Too much time wasting and woke monologues
He spends the first 15-20 mins talking about things that have nothing to do with the subject. The Kurt Vonnegut episode started with a 15 minute speech about humanism The ‘End of the Affair’ (Graham Greene) didnt properly start until the 22nd min Self indulgent. Shame as the content proper is v good but stop wasting my time. I cant fast forward when Im driving Tired of the sanctimonious monologues he delivers at length (William Faulkner’s episode for example) and with the woke-ish condemnation of old authors for not being fashionable NYC leftists of the 21st century
Patmartin via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 10/19/23
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I'm a swing shift housekeeper (read: janitor) at a Veterans' Hospital, so podcasts help my night go. It took me about a month to get through the entire backlog, and I eagerly await Jacke's postings every week. He doesn't really have a radio voice, but his concise summaries of...Read full review »
SlasherJunkie via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/27/17
If you are interested in literature or having a laugh in life, I highly recommend this profound, informative, witty and soothing podcast.
dicteh via Apple Podcasts · Denmark · 02/25/20
Have listened to several episodes and agree with the other reviewers that this is a worthwhile podcast for lovers of literature. I just wanted to add that the episode about bad poetry was hysterically funny--a difficult feat to pull off with such a topic, but Jacke hit the right tone, chose the...Read full review »
gnidrg via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/18/18
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