Best Aurora Brown Podcasts (2025)

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Thing' by Martin Heidegger 15:31

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What does it mean for a jug to be a jug? Or for any thing to be called a ‘thing’? In his 1950 lecture ‘Das Ding’, Heidegger attempts to cajole his audience away from their everyday way of seeing the world as consisting of objects that can be represented objectively, and into the kind of thinking that ‘responds and recalls’. For Heidegger, the world…

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IP25.07.21 Intersectional Psychology announcement 1:23

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Aurora drops into your feed for a brief announcement in lieu of this week's episode. Exclusive bonus content 🎁 Patreon - Ad-free and bonus episodes Stay connected 🌿 Share this episode with someone needing gentleness today ⭐ Rate/Review in your podcast app to help others find us 🔔 Subscribe for new monthly relaxation practices 📮 Got feedback or ques…

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IPGR002 Breathing Self-Compassion (Guided Relaxation Practice) 31:19

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This episode is a gentle full-body breath awareness practice cultivating self-compassion through mindful breathing. It builds on the diaphragmatic breathing we did in our last relaxation practice to help you soften into your body, release judgment, and affirm your inherent worth. Exclusive bonus content 🎁 Patreon - Ad-free and bonus episodes Stay c…

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Novel Approaches: ‘The Mill on the Floss’ by George Eliot 16:49

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The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel, and the first she published after her identity as a woman was revealed. A ‘dreamscape’ version of her Warwickshire childhood, the book is both a working-through and a reimagining of her life. Ruth Yeazell and Deborah Friedell join Tom to discuss the novel and its protagonist Maggi…

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IP0202 Part 2: Trauma-Informed Counselling for Children (w/ Neesha Chhiba) 37:27

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Aurora and Neesha delve deeper into trauma-informed counselling for children in South Africa. They discuss the lingering effects of systemic oppression, practical approaches to trauma care for young clients, and how parents and professionals can support healing. Neesha also shares essential self-care strategies for those working in emotionally dema…

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Love and Death: War Elegies by Whitman, Owen, Douglas and more 12:09

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As long as there have been poets, they have been writing war elegies. In this episode, Mark and Seamus discuss responses to the American Civil War (Walt Whitman), both world wars (W.B. Yeats, Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling, Keith Douglas) and the conflict in Northern Ireland (Michael Longley) to explore the way these very different poems share an an…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: Mikhail Bulgakov and James Hogg 32:13

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James Hogg’s ghoulish metaphysical crime novel 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner' (1824) was presented as a found documented dating from the 17th century, describing in different voices the path to devilry of an antinomian Calvinist, Robert Wringhim. Mikhail Bulgakov’s 'The Master and Margarita', written between 1928 and 19…

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IP0202 PART 1: Decolonial Practice with Children (w/ Neesha Chhiba) 43:52

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In this episode, Aurora sits down with Registered Counsellor Neesha Chhiba to explore decolonial approaches to counselling children in South Africa. They discuss the historical, socioeconomic, and cultural factors shaping mental health challenges, the limitations of Western-centric psychology, and practical ways to integrate culturally responsive c…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Will to Believe' by William James 17:29

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Most of what we believe we believe on faith, even those beliefs we hold to be based on scientific fact. This assertion lies at the heart of William James’s essay ‘The Will to Believe’, originally delivered as a lecture and intended not so much as a defence of religion as an attack on anti-religion. James’s target was the ‘rugged and manly school of…

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IP0201 PART 2: South Africa to Palestine: Ongoing decolonial work (w/ Shaheeda Sadeck) 48:22

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Content note: This episode includes discussions of apartheid, colonialism, Gaza, genocide, and gender-based violence. If you’re unable to engage with these topics right now, you are welcome to skip this episode or come back to it when you feel better resourced. In this powerful episode, activist and Registered Counsellor Shaheeda Sadeck joins us ag…

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Novel Approaches: 'Aurora Leigh' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 17:55

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‘I want to write a poem of a new class — a Don Juan, without the mockery and impurity,’ Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote to a friend in 1844, ‘and admitting of as much philosophical dreaming and digression (which is in fact a characteristic of the age) as I like to use.’ The poem she had in mind turned out to be her verse novel, Aurora Leigh, publi…

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IP0201 PART 1: Decolonising Mental Health (w/ Shaheeda Sadeck) 49:52

