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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Oct 7, 2022 · Podcast

Stalingrad p.8 by Grossman

Major themes: Labyrinth of plots but make it depressing, Defamiliarization in art, The Origin of Tomatoes

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Sep 23, 2022 · Podcast

Stalingrad p.7 by Grossman

Major themes: Tank Corps time babey, Legendary pettiness, Grossman’s Cement

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Sep 8, 2022 · Podcast

Stalingrad p.6 by Grossman

Major themes: Sponsored by water, Perspectives on Nazi-era Germany

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