Why Proust Is Essential Reading for Your Quarantine
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Proust scholar Caroline Weber told us why In Search of Lost Time still makes for essential quarantine reading.
June 3, 2020
Translating The Plague During a Plague
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We spoke with Laura Marris, the translator of a new version of Albert Camus’ seminal novel The Plague, about translating this classic during a pandemic.
May 26, 2020
Tom Holland on Thucydides and the plague at Athens
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Our latest episode features Tom Holland on a plague that changed the course of ancient history, Thucydides, and what we can learn from the Greeks.
April 15, 2020
The Octavian 2019 Holiday Book List
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We are pleased to announce the Octavian 2019 holiday book List. The list makes great year-end reading wherever you may be — and great gifts, if you are still looking.
December 10, 2019
The Storyteller
An Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa
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The Nobel Prize-winning novelist spoke with us about how the erosion of culture means the erosion of political liberty.
Vol 5, Summer 2019 / July 11, 2019
Pure Nonsense
An Interview with Brian Jay Jones
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What made Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss? His biographer Brian Jay Jones explains how hard work, creativity, and respect for kids changed Ted Geisel into an icon.
Vol 5, Summer 2019 / July 11, 2019
Green-Eyed Monster
An Interview with Harold Bloom
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America's most eminent literary critic explains Iago, Othello, and the nature of their tragedy.
Vol 5, No 2 / April 16, 2019
Elliot Ackerman on Waiting for Eden
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For this week's podcast, we spoke with the National Book Award finalist about his new novel, war, marriage, and everything in between.
October 16, 2018
Middle of the Journey
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The Divine Comedy changed the course of culture. Bestselling author of The Dante Chamber Matthew Pearl explains why.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
Deep Waters
An Interview with Nathaniel Philbrick
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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Seas and Why Read Moby Dick? spoke to us about why the book is so important and what it can teach us.
Vol 4, No 3 / July 3, 2018
