The Cask Of Amontillado - Edgar Allen Poe - Halloween Special! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to talk about books that have changed us and changed the world. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. If you’re listening to us for the first time or have been listening for a while, please take a second and scroll down to the bottom of your podcast app and hit the five stars- that helps us move up in the world!! And if you’re thinking, I don’t know if I want to give them five ...
Oct 24, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 416
Romeo & Juliet - Episode 5 - One Of The Worst Ways To End A Story And Become A Classic! Hi- I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to look at works that changed the world and changed us. We do hope you have enjoyed this series on Romeo and Juliet, and we ask that if you did, please give us 5 star rating. That moves us up on the algorithms- you know those spirits that control the inter-webs. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.Christy, speaking of those algorithms, of c...
Oct 17, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 417
Romeo & Juliet - Episode 4 - The Power Of Impulse And Really Bad Ideas! Romeo and Juliet Episode 4 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver- and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us. Don’t forget, if you enjoy our work, please give us a rating, a comment- both – with your podcast provider-also share an episode with a friend- that’s the only way we grow. I’m Garry Shriver- and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our fourth episode exploring the Shakespearean world of Rome...
Oct 10, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 418
Romeo & Juliet - Episode 3 - From Comedy To Tragedy! ,k Hi- I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to talk about books that changed the world and change us! Hi, I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin our third episode on Shakespeare’s iconic Romeo and Juliet. Week one, we discussed, albeit briefly- Shakespeare’s life. Then we began to explore this idea of what makes something tragic. You proposed that in a tragedy the protagonist must be noble. In a sense, he or ...
Oct 03, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 419
Romeo & Juliet - Episode 2 - The Most Iconic Lines In All Of Literature! Romeo and Juliet episode 2 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we are here to look at books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second week discussing that iconic Shakespearean classic, Romeo and Juliet. And per usual, we didn’t delve too far into the script in our first episode. Last week, we talked quite a bit about the mysterious life and dea...
Sep 26, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 420
Romeo & Juliet - Episode 1 - Meet the author you already know - William Shakespeare! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver- and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us, please look down on your phone, below where you just scrolled through the episodes and hit the five star. It really means something in podcast world. Also, please tell a podcast friend about us too. I’m Garry Shriver- this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We are here in Memphis, TN, starting up school, and teachers...
Sep 19, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 421
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #3 - The lessons on becoming an isolated insect. Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit Podcast. Thanks for being with us. If you’re enjoying our podcast please tell a friend! This is our third and final week to be discussing Kafka’s popular novella The Metamorphosis. In episode one, we looked at the author’s life, his difficult relationship with his abusive father, and the context of the turn of the century to som...
Aug 15, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 426
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #2 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver and welcome to the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our series on Franz Kafka and his great work “Metamorphosis.” And before I forget, please let me remind you, if you enjoy our work, text an episode to a friend and/or give us a five star rating on your podcast app. It’s through sharing that we grow; we hope our work is resonating and is an educational resource worth sharing. So, last we...
Aug 08, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 427
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #1 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit Podcast. We’re glad you’re listening- thank you. We hope you enjoy exploring great writing with us, and I want to remind you- if you enjoy our work please forward an episode to a friend. Obviously, it’s by sharing that we all grow and build- which, as the last series on American documents informs us- building is always the goal. Today, however, we are leaving the Americas,...
Aug 01, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 428
James Madison - The United States Constitution Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast. We have been steering away from traditional literature for the last three weeks to look at three foundational documents of American history that have been noteworthy not just for their historical importance, but also for their literary value. We started with Patrick Henry’s speech to the virginia convention with the famous phrase, Give me Liberty or Give me Deat...
Jul 18, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 430
Thomas Jefferson - The Declaration of Independence - Part 2 of the American Document Series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 11, 2020•48 min•Ep. 64
Patrick Henry-"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!" - Part 1 of the American Documents Series Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And welcome to the How to Love Lit Podcast. I’m Garry Shriver. We’re glad you’re joining us, if you enjoy our work, please consider supporting us by giving us a five star rating on your podcast ap, such as apple. Also, consider texting your favorite episode to a friend. That’s how we grow. Today, we begin a three part series where we explore three historical documents that have fa...
Jul 04, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 432
Thornton Wilder - The Bridge Of San Luis Rey - "Love Is The Bridge" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 28, 2020•48 min•Ep. 62
Thornton Wilder - The Bridge Of San Luis Rey - The Pulitzer Prize Winning Work! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 21, 2020•40 min•Ep. 61
Thornton Wilder - Our Town Episode #3 - The Stars, the Little Moments, Life and Death Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 14, 2020•38 min•Ep. 60
Thornton Wilder - Our Town Episode #2 - The Deceptive Depth of Meaning in Simplicity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 07, 2020•34 min•Ep. 59
Thornton Wilder - Our Town Episode #1 - Meet the author and his artistic impact on writing and theater. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2020•47 min•Ep. 58
Percy Shelley - Ozymandius - The Frankenstein Poetry Supplement Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I am Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We just finished talking through the much adored classic Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and we went everywhere in our discussion of that book. I know I said this pretty much every episode but I stayed amazed the entire time about how many layers of meaning she had going on and she was only 18. We talked about politics, gender-politics, religion, psych...
