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:
May 14, 2014--A conversation with Karol Berger, Stanford professor of Music, on the life and work of German composer Richard Wagner (part one of two).
May 14, 2014--A conversation with Karol Berger, Stanford professor of Music, on the life and work of German composer Richard Wagner (part two of two).
May 7, 2014--A conversation with Mark McGurl, professor of American literature at Stanford, on the rise of fiction-writing programs and their effect on postwar literature.
April 30, 2014--A conversation with David Lummus, professor of Italian literature at Stanford, about the enduring legacy of Greek mythology.
April 23, 2014--A conversation with Richard Kearney, professor of philosophy at Boston College, about anatheism and the notion of "god after god".
April 16, 2014--A conversation with Grisha Freidin, professor of Slavic literature at Stanford, about Leo Tolstoy and Anna Karenina.
April 9, 2014--A conversation with Sarah Churchwell, professor of American literature at the University of East Anglia, about F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby.
March 27, 2014--A monologue by Robert Harrison on the phenomenon of age and the peculiar question, "How old are we?".
August 9, 2013--A monologue by Robert Harrison on "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and its connections with Dante's Inferno.
August 9, 2013--Robert Harrison discusses cosmology and inflationary theory with Stanford physicist Andrei Linde.
July 3, 2013--Robert Harrison discusses Walter Benjamin and his "Artwork" essay with Karen Feldman, Berkeley professor of German.
June 26, 2013--Robert Harrison discusses the French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil with Stanford lecturer Inga Pierson.
June 12, 2013--Robert Harrison discusses the life and work of David Foster Wallace with Stanford Comp Lit PhD Michael Hoyer.
June 5, 2013--Robert Harrison discusses troubadour poetry with Stanford professor of French literature Marisa Galvez.
May 29, 2013--A re-broadcast of Robert Harrison's monologue on the music of The Doors, dedicated to Ray Manzarek after his recent passing.
