“Who are we? Where have we come from? How do we make sense of our own lives, our societies, and the world around us? Turns out people have been asking these questions for pretty much as long as there have been people, and this show takes you all the way back to the earliest writings known in the Western world to shine a bit of light on how people have gone about grappling with those kinds of questions down through time. Dr. Doug Metzger clearly loves this material - he deftly weaves together information about the texts, the people who created them, and their social and historical contexts, with humor, compassion, and great intelligence. The shows are well-structured, endlessly interesting, and a real pleasure to listen to. Try one. Any one. They're all good. I dare you not to get hooked.”Read full review »
Caphiso via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/07/22
“Dr Doug has a new and endlessly entertaining podcast, at the intersection of literature and history. The production and execution is just wonderful, on the level of Radiolab or any professionally produced show. He manages to transform what could have been dry-as-dust material into an educational...”Read full review »
The Deuteronomist via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
05/28/16
“Literature and History is a fantastic podcast “mashing-up” literature, philosophy and music in the context of history As an engineering student of the 60s, I missed a lot of liberal arts courses, which this well produced podcast helps compensate for. I don’t know how Doug Metzger has the time...”Read full review »
HNLD via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/24/16
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