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How To Love Lit PodcastO. Henry || The Story Behind The Gift Of The Magi || Christmas Special!O. Henry - The Story Behind The Gift Of The Magi - Christmas Special! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to read works that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. If you’re listening to this in real time, we are in the second week of December 2020- and have just finished the excrutiatingly brutal book Wuthering Heights. So, as a sorbet to our spirits, for the next three weeks we will be doing a little ligh...2024-12-2133 min
How To Love Lit PodcastCharles Dickens || A Christmas Carol || Episode 2 || Ghosts, Innocence, Redemption And The Conclusion!Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - Episode 2 - Ghosts, Innocence, Redemption And The Conclusion! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing Charles Dickens and his classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol. Last episode we began our discussion talking a little bit about Dickens’ life and the early experiences in Victorian England that shaped his career and his understanding...2024-12-1446 min
How To Love Lit PodcastCharles Dickens || A Christmas Carol || Episode 1 || The Architect Of The Victorian Christmas!Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - Episode 1 - The Architect Of The Victorian Christmas! /Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. If you are listening to this in real time, we are nearing the end of 2021, a year that has been lackluster by most measurements albeit an improvement to 2020. Most of us began 2021 tucked away in quarantine. I was teaching on Zoom; Christy was meeting wi...2024-12-0747 min
How To Love Lit PodcastShirley Jackson || The Lottery ||Her Most Famous Short Story!Shirley Jackson - The Lottery - Her Most Famous Short Story! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love Lit Podcast. Today we are finishing up our series on Shirley Jackson. Last week we concluded our discussion of her most famous book, the one that inspired the Netflix series by the same name The Haunting of Hill House. Today we are going to read the short story that made...2024-11-0947 min
How To Love Lit PodcastA Dolls House || Henrik Ibsen || Episode 2 || Is It Or Is It Not A Feminist Play?A Dolls House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 2 - Is It Or Is It Not A Feminist Play? Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode two in our three part series over Ibsen’s explosive play A Doll’s House. Last week, we looked briefly at the life of Ibsen, his early origins in Norway, the beginning of his career all the way to this p...2024-07-0646 min
How To Love Lit PodcastA Doll‘s House || Henrik Ibsen || Episode 1 || Norway At Its Literary Best!A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 1 - Norway At It's Literary Best! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin our series on Henrik Ibsen and his great play- A Doll’s House. Ibsen was born in Norway, a country that shines a bright light on our view of the world more than most of us realize because it’s such a small place geog...2024-06-2945 min
How To Love Lit PodcastHarper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird - Episode 2 - Innocence, Motifs And The Power Of Language!Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird - Episode 2 - Innocence, Motifs And The Power Of Language! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode over that great American classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Last week, we introduced our author and both of her published books. We compared them briefly, looked at the titles of each, and then focused more specifically on the origins and inspira...2024-04-1348 min
How To Love Lit PodcastHarper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird - Episode 1 - So Many Mysteries About The Author - And The Book!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin our discussion on a deeply beloved book by many but at the same time one of the most censored books ever written on the American continent. When it was published in 1960 it was an immediate hit with the public. Critics called it melodramatic and over-simplistic but that hasn’t stopped people from reading it and loving it. Harper Collins...2024-04-0647 min
How To Love Lit PodcastDr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 3 - The Radiant Stars Of Love And BrotherhoodDr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 3 - The Radiant Stars Of Love And Brotherhood I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode in this series discussing Dr. King’s leadership in the Civil Rights Movement most specifically in his iconic and historically important Letter From Birmingham Jail. Next episode, we will extend our discussion of King to...2024-02-2536 minHow To Love Lit PodcastDr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 2 - There Are Just And There Are Unjust LawsMartin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 2 - There Are Just And There Are Unjust Laws Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second week discussing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the letter that some consider today to be one of the most significant political documents to emerge from the American continent in the last 300 years, ranking wi...2024-02-2456 minHow To Love Lit PodcastDr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 1 - Dr. King Reaches Out Of His Jail Cell To Touch The Heart Of A Nation!Martin Luther King Jr. - Letter From Birmingham Jail - Episode 1 - Dr. King Reaches Out Of His Jail Cell To Touch The Heart Of A Nation! I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we are going to start a three part series on a man who changed the landscape of political protesting- demonstrating that positive change can occur without massive loss of life. He won the...2024-02-2346 minHow To Love Lit PodcastEcclesiastes - Episode 2 - Hevel, Sukkot, Justice and Joy!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver. This is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is the second episode of our two-part series on Qoheleth, otherwise known as Ecclesiastes, a Sacred Text from both the Christian and Jewish traditions. Last week we explored the challenges of reading a text so old, the challenges of understanding a translated text from any language language as well as the rhetorical situation of this particular book. We situated the book by cl...2023-