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Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast

An ex-professor continues the search for wisdom in literature, philosophy... and parenting. Try to avoid Mammon and Moloch along the way because this show affirms Jesus Christ! More reactionary than progressive, but trying to stay optimistic. Look for new episodes at least once a week.

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29:27

Episode 70.4: Blithedale, Concluded

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/07/16

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37:46

Episode 70.3: Blithedale Seminar, cont'd

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/06/02

More of the same, for die-hard fans only. Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance. Part 3. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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37:26

Episode 70.2: Hawthorne's "The Blithedale Romance"...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/06/02

Part 2 in the video series on Hawthorne's 1852 book, "The Blithedale Romance"Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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37:04

Episode 70: Utopia & the Passions in Hawthorne's "The...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/28

In this introductory episode, hear about Brook Farm and 19th century socialism in America, the influence of Fourier, and the necessity of skepticism and doubt. "The Blithedale Romance" was published in 1854, about 12 years after Hawthorne lived for a time at Brook Farm with a bunch of unitarians who wanted to reform the world. In the long run, he wasn't buying it. Part 1 in a series. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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44:08

Episode 69: Suffering, Wisdom, & Buddha's Diamond Sutra

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/28

In this eclectic episode, hear about Montaigne's approach to essay-writing, my own health difficulties, and Buddha's teachings -- plus, a general review of the channel and a discussion of what sorts of directions we might pursue in the future. There's a little bit of everything here.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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45:01

Episode 68: The Dark Lady & The Red Pill in Herman...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/20

In this high-verbal IQ episode, hear a reasonable attempt at summarizing Melville's very dense follow-up novel to Moby-Dick, "Pierre, or, The Ambiguities." What happens when mom wants you to like Reese Witherspoon but you fall for Helena Bonham Carter instead -- and then discover she's your half-sister? You move to New York City and try to become a great Truth-Telling writer, of course! But seriously, epistemological uncertainty can be a real drag, but it might also be how things really are -- and

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42:55

Episode 67: Intro to Walt Whitman's Thinking & Writing

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/16

Continuing in the thread of 19th century liberals and why we love them, this episode considers "Song of Myself" and a couple of shorter poems by Whitman. Is he a very modern, post-Christian, sexually-depraved degenerate? Probably yes to all those. Do we still love his poetry?--yes!--even though it doesn't rhyme?--still, I think yes! There's never been a more anti-nationalist writer than Whitman, unless you count Anacharsis Cloots, but at the same time, Whitman is the most American-American ever..

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39:29

Episode 66: Zarathustra is a Liberal

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/16

Nietzsche's ubermensch, eternal recurrence, anti-Christianism. Enjoy the analysis and commentary on "Thus Spake Zarathustra." Plus, honoring Jerry Rubin! This episode gives you all the content you want in a way that will make some of you (the ones who don't know what they're talking about) mad. Seriously, Nietzsche is not a conservative.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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36:19

Episode 65: Reactionary Self-Culture in Huysmans'...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/11

In this Francophilic video, enjoy lots of pretty pictures and some sympathetic talk about Huysmans' 1884 cult classic, "Against Nature," which is also translated as "Against the Grain." The idea of this book is that the French Decadent period was sort of the end of an age. Ennui was dominating French intellectuals and the opium dens and brothels were lining the streets of Paris. Some visionaries like Baudelaire and Rimbaud challenged the optimistic narrative of Progress and secularism. Some became

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44:34

Episode 64: The Moral Teaching of Shakespeare's King...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/05/06

In this misleadingly titled video, hear a reasonable attempt at summarizing one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, as well as some thoughts about its meaning and dominant themes. See some famous paintings of the play, and hear something about how Shakespeare changed English drama, as well as how he influenced later writers like Herman Melville. Pull your tights up, gentlemen!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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36:34

Episode 63: Kafka, Work, and the Bug Man

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/04/29

In this based episode, see a couple of interesting short clips, hear some stuff about Franz Kafka & his story, "The Metamorphosis," and learn about the Art of Dark podcast. We should talk more about what we mean by "Based," but we'll save that for the secret streams. Themes of alienation and disorientation. The highly modernist setting. A dash of German and a dash of Jewishness. I mean, this episode really has it all. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Godward

