Animal Farm Episode #4 - The conclusion of Orwell's satirical expose on the true nature of totalitarianism! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit podcast. Today we will wrap up our discussion of George Orwell’s timeless warning against totalitarianism through the novella Animal Farm. In Week One, we met Orwell and looked at his life and how his ideas were formulated over a lifetime lived split between the continent of Europe and the countries of India and...
Feb 23, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 451
Animal Farm - Episode #3 - Propaganda - the art of creating alternative reality - and dictatorships! Script 3- Animal Farm HI, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We are on episode 3 of Orwell’s classic fairy story- in quotations- or allegorical novella Animal Farm. And although the book is extremely short, it is compact and full of political satire. On week one, we spent most of the episode looking at Orwell’s life, his perspective of the world and h...
Feb 16, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 452
Animal Farm - Episode #2 - Meet the characters of Animal Farm and dive into lots of political allegory! Hi, this is Christy Shriver. This is Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is the second episode in the series where we look at George Orwell and his political ideology through the classic and beloved novella and allegory Animal Farm. Last week, we discussed the life and times of Orwell himself, and we looked, albeit very briefly at the first couple of chapters of the bo...
Feb 09, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 453
Animal Farm - Episode #1 - Meet George Orwell and the array of world forces that produced this classic work! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we start another political tale- this time instead of a play written two-thousand years, ago, we will discuss a novel, well officially it’s a novel, but its author called it a fairy-tale, albeit without the prince charming, beautiful princess and the happily ever after ending. I’m not sure how i...
Feb 02, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 454
Julius Caesar - Episode #5 - The ghost, the battle, the conclusion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2020•40 min•Ep. 41
Julius Caesar Episode #4 - How to commit murder while claiming to be noble! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 19, 2020•37 min•Ep. 40
Julius Caesar Episode #3 - The coup, the fatal flaws of Brutus and the point of no return! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2020•36 min•Ep. 39
Julius Caesar - Episode #2 - "Delusions of grandeur - do they bring destruction?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 05, 2020•44 min•Ep. 38
Julius Caesar - Episode #1 - Meet Shakespeare and Caesar - All In The Same Episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 29, 2019•45 min•Ep. 37
The Alchemist Poetry Supplement - Chilean Poet Pablo Neruda! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 10, 2019•43 min•Ep. 30
The conclusion and summary of Steinbeck's classic work! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2019•41 min•Ep. 24
Archetypes, foreshadowing and literary analogies abound in this episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 22, 2019•55 min•Ep. 23
Meet the main characters of the book in episode 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 15, 2019•53 min•Ep. 22
In this episode we introduce Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author John Steinbeck and his classic novel Of Mice And Men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 08, 2019•43 min
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Sep 01, 2019•50 min•Ep. 21
The shocking conclusion of Lord Of The Flies! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 25, 2019•46 min•Ep. 20
The discovery of the beast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 18, 2019•50 min•Ep. 19
Paradise, the pig and the beast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2019•43 min•Ep. 18
Introduction to William Golding's classic work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 04, 2019•33 min•Ep. 17
The poetry of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 28, 2019•37 min•Ep. 14
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Jul 21, 2019•47 min•Ep. 14
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Jul 14, 2019•39 min•Ep. 13
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Jul 07, 2019•54 min•Ep. 12
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Jun 30, 2019•33 min•Ep. 11
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Jun 23, 2019•40 min•Ep. 10
The big finale and resolution of Fahrenheit 451! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 16, 2019•49 min•Ep. 9
Montag is on the run, the mechanical hound is on the hunt, the world is at war. You know, just another average day! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 09, 2019•57 min•Ep. 8
Exploring the plot, the satire, the characters and thematic ideas of chapter 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 02, 2019•37 min
We introduce Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury and the relevent history of his times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2019•39 min•Ep. 6
The final revelations and conclusion of the Scarlet Letter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19, 2019•46 min•Ep. 5
