EP17 – Bred in the Bone | Auden, September 1, 1939 - Listen -

EP17 – Bred in the Bone | Auden, September 1, 1939

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On the day the Nazis invade Poland, beginning the Second World War, a poet nurses a drink in a New York bar. The unwarlike Auden has just immigrated to the United States from England, yet he feels a shadow rising behind him in the east that no one will be able to escape. Auden looks without and within, contemplating the primordial destructive urge that seems to be in control of the nations, the way modern life exacerbates it, and the only possible solution. We love hearing from all of you. Please email us at [email protected]. ------ Theme Music: "Nobility" by Wicked Cinema Opening Segment Music: "les rues la nuit seul" by Renderings

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