May 24, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 438
Frankenstein - Episode #4 - Victor and the Monster argue the nature of man to a frightful conclusion! Hi, My name is Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to love lit Podcast. Today we finish our discussion over mary shelley’s classic horror tale- Frankenstein. This is the fourth and final episode in this discussion- and we certainly have been all over the place in terms of the range of ideas she’s incorporated- and looking at my notes, we’re stretching even farther today. ...
May 17, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 439
Frankenstein - Episode #3 - The maker and the monster meet and discuss morality, philosophy, the meaning of life and daddy issues! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode to discuss Mary Shelley and her masterpiece Frankenstein. In Episode one we basically talked about her life, as well as discussed the title and the quote on the title page. Episode 2 we discussed chapters 1-5 and introduced the setting of Geneva and Ingo...
May 10, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 440
Frankenstein - Episode #2 - The narrative framework and the birth of the monster! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver- and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our discussion of Mary Shelley and her great work, Frankenstein. Last week we spent almost the entire time talking sbout Mary Shelley’s fascinating life, and we didn’t even get past the age of 18. That’s true, although I will say, we covered the the Title, subtitle and quote on the title page- that...
May 03, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 441
Frankenstein-Episode #1 - Meet Mary Shelley and her classic gothic novel! Hi, I’m Chisty Shriver And I’m Garry Shriver- and today we are starting our discussion of one of the most beloved if not THE most beloved gothic novel in the world. Of course, we were always going to analyze this book, but I have to admit that we moved up the timetable because we’ve had such a large number of requests. In fact, I have to admit, for us this has been THE most requested book for us to discuss. The second most...
Apr 26, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 442
John Keats-Ode On A Grecian Urn - Poetry Supplement! Hi, I’m Christy Shiver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This week- by way of Segway between Sophocles and the Greek theater - to our next book the great romantic//gothic novel by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein - we have chosen the feature a Romantic take on the Greeks- Ode ON a Grecian Urn by John Keats- not to be misquoted by what seems more natural Ode TO a Grecian Urn. That’s true- and very perceptive- there are f...
Apr 19, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 443
The Easter episode. The archetypes, history and literary importance of Easter. Hi, This is Christy Shriver And this is Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit podcast. If you are listening to this in real time, this is the week of Easter 2020- and what a crazy year this has been. The Kansas City Chiefs, my hometown team finally won the Superbowl after 50 years, we started our hard core workouts, well, we like to think of them that way, but we’d started attending our local work out core tr...
Apr 12, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 444
Antigone Episode #2 - Tragedy, Honor, Wisdom And The End Of All Things 2Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. We are working our way through Sophocles’ greatest hits!! Of all the plays he wrote, as we discussed last week, we only have seven (which I guess isn’t that surprising since they were written in the 400’s bc)- but of those his Oedipus trilogy is by far the most popular- and of those three- Oedipus Rex is the most popular of those. I’m exc...
Apr 05, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 445
Antigone Episode #1 - Drama, death, higher law, family issues and more death 2Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. We are working our way through Sophocles’ greatest hits!! Of all the plays he wrote, as we discussed last week, we only have seven (which I guess isn’t that surprising since they were written in the 400’s bc)- but of those his Oedipus trilogy is by far the most popular- and of those three- Oedipus Rex is the most popular of those. I...
Mar 29, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 446
Oedipus Rex - Episode #3- The Reveal, The Conclusion, Sigmund Freud, and how it all goes together! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast. Today we wrap up our discussion of what Aristotle calls the greatest of all plays. Of course, although I wouldn’t have said this a few years ago, I think this may be truer than even Aristotle knew. It’s amazing to think that a play so old and outdated in a stylistic sense could even be taken seriously today. There ...
Mar 22, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 447
Oedipus Rex - Episode #2 - Irony, Tragedy, Oracles, Flaws And More! Hello, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This is the second episode in our series on the two most popular works by the Greek playwright Sophocles. Last week, we traveled back the couple thousand years and across the ocean to Greece and tried to understand a little bit about the culture and customs that surrounded Greek Theater. We discussed the occasion for the plays, the set up of t...
Mar 15, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 448
Oedipus Rex - Episode #1 - The philosophy, the predicaments, the purpose in Greek Theater Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today, we’re venturing back into drama and when I say back- I mean way way back- all the way to 496bc give or take a few years to Athens Greece where we will meet one of the most famous playwrights of all time- Sophocles. But…before we do, I’ve been called out for an inconsistency. It seems that a listener, actually two ...
Mar 08, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 449
Animal Farm - Short Story Supplement - Anton Chekov Hi, My name is Christy Shriver. And my name is Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. Today we are going to take a very small dip into the vast sea of what has been called the Golden age of Russian literature. It’s going to be an unusual episode today because we’re going to try to tackle a different genre . We’ve done novels, plays, non-fiction memoirs, a political document and poetry, but today, we look at our very first short...
Mar 01, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 450
