Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #3 - Auschwitz, Birkenau and Buna. Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We are here to look at books that have changed the world and can even change us. And I’m Garry Shriver; this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode featuring the great Dr. Elie Wiesel and his holocaust memoir Night. In episode one, we discussed Wiesel’s life story spanning the many years of his life before but then after the holocaust. We highlighted the impact this man has had on planet ...
Apr 26, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 423
Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #2 - Irony And The Journey To The Camps Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This month, we are learning from one of planet earth’s greatest advocates for peace, the holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Last week, we spent the entire episode discussing his life and really his calling which is a bit unusual for us. Because, even though we always discuss historical context of any author and piece of literature, Wiesel’s story...
Apr 25, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 424
Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #1 - Meet the Nobel Prize winning author Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy our discussions of the Western World’s most amazing pieces of literature. Today, we begin by discussing one of the most inspiring humans of the twentieth century- among his many other accomplishments, which we’ll talk about today, he produced 57 works, including what is arguably the most moving e...
Apr 24, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 425
William Blake - The Chimney Sweeper - Songs Of Innocence - Songs Of Experience Hi. I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week, we’re not discussing books per se- we’re discussing engravings- some of the most famous I know from Songs of Innocence and Experience created by the engraver, poet, artist and likely even musician, William Blake and two works by the same name- Th...
Apr 17, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 4- All Is Well That Ends Well - The Conclusion HI, I’m Christy Shriver. We discuss 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 concluding episode to Jane Austen’s masterpiece, Emma. And what a fun series it has been. There have been no deaths, well, unless you count Mrs. Churchill but she was generally ungrieved. There’s no generational abuse, no hysteria, no ghosts or no violence of an...
Apr 10, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 3 - The Strategies Of Romantic Intrigue Go Awry! Emma- Episode 3 I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. This is our 100th episode. Woohoo. It’s hard to believe- but it’s true! We’ve been doing this for 100 weeks- almost two years. We’d love to hear from you via any social media you use. We’ve certainly enjoyed bringing our best analysis of some of the world’s greatest lit. If you’d like to celebrate with u...
Apr 03, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 2 - Let The Match Making And Mayhem Begin! Episode 2 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss 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 episode discussing Jane Austen’s Masterpiece, Emma, and per our usual style, we barely got into the story itself last week. We talked a little about Austen, although I know we’re going to do a little more of that next week, we learned ...
Mar 27, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 1- Meet The All Time Favorite Author Of The Regency Period And Modern Times Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss the books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. Today we begin our series that tackles arguably the most popular writer in the English language- Jane Austen. One significant critic, Brigid Brophy described Austen as “the greatest novelist of all time!” Wow! I’m sure that’s n...
Mar 22, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 1 - Meet The All Time Favorite Author Of The Regency Period And Modern Times! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 20, 2021•45 min•Ep. 491
Julia de Burgos - Meet Puerto Rico's Most Famous Poet! Julia de Burgos- Script HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we are exploring the beautiful and complex island called the Common Wealth of Puerto Rico and one of its most celebrated poets, Julia de Burgos. We are excited for many reasons to be celebrating this beautiful place and its cultural, social and creati...
Mar 17, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 97
The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 4 - My Name! The Disintegration And Reintegration Of John Proctor! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. Hi, I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our final week to discuss Arthur Miller’s timeless allegory, The Crucible and wow have we covered a lot of topics. Week 1, we went back to the 1690s and visited Salem, the setting for this disturbing drama. We learned...
Mar 06, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 393
The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 3 - Allegories Galore! - How To Incite Hysteria And Create a Bogeyman! Crucible- episode 3 I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss 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 the third week in our discussion of Arthur Miller’s play, the Crucible. In Week one we went back in time to the 1690s and looked at the historical context and the story that gave inspiration to this mo...
Feb 27, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 394
The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 2 - The Witch Hunt and Hysteria Begins! The Crucible- Episode 2 HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. Thank you for listening, and please, if you don’t mind, take a minute right now to forward an episode of our show to a friend who may enjoy it. As you know, it’s hard to grow a podcast, and we rely on you to help us. So, if you e...
Feb 20, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 395
The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 1 - Witch Hunts In Two Centuries - Pulitzer Prizes - Allegories Everywhere! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit podcast. Today is new book day, and I always love new book day. We are starting our series on Arthur Miller and his timeless classic about human hysteria, The Crucible. I’m particularly excited about this series because it’s both ...
Feb 13, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 396
Frederick Douglass Meets Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Abolition Meets Women's Suffrage! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 10, 2021•43 min•Ep. 35
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Episode #4-The Power of the Future! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 09, 2021•36 min•Ep. 34
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Episode #3- "You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man"! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 08, 2021•39 min•Ep. 33
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Pathos, Logos and Ethos - How to change the world! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 07, 2021•47 min•Ep. 32
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Meet the rhetorical genius that moved a nation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 06, 2021•45 min•Ep. 31
Petrarch - Father Of The Renaissance - Creator Of The Sonnet - And The World's First Tourist! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week is our poetry supplement that we like to do between books. Next week we’re going to begin our discussion of Arthur Miller and his allegorical work “The Crucible”, but before we leave the Renaissance, we felt we needed to take at least ...
Jan 30, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 402
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli - Episode 4 - The Glory Of The State Is Liberty! - The Conclusion Of The Prince Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2021•52 min•Ep. 91
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli - Episode 3 - The Paradoxes Of Power - All Is Not What It Seems! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 16, 2021•46 min•Ep. 90
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli - Episode 2 - Virtue, The Occasion And The Art Of Power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 09, 2021•42 min•Ep. 89
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli - Episode 1- Meet The Author Of One Of The Most Important Works On Political Thought! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 02, 2021•46 min•Ep. 88
The Christmas Story Special! The Gospel of Luke Chapter 2. Silent Night Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 25, 2020•30 min•Ep. 36
Clement Clarke Moore - The Story Behind 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' - Christmas Special! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast- we hope you enjoyed the intro music by Memphis’ very own local musicians- Holly Shotsberger and David Shotberger. Dr. David is a composer here in town and Holly is a professional flutist and singer; they also serve our community by leading music in o...
Dec 19, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 408
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - Episode 5 - Redemption, Forgiveness and Overcoming WH- Episode 5 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. If you have made it this far into Wuthering Heights, I feel like you deserve an award or something. This is our fifth episode analyzing this book, taking five episodes on a single work is something we have only done with two other auth...
Dec 05, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 410
Wuthering Heights - Episode 4 - Emily Bronte - Marriage, Kidnapping, Co-dependency And Other Signs of Love! WH episode 4 Hi, this is Christy Shriver. We’re here to talk about books that changed the world and changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This is our fourth episode discussing the tumultuous inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and its neighboring estate Thrushcross Grange. And I must say, Bronte aptly selected the appropriate metaphor to develop the characters...
Nov 28, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 411
Wuthering Heights - Episode 3 - Emily Bronte - Tantrums, Crazy Relationships, Rejection, Revenge - Part 2!!! ‘WH episode 3 Script HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our THIRD episode in our series on Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights- and good grief- this book is infinitely complex. Last week we went long talking through chapters 1-9. Before I get any farther,...
Nov 21, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 412
The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - Halloween Special! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to read books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver- and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Let me remind you one more time to please give us a five star rating and a review. It’s how we can be a part of the podcast game! And If you’re listening to this in real time- HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the Good ole USA and the great state of Tennessee. That’s right, of course lots of us live ...
Oct 31, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 415
