January 10, 2006. Listen to Novelist Shirley Hazzard speak about her life and works.

October 25, 2005. Listen to Stanford Classics Professor Susanna Braund speak about the poetry of Virgil.

October 18, 2005. Listen to Stanford IHUM Fellow speak about the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.

October 11, 2005. Listen to Professor Elisabeth Boyi speak about African and Caribbean authors who write in French, with special focus on the Martinican poet Aimé Césaire.

October 4, 2005. Listen to Professor Girard speak about his theory of ritual sacrifice and the scapegoat in relation to myth and religion from the Old Testament to Ancient Greek Tragedy to Nietzsche.

September 17, 2005. Listen to Professor Girard speak about his theory of mimetic desire in relation to authors like Shakespeare and Cervantes.

September 14, 2005. This week we are talking about the modern French novel with Stanford Professor Laura Wittman. We will spend most of the time speaking about Michel Tournier's novel Friday

September 28, 2005. This week we talk about the French Enlightenment with Professor Dan Edelstein. The discussion includes the relationship between the Enlightenment and Totalitarianism.

September 17, 2005. This week we talk about sports and athletic beauty with Professor Gumbrecht, whose new book "In praise of athletic beauty" just appeared in Germany.