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- Yesterday55 min
Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa
Find us on patreon! Comedian Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa explains inside/outside books, cozy bedtime listens, and the overly demure applause of German comedy audiences.Books that made Vidura Bandara RajapaksaThe Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Shehan KarunatilakaSirens of Titan, Kurt VonnegutFullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu ArakawaInstagram, TikTok, Bluesky: @booksthatmademepodLet us know what you think! Email us at booksthatmademepod@gmail.comVidura Bandara Rajapaksa! Sign up for his newsletter to find out when his latest special, Paradise Gothic, is dropping. In the meantime, watch his latest special, Woodapple Jam on YouTube.WebsiteInstagramFacebookYouTubeTikTokAlso discussed!George EliotInfinite Jest, David Foster WallaceSteppenwolf, Hermann HesseThe Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, J.R.R. TolkienThe English Patient, Michael OndaatjeCinnamon Gardens, Shyam SelvaduraiPity the Reader, Kurt VonnegutSlaughterhouse-Five, Kurt VonnegutWelcome to the Monkey House, Kurt VonnegutGalápagos, Kurt VonnegutThe Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le GuinSwamp Thing, Alan MooreLaughter in the Dark, Vladimir NabokovLolita, Vladimir NabokovThe Master and Margarita, Mikhail BulgakovA Cook’s Tour, Anthony BourdainKitchen Confidential, Anthony BourdainMedium Raw, Anthony BourdainCrime and Punishment, Fyodor DostoevskyLeo TolstoyAnton ChekhovThe Idiot, Fyodor Dostoevsky Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago45 min
Tim Gunn
Find us on patreon! Tim and Aidan compete for who's the biggest dork while sharing their love for Mary Beard, Robert Massie, and Diana Vreeland. Also discussed: Schitt's Creek, weird Etruscan urns, snakes in academia.Books that made Tim Gunn:SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, Mary BeardPeter the Great: His Life and World, Robert K. MassieD.V., Diana VreelandInstagram, TikTok, Bluesky: @booksthatmadepodLet us know what you think! Email us at booksthatmademepod@gmail.comAlso discussed!Twelve Caesars, Mary BeardEmperor of Rome, Emperor of RomeGreek and Roman Art galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of ArtCatherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, Robert K. MassieNicholas and Alexandra, Robert K. MassieSchitt’s CreekBig Mistakes30 Rock, S1 E12: "Black Tie”Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelGunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work, Tim GunnDiana Vreeland Bazaar Years: Including 100 Audacious Why Don’t Yous...?Memos: The Vogue Years, 1962–1971<a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/memos-the-vogue-years-1962-1971-9780847840748.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener norefer
- 2 weeks ago51 min
Emily Wilson
Translator extraordinaire Emily Wilson goes deep on everything from proto-YA novels to John Milton. Her latest book is Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea. Support us on Patreon!Books That Made Emily Wilson:Dogsbody, Diana Wynne JonesThe Aspern Papers, Henry JamesParadise Lost, John MiltonAlso discussed!Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin, Tranlsated by Vladimir Nabokov“Problems of Translation: Onegin in English,” Vladimir Nabokov“On Translating ‘Eugene Onegin,” Vladimir NabokovPale Fire, Vladimir NabokovMiddlemarch, George EliotThe Wings of the Dove, Henry JamesTolstoy: A Biography, A.N. WilsonConsider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat, Bee WilsonMocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton, Emily R. WilsonAreopagitica and Other Writings<a href="https://www.strandbooks.com/areopagitica-and-other-writings-penguin-classics-9780140439069.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_
- 3 weeks ago1 min
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