Mar 3, 2023 · Podcast

War and Peace (Book 2, Parts 4-5)

Major themes: "Uncles," Kissin’ Cousins, Elopement but it’s Kidnapping.

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Feb 17, 2023 · Podcast

War and Peace (Book 2, Part 3)

Major themes: Hottie or Nottie, Gnarled Trees, Illuminist Freemasonry

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Feb 10, 2023 · Podcast

War and Peace (Book 2, Parts 1-2)

Major themes: Child marriage, duels, battle plans

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Feb 3, 2023 · Podcast

War and Peace (Book 1, Part 3)

Major themes: The Pettiness of Great Men, Bad Fathers, Vacant Expressions

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Jan 20, 2023 · Podcast

War and Peace (Book 1, Part 2)

Major themes: Strawberry-Flavored Koumiss, Luck, Four Lads and a Cannon

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Jan 13, 2023 · Podcast

War and Peace (Book 1, Part 1)

Major themes: Big Heineken, Dangerous Neighborhoods, Felines

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Jan 6, 2023 · Podcast

Chekhov Becomes Chekhov (w/ Author Bob Blaisdell)

Major themes: Deadlines, Fake Marriages, and Watermelons

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Nov 25, 2022 · Podcast

Robert Chandler Talks Stalingrad and Translation

This week, Matt and Cameron sit down with Robert Chandler, a prolific translator of many authors including our own beloved Grossman.

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Nov 11, 2022 · Podcast

The Shot by Pushkin

Major themes: Psychological Duels, Byronic Subversions, and Cherry Pits

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Nov 4, 2022 · Podcast

The Sistine Madonna by Grossman

Major themes: Non-religious Christianity, Aesthetic anti-Sovietism, Eternal Beauty

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Oct 21, 2022 · Podcast

Stalingrad p.10 by Grossman

Major themes: Motherhood, the soldier as adolescent, the spirit of the worker at war

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Oct 21, 2022 · Podcast

Stalingrad p.9 by Grossman

Major themes: Byzantium Marxism and Postmodernism Oh My!, Political alienation, The Gros-Cast

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