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Content note: This episode includes discussions of apartheid, colonialism, grief and loss, gender-based violence, and intergenerational trauma. If you’re unable to engage with these topics right now, you are welcome to skip this episode or come back to it when you feel better resourced. In this powerful conversation, activist and Registered Counsel…

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Love and Death: 'In Memoriam' by Tennyson 12:28

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Tennyson described 'In Memoriam' as ‘rather the cry of the whole human race than mine’, and the poem achieved widespread acclaim as soon as it was published in 1850, cited by Queen Victoria as her habitual reading after the death of Prince Albert. Its subject is the death in 1833 of Tennyson’s friend Arthur Hallam at the age of 22, and in its 131 s…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: Tales by Jan Potocki and Isak Dinesen 15:05

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‘With Potocki,’ Italo Calvino wrote, ‘we can understand that the fantastic is the exploration of the obscure zone where the most unrestrained passions of desire and the terrors of guilt mix together.’ The gothic is a central seam of the fantastic, and in this episode Marina and Adam turn to two writers in that mode who lived over a hundred years ap…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'Schopenhauer as Educator' by Friedrich Nietzsche 29:41

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For Nietzsche, Schopenhauer’s genius lay not in his ideas but in his heroic indifference, a thinker whose value to the world is as a liberator rather than a teacher, who shows us what philosophy is really for: to forget what we already know. ‘Schopenhauer as Educator’ was written in 1874, when Nietzsche was 30, and was published in a collection wit…

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Novel Approaches: ‘North and South’ by Elizabeth Gaskell 25:04

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In North and South (1855), Margaret Hale is uprooted from her sleepy New Forest town and must adapt to life in the industrial north. Through her relationships with mill workers and a slow-burn romance with the self-made capitalist John Thornton, she is forced to reassess her assumptions about justice and propriety. At the heart of the novel are a s…

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Love and Death: Self-Elegies by Plath, Larkin, Hardy and more 14:05

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Philip Larkin was terrified of death from an early age; Thomas Hardy contemplated what the neighbours would say after he had gone; and Sylvia Plath imagined her own death in vivid and controversial ways. The genre of self-elegy, in which poets have reflected on their own passing, is a small but eloquent one in the history of English poetry. In this…

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IPGR001 Guided Relaxation: Diaphragmatic Breathing 19:48

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In this debut relaxation session from the Intersectional Psychology podcast, Aurora Brown guides you through a diaphragmatic (or "belly") breathing practice — the foundational technique for nervous system regulation. Whether you're new to relaxation exercises or already building a daily practice, this episode offers a grounding, affirming space to …

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IP0104 The Model of Intersectional Psychology? 1:29:04

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What would psychology look like if it actually cared about (social) justice? We’re gonna talk about what an actual model of Intersectional Psychology should do — and how to make it work. To support this podcast and get access to bonus content, including additional episodes and interviews, as well as more guided mindfulness sessions, go to Patreon.c…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: Stories by Franz Kafka 16:06

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In the stories of Franz Kafka we find the fantastical wearing the most ordinary, realist dress. Though haunted by abjection and failure, Kafka has come to embody the power and potential of literary imagination in the 20th century as it confronts the nightmares of modernity. In this episode, Marina Warner is joined by Adam Thirlwell to discuss the w…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'My Station and Its Duties' by F.H. Bradley 14:44

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T.S. Eliot claimed that he learned his prose style from reading F.H. Bradley, and the poet wrote his PhD on the English philosopher at Harvard. Bradley’s life was remarkably unremarkable, as he spent his entire career as a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, where his only obligation was not to get married. Yet in over fifty years of slow, meticulous…

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IP0103 Is it even Psychology's place to promote Social Justice? 1:26:38

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CW/TW 01: This episode contains a discussion of the ongoing genocide in Gaza from 00:21:58 to 00:30:16. CW/TW 02: This episode also contains brief references to sexual assault and queerphobic hate crimes and hate speech from 00:37:24 to 00:42:20. How do activism and social justice advocacy fit into the scope of practice for mental health profession…

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Novel Approaches: 'Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray 32:52

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Thackeray's comic masterpiece, Vanity Fair, is a Victorian novel looking back to Regency England as an object both of satire and nostalgia. Thackeray’s disdain for the Regency is present throughout the book, not least in the proliferation of hapless characters called George, yet he also draws heavily on his childhood experiences to unfold a complex…

