A conversation with Andrew Mitchell | June 12, 2007--A conversation with Andrew Mitchell about poetry and thinking in the later work of Martin Heidegger. | 6/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kurt Weill Pt 2 - A conversation with Stephen Hinton | June 5, 2007--Part 2 of a conversation with Stephen Hinton on Kurt Weill and 20th-century music. | 6/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kurt Weill Pt 1 - A conversation with Stephen Hinton | June 5, 2007--Part 1 of a conversation with Stephen Hinton on Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, and the Weimar Republic. | 6/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Freud & Psychoanalysis Pt 2 - A conversation with Charitini Douvaldzi | May 29, 2007--Part 2 of a conversation with Stanford Professor Charitini Douvaldzi about what is dead and what is alive in psychoanalysis. | 5/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Freud & Psychoanalysis Pt 1 - A conversation with Charitini Douvaldzi | May 29, 2007--Part 1 of a conversation with Stanford Professor Charitini Douvaldzi about what is dead and what is alive in psychoanalysis. | 5/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 144 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
If there is another podcast like this one, sign me up for that one too!
There is no shortage of brilliant, dazzling thinkers in our time, but if you look at our society and our media, it really seems like there is a diminshed appreciation for them. I'm too young to remember it, but I've heard there was a time when deep conversation from qualified individuals was even occasionally tolerated on television. If you wonder where this spirit has retreated to, you have found its refuge.
Most episodes consist of an extended conversation on a stated topic (usually literary or philosophical) between a single guest and the host, Robert Harrison. Guests range from graduate students to eminent thinkers. Regardless of the guest, Harrison is their worthy companion in conversation. He seems to have an astonishing capacity to immediately formulate complex ideas and feelings into clear speech. The conversations are far from surface introductions for uninitiated listeners: the best episodes have a way of showing how the ideas discussed are timeless and alive so that at the end when you shut off your iPod you feel, at least for a while, that you have been altered by coming into contact with them.
OK, so there are some clunker episodes. Just like any conversation you might have with your smartest friends, occasionally the topic will be hokey or the discussion will bog down in a pretentious morass, but if that happens, just skip on to the next episode. I do reccomend giving every episode at least a shot. Some of the episodes I've enjoyed the most were ones I didn't initially think I would like. The contrary is also true ... so you just never know.
The show's title derives from its premise that opinions are earned through serious study and reflection. Tune in to broaden and enrich your own opinions.
So Great!
What a great variety of thinkers and subjects! Brining academia to the masses in a totally non-pretentious way.
Incomparably brilliant
More of conversations than interviews. Dr. Harrison is insightful in the way he leads and engages. After listening to the opening music many times I find it annoying. It is the sound equivalent to Chinese water torture.
