Dystopian Novel Series Part I – We by Yevgeny Zamyatin | Episode 034

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Beginning with praise, transitioning to criticism and ultimately reaching a state of forgiveness, the panel embarks upon its ongoing Dystopian Novel Series with the granddaddy of the dystopian novel, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. (Coincidentally recorded on the podcast’s one year anniversary)....

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Tolstoy at the Movies – The Last Station (2009 Film) | Episode 025

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The Last Station is essentially concerned with the sunset chapter of Leo Tolstoy’s life (with far less drinking than witnessed in “Last Call” – a film about Fitzgerald’s final years). Decades after writing his masterworks, Tolstoy struggles with the prospect of leaving the copyright of...

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Sam on Bulgakov – The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov | Episode 006

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Sam fields questions regarding one of his favorite novels, The Master and Margarita, a concurrent odyssey into 1930’s Soviet Russia and the city of Jerusalem as witnessed in the gospels. The host of memorable characters includes Satan, Jesus...

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