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IP0102 Social Justice in Psychology 40:35

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What is social justice in psychology, and what does social justice mean in the context of counselling practice? By understanding this, you can assess and support people holistically. Considering the social determinants of mental health leads to more accurate case conceptualisation, a stronger therapeutic alliance, and improved client outcomes. You …

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Love and Death: Elegies for Poets by Berryman, Lowell and Bishop 12:11

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The confessional poets of the mid-20th century considered themselves a ‘doomed’ generation, with a cohesive identity and destiny. Their intertwining personal lives were laid bare in their work, and Robert Lowell, John Berryman and Elizabeth Bishop returned repeatedly to the elegy to commemorate old friends and settle old scores.In this episode, Mar…

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IP0101 Intersectionality? In This Psychology? 1:00:54

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Explore the concept of intersectionality in psychology, from its roots in Black feminist activism through to its importance to mental health practice in a diverse, multicultural society. You can also read a transcript of this episode. Are you a healthcare provider in need of CPD points? You might prefer to watch a different version of this episode …

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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll 15:41

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are strange books, a testament to their author’s defiant unconventionality. Through them, Lewis Carroll transformed popular culture, our everyday idioms and our ideas of childhood and the fantastic, and they remain enormously popular. Anna Della Subin joins Marina Warner to explore the …

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Brief Introduction to Intersectional Psychology 13:06

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This is a brief introduction to what inspires Intersectional Psychology and what you can expect from this podcast. Transcript of this episode (Download) References Crenshaw, K. (1991). 'Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Colour', Stanford Law Review, 43(6), pp. 1241-1299 [online]. Available at: …

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'Autobiography' by John Stuart Mill 14:13

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Mill’s 'Autobiography' was considered too shocking to publish while he was alive. Behind his musings on many of the philosophical and political preoccupations of his time lie the confessions of a deeply repressed man who knows that he’s deeply repressed, coming to terms with the uncompromising educational experiment his father subjected him to as a…

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Novel Approaches: ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Brontë 26:38

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When Wuthering Heights was published in December 1847, many readers didn’t know what to make of it: one reviewer called it ‘a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors’. In this episode of ‘Novel Approaches’, Patricia Lockwood and David Trotter join Thomas Jones to explore Emily Brontë’s ‘completely amoral’ novel. As well as questions of H…

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Intersectional Psychology Trailer 2:23

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Find out what to expect from Intersectional Psychology, the podcast that explores psychology's role in promoting social justice.By Aurora Brown, Registered Counsellor

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Love and Death: ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ by Thomas Gray 15:21

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Situated on the cusp of the Romantic era, Thomas Gray’s work is a mixture of impersonal Augustan abstraction and intense subjectivity. ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is one of the most famous poems in the English language, and continues to exert its influence on contemporary poetry. Mark and Seamus explore three of Gray’s elegiac poems and…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Invisible Cities’ by Italo Calvino 15:35

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Italo Calvino’s novella Invisible Cities is a hypnagogic reimagining of Marco Polo’s time in the court of Kublai Khan. Polo describes 55 impossible places – cities made of plumbing, free-floating, overwhelmed by rubbish, buried underground – that reveal something true about every city. Marina and Anna Della read Invisible Cities alongside the Trave…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'Circles' and other essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson 15:10

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Circular reasoning is normally condemned by philosophers, but in his 1841 essay ‘Circles’, Emerson proposes that not getting anywhere is precisely what we need to do to find out where we already are. In this episode, Jonathan and James consider Emerson’s use of the circle to demonstrate an idealistic philosophy rooted in the natural world, in which…

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The World's Next Coolest Dictator 28:32

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Adam discusses Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's offer to house migrants deported from the United States in prisons in his country, and all of the reasons why we better hope this guy is imitating Trump and not the other way around. Show notes: https://youdontshow.link/ibdbukele

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Novel Approaches: 'Crotchet Castle' by Thomas Love Peacock 36:12

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Thomas Love Peacock didn’t want to write novels, at least not in the form they had taken in the first half of the 19th century. In Crotchet Castle he rejects the expectation that novelists should reveal the interiority of their characters, instead favouring the testing of opinions and ideas. His ‘novel of talk’, published in 1831, appears largely l…

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Love and Death: Elegies for children by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth Bishop 13:37

