A Podcast of the Artist

Stjepan Harris
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What’s the true cost of great art? Faustian pacts with the devil are exciting, sure, but the grim reality of human degredation, pain and suffering is the source for so much of what we treasure today as the greatest books of all time. Join us as we explore the broken authors that wrote our favourite novels. Murder, mental illness, neglect, alcohol and drug abuse all wait within so tread carefully!

Episodes

  1. 09/17/2025

    Ernest Hemingway

    The line between madness and genius is a thin one, and Ernest Hemingway would often stuble over this line with a drink in one hand and a bag of emotional damage in the other. However, fighter that he was, Ernest would battle againt the nature of his upbringing to be the leading light of his generation, and usher in a completely unique style that influences many writers even today.

    37 min

  2. 04/28/2025

    Virginia Woolf

    From humble-ish middle class beginnings, Virginia Woolf left a legacy so bright she commands our respect As one of the greatest writers of the the 20th Century. Yet it's the mental demons that not only took her from us far too soon, but also helped to shape her and make her talent shine all the more brighter.

    45 min

  3. 04/05/2025

    Lord Byron

    As the greatest poet of his age Lord Byron held the world in thrall with his art, but it was his personal life that truly made him the legend he is today... for better or worse (definitely worse!). Like an oldern day Russell Brand only with more talent, hear all about the man who wrote some of the greatest poetry ever whilst being exiled from his home country for too much shagging.

    33 min

  4. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Niccolo Machiavelli

    Niccolo Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat and author who wrote the worlds most famous and contentious political treatise, The Prince. What many might not know about his legacy is that this most provocative of all novels was written under the duress of torture. Great art comes from great suffering, join us to find out more.

    7 min

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What’s the true cost of great art? Faustian pacts with the devil are exciting, sure, but the grim reality of human degredation, pain and suffering is the source for so much of what we treasure today as the greatest books of all time. Join us as we explore the broken authors that wrote our favourite novels. Murder, mental illness, neglect, alcohol and drug abuse all wait within so tread carefully!

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  • Creator
    Stjepan Harris
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  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
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