Mixed bag
Harrison's podcasts are alternately enlightening and maddening, sometimes filled with insight but more often than not unstructured and riddled with loose, rambling, Romantic digressions. The show on Byzantine culture is a good example: where a program like In Our Time would give an amateur listener a fair picture of the subject, start to finish, the Entitled Opinions approach resulted in a jumble of the two academics' favorite areas; detours into University-sanctioned hot topics (religious identity, administration); and a dismayingly small amount of historical information. Harrison clearly loves the sound of his own voice and his own opinions, which can be rewarding--but only when he attempts to meet the listener halfway.Read full review »
NoLongerAnUndergrad via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 06/15/09
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For years this has been my favorite podcast. Incredible range of topics, intelligent and thoughtful guests -- a real antidote to what passes for discourse these days. Truly a pleasure. Would I change anything? Well, I'd like more new episodes! But then again, there are still so many shows to...Read full review »
OwenMilbury via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/26/17
Mr
The only criticism I have is the long wait between semesters. I would love to have a program that directly critiques the new militant atheism that is becoming a force that may be unduly influencing the zeitgeist of our age. The preparation Harrison must do is phenomenal. His observations are...Read full review »
MysticNeil via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 03/12/12
Broadcast radio doesn't get much better than this. Enjoy.Read full review »
Angusmac via Apple Podcasts · Norway · 05/04/06
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