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This episode looks at four poems whose subject would seem to lie beyond words: the death of a child. A defining feature of elegy is the struggle between poetic eloquence and inarticulate grief, and in these works by Ben Jonson, Anne Bradstreet, Geoffrey Hill and Elizabeth Bishop we find that tension at its most acute. Mark and Seamus consider the w…

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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift 15:41

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Jonathan Swift’s 1726 tale of Houyhnhnms, Yahoos, Lilliputians and Struldbruggs is normally seen as a satire. But what if it’s read as fantasy, and all its contradictions, inversions and reversals as an echo of the traditional starting point of Arabic fairytale: ‘It was and it was not’? In this episode Marina and Anna Della discuss Gulliver’s Trave…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'The Essence of Christianity' by Ludwig Feuerbach 10:29

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In The Essence of Christianity (1841) Feuerbach works through the theological crisis of his age to articulate the central, radical idea of 19th-century atheism: that the religion of God is really the religion of humanity. In this episode, Jonathan and James discuss the ways in which the book applies this thought to various aspects of Christian doct…

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Novel Approaches: ‘Mansfield Park’ by Jane Austen 31:53

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On one level, Mansfield Park is a fairytale transposed to the 19th century: Fanny Price is the archetypal poor relation who, through her virtuousness, wins a wealthy husband. But Jane Austen’s 1814 novel is also a shrewd study of speculation, ‘improvement’ and the transformative power of money. In the first episode of Novel Approaches, Colin Burrow…

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Love and Death: Milton's 'Lycidas' 12:31

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Milton wrote ‘Lycidas’ in 1637, at the age of 29, to commemorate the drowning of the poet Edward King. As well as a great pastoral elegy, it is a denunciation of the ecclesiastical condition of England and a rehearsal for Milton’s later role as a writer of national epic. In the first episode of their new series, Seamus and Mark discuss the politica…

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The South Korean Steal 14:43

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Adam talks about the tumultuous political situation in South Korea since President Yoon's ill-fated martial law declaration in early-December. Show Notes: https://rebrand.ly/ibdkorea2

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Fiction and the Fantastic: ‘The Thousand and One Nights’ 14:41

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The Thousand and One Nights is an ‘infinite text’: it has no fixed shape or length, no known author and is transformed with each new translation. In this first episode of Fiction and the Fantastic, Marina Warner and Anna Della Subin explore two particularly mysterious stories in the context of the wider mysteries and pleasures of the Nights. ‘The P…

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Jen Larrick, new Head Coach of Minnesota Aurora FC! Presented by Pentz Homes! 1:13:09

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Mark and Matt sit down with new Minnesota Aurora FC Head Coach Jen Larrick to talk what it means to lead the squad, her recruiting style, appreciating the coaches who have come before her, her community-first focus, her playing days, the joy of celebrations, and more! Presented by Pentz Homes (PentzHomes.com). Support our work: Patreon.com/EqualTim…

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Conversations in Philosophy: 'Fear and Trembling' by Søren Kierkegaard 12:24

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The series begins with Søren Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling (1843), an exploration of faith through the story of Abraham and Isaac. Like most of Kierkegaard’s published work, Fear and Trembling appeared under a pseudonym, Johannes de Silentio, and its playful relationship to the reader doesn’t stop there. Described as a ‘dialectical lyric’ on the…

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Introducing ‘Novel Approaches’ 7:57

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Clare Bucknell and Thomas Jones introduce their new Close Readings series, Novel Approaches. Joined by a variety of contemporary novelists and critics, they'll be exploring a dozen 19th-century British novels from Mansfield Park to New Grub Street, paying particular (though not exclusive) attention to the themes of money and property. The first epi…

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Introducing ‘Love and Death’ 5:13

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Mark Ford and Seamus Perry introduce Love and Death, a new Close Readings series on elegy from the Renaissance to the present day. They discuss why the elegy can be a particularly energising form for poets engaging with their craft and the poetic tradition, and how elegy serves an important role in public grieving, remembering and healing. The firs…

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Introducing ‘Fiction and the Fantastic’ 8:06

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Marina Warner is joined by Anna Della Subin to introduce Fiction and the Fantastic, a new Close Readings series running through 2025. Marina describes the scope of the series, in which she will also be joined by Adam Thirlwell and Chloe Aridjis. Together, Anna Della and Marina discuss the ways the fiction of wonder and astonishment can challenge so…