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38:12

Episode 62: Human Thinking Before Language -- Cormac...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/04/21

In this ineffable video, ironically, not as many visuals -- just some talking about language and thought after re-reading Cormac McCarthy's "Kekule Problem" essay... here's a link to the original essay:https://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-kekul-problemI've always found this to be a stimulating locus for meditation -- the origin of language, what it has to do with the self, and being human, etc. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee:

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40:48

Episode 61: Eusebius on Early Christian History

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/04/14

In this positively-perspectival episode, learn about what happened after the Gospels and after the Book of Acts, both in Jerusalem and in places like Ephesus and Athens and Rome and Alexandria. Eusebius's church history is an attempt to narrate a people into existence -- he refers more than once to "the Christian race," and he definitely sees the destruction of Jerusalem as the fulfillment of prophecy. He cites Josephus and Philo, as well as a letter said to be written by Jesus Christ himself

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34:23

Episode 60: Milton on Sin and Human Nature

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/04/08

In this very English video, hear a bit of background and statistics on Milton's famous poem, "Paradise Lost." See some video footage of North Carolina in Spring. Hear about what's so wrong with communism, and why Psychology is only helpful if it builds upon a proper understanding of the essential nature of mankind. Blank verse is a slog, but if you love iambs, you'll enjoy this episode!Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GodwardOdysee:

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Episode 59: Toward a Standard Model of the...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/04/05

In this abstract episode, consider a few specific examples taken from literary classics -- as well as a couple from modern books & movies -- in order to answer the question of whether there are limits to interpretation that are "built into" the narratives we enjoy. What ramifications do these proposed limits of interpretation have on our own sense of moral duties, heroism, virtue, and human psychology? If we consider our own lives as a story, does it help us to make good moral judgments, or was

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39:57

Episode 58: Flannery O'Connor on Christianity and...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/03/31

In this atonal episode, hear almost nothing about Milledgeville and very little about Lupus, but hear a pretty good complete reading of a fragment of an uncompleted novel based on a line from Psalm 2 by Flannery O'Connor -- who wrote the fragment, which has been published as a story titled "Why the Heathen Rage" (not Psalm 2, of course). In a way that's hard for Protestants to understand, thinking about violence and interesting unexpected-but-inevitable endings in relation to Christianity all made

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32:11

Episode 57: Meister Eckhart on How to Become God (!)

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/03/29

In this mystical episode, learn a bit about German theologian Meister Eckhart and hear from his sermon, "Blessed are the Poor." We're talking exoteric and esoteric, outward and inward -- the god beyond all concepts of "God." The church wasn't exactly comfortable with him 700 years ago and some people still aren't. Enjoy! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=trueOdysee: https://odysee.com/@Godward:5?r=FFgMAmWyyzJ2b8HrstejXYp7UaTdV9ep

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38:25

Episode 56: Borges on Memory and the Imagination

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/03/26

In this very plausible episode, learn to appreciate the way that the intricate, realistic, and even mundane details of a typical Borges story -- in this case, "Funes, El Memorioso" -- create a catalyst to imagination that can free you from your stuck-in-a-rut basic concerns about politics and orthodoxy and everything else that's predictable. Put your sails up to full mast and let's go somewhere! We're not staying in the ghetto, gang. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=trueOdysee:

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39:15

Episode 55: The American Critique of Capitalism in...

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/03/24

In this scattershot episode, we discuss the incentives and pressures that exist in modern, post-revolutionary capitalist society. We trash Milton Friedman a little bit and bolster some new stuff by David Graeber and some older stuff by Thoreau & Melville -- plus, hear from Wendell Berry & Leo Marx. We can reason about macroeconomics, but it's more difficult when (or: "if") we take into account the moods and emotions and yes, preferences, of the individual children of god that macroeconomists refer

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43:49

Episode 54: Lyricism & Analogical Thinking

Godward: A Lit-Wisdom Podcast ·

2021/03/21

In this experimental video, just get into the trance, learn to think like an iris flower, see some inverted video and hear more from Aarvoll & Dogen & Dionysus. There's also a bunch of paintings and pictures of early Spring. And what's with Moses covering his face?

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