8 episodes

THE JACKE WILSON SHOW takes an affectionate look at the absurdities in literature, art, philosophy, great books, poetry, current events, hard news, politics, whatever passes for civilization these days, and the human condition (that dying animal). For more about Jacke and his books, visit Jacke at jackewilson.com.

The Jacke Wilson Show Jacke Wilson

    • Arts

THE JACKE WILSON SHOW takes an affectionate look at the absurdities in literature, art, philosophy, great books, poetry, current events, hard news, politics, whatever passes for civilization these days, and the human condition (that dying animal). For more about Jacke and his books, visit Jacke at jackewilson.com.

    The Jacke Wilson Show 2.2

    The Jacke Wilson Show 2.2

    Life's Unanswerable Questions (Part 2) - Another play for Bryan Cranston and Kate Winslet, the untold story of Joseph the beleaguered father of Jesus, why we love when it hurts us, and more!

    • 32 min
    The Jacke Wilson Show 2.1

    The Jacke Wilson Show 2.1

    Episode 2.1 - Life's Unanswerable Questions (part one) - exploring the psychology and philosophy behind life's most unanswerable questions, contributed by listeners.

    • 51 min
    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.6

    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.6

    Holiday episode! Jacke surrenders to some seasonal melancholy and shares a story of his Grampa Johnnie, a Hungarian-American boy growing up in early-twentieth-century Wisconsin, where the forests were thick, the rivers were deep and fast, and life was rougher around the edges. 

    • 37 min
    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.5

    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.5

    Reading Joyce's Dubliners, an uninvited vacuum cleaner, the phenomenon of Not Knowing What To Say, tricky marriages, a call for Life's Unanswerable Questions, and a Jacke Wilson Object ("The Gift").

    • 36 min
    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.4

    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.4

    Recent successes and a WHOLE LOT of past failures - including the time Jacke shared an office with Jerry Seinfeld! Cub scout antiheroes, trying to invent a language, playing the Holiday Game, a fascination with golf spikes and men in the 70s, Christmas in Munich, the worst of the worst blog posts, more readers tell us "The Worst Thing I Ever Did," an encounter with a "real" UFO and the "real" Jerry Seinfeld (in A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #3 "The Blood Cake"). Music by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.3

    The Jacke Wilson Show 1.3

    Episode 3: "The Worst Thing I Ever Did!" (Part One) - reader confessions, Jacke's comments, a love story, and "The Coffepot," a Jacke Wilson Object about the time he threw a spelling bee.

    Credits:


    Danse Macabre Hook, Tea Roots by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #15 - The Coffepot by Jacke Wilson

    • 57 min

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