Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)
Summary: Entitled Opinions is a literary talk show on Stanford University Radio, KZSU, in which Professor Robert Harrison interviews guests about issues that range from literature and philosophy to politics and sports.
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Podcasts:
February 28, 2006. Listen to Stanford Senior Scholar Marilyn Yalom speak about the cemeteries of America, including the cemeteries of New Orleans and what happened to them in the wake of Katrina,.
July 30, 2020-- Before Entitled Opinions goes on hiatus, Robert Harrison wanted to share a few brief thoughts with you on time, death, and cosmos.
July 8, 2020-- A monologue on human solarity.
June 26, 2020-- In this monologue professor Robert Harrison discusses the prescient dimensions of literature.
June 5, 2020-- Robert Harrison discusses cultural memory and the enigma of beginnings, with special reference to Dylan Thomas' play "Under Milk Wood".
May 18, 2020-- Entitled Opinions Happy Hour Bar offers up some lyrics of Jethro Tull.
May 8, 2020-- Robert Harrison discusses with Christopher Lydon social media, biotechnology, and René Girard's theory of mimetic desire.
April 24, 2020-- Professor Watkin, a Senior Lecturer in French Studies at Monash University, discusses French philosopher Michel Serres with Robert Harrison.
April 17, 2020-- Entitled Opinions Happy Hour Bar offers up some lyrics of Jimi Hendrix.
April 10, 2020-- Robert Harrison's follow-up to the podcast "Pandemic, Dread, and Boccaccio's Decameron".
April 8, 2020-- Robert Harrison reflects on the ways in which the present Coronavirus pandemic gives new resonance to Boccaccio’s Decameron, written in the immediate aftermath of the Black Death of 1348.
June 21, 2019-- In this episode, professor Harrison reflects on the symbolism of willows and their connection to thresholds.
June 11, 2019-- In this episode Pau Guinart discusses the work of the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. Pau recently completed a dissertation project on the relation between Dalí and Friedrich Nietzsche.
June 4, 2019-- In this episode professor Marisa Galvez discusses her transhistorical study of crystal.
May 28, 2019-- In this episode filmmaker and author Werner Herzog discusses his remarkable book Of Walking in Ice, first published in 1978. The audio in this show is a recording of a live event that took place at Stanford University on May 7, 2019.
