82 episodes

Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is the inaugural dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.

Sacred and Profane Love Jennifer Frey

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Sacred and Profane Love is a podcast in which philosophers, theologians, and literary critics discuss some of their favorite works of literature, and how these works have shaped their own ideas about love, happiness, and meaning in human life. Host Jennifer A. Frey is the inaugural dean of the Honors College at the University of Tulsa. The podcast is generously supported by The Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and produced by Catholics for Hire.

    The Poetry of John Donne w/ Lars Engle

    The Poetry of John Donne w/ Lars Engle

    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!

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" w/ Aaron Gwyn

    Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian" w/ Aaron Gwyn

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

    • 57 min
    The Poetry of Jonathan Swift with Steve Karian

    The Poetry of Jonathan Swift with Steve Karian

    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 Poetry Foundation.

    • 56 min
    Poetry, Art, and Truth with Carl Phillips

    Poetry, Art, and Truth with Carl Phillips

    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!

    • 44 min
    Ovid's "The Art of Love" with Julia Hejduk

    Ovid's "The Art of Love" with Julia Hejduk

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

    • 47 min
    Boris Dralyuk on Nabokov’s Pnin

    Boris Dralyuk on Nabokov’s Pnin

    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.

    • 47 min

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