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In this podcast we discuss the European literary canon and the history, culture, philosophy, art, and science that surrounds it.

  1. 6월 5일

    Discussing "Medea" By Euripides With Evan

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball, Evan and I discuss the play "Medea," which Euripides wrote and which was first performed in 431 BC.  The cover art for this episode is the painting "Jason and Medea," which John William Waterhouse completed in 1907.

    Discussing "Medea" By Euripides With Evan

  2. 5월 15일

    Discussing "Mozart On The Way To Prague" By Eduard Mörike

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Mozart On The Way To Prague" by Eduard Mörike, which was published in 1856. Here is the final scene of Don Giovanni, Mörike's description of which we discuss at around 28:32  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioc9shJa_lI Here is a website of translations of Mörike's poetry: https://www.cingolani.com/Moerike_English.html

    Discussing "Mozart On The Way To Prague" By Eduard Mörike

  3. 5월 9일

    Discussing Petrarch's "Scattered Rhymes"

    Send us Fan Mail In today's episode of Canonball we discuss Francis Petrarch's "Scattered Rhymes," which were written over 40 years and finalized as a collection shortly before Petrarch's death in 1374.

    Discussing Petrarch's "Scattered Rhymes"

  4. 4월 19일

    Discussing Max Planck's "Where Is Science Going?"

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Where Is Science Going?" by Max Planck, which was published in 1932.

    Discussing Max Planck's "Where Is Science Going?"

  5. 4월 4일

    Discussing "Novum Organum" By Francis Bacon

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Novum Organum," which Francis Bacon wrote and which was published in 1620.

    Discussing "Novum Organum" By Francis Bacon

  6. 3월 30일

    Discussing The Oresteia – Part III: Eumenides – By Aeschylus With Evan

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball, Evan and I discuss the play "Eumenides," which is the third part of Aeschylus' only extant trilogy "Oresteia," which premiered in 458 BC. The cover art for this episode is from a painting titled Pallas Athena that Rembrandt completed in 1657.

    Discussing The Oresteia – Part III: Eumenides – By Aeschylus With Evan

  7. 3월 6일

    How To Actually Learn Any Language

    Send us Fan Mail This is a summary of what I think is the best approach to learning a language, based on my experience mastering a foreign language as an adult.  Here you can download the software that I mentioned, Anki: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Here is a page of links to word-frequency lists for German; similar lists can be found online for many other languages:  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists/German The cover art is from the painting "Before the Audience," which Jean-Leon Gerome completed in 1881.

    How To Actually Learn Any Language

  8. 2월 28일

    Discussing "The Life Of Saint Louis" By Jean De Joinville

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Canonball we discuss "The Life Of Saint Louis," which Jean de Joinville completed in 1309.  The cover art for this episode is a painting titled Louis IX that Émile Signol completed in 1844. The other painting I mentioned is Saint Louis Mediating Between the King of England and His Barons which Georges Rouget completed in 1820 and can be found here.

    Discussing "The Life Of Saint Louis" By Jean De Joinville
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In this podcast we discuss the European literary canon and the history, culture, philosophy, art, and science that surrounds it.

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    Alex
  • 방송 연도
    2023년 - 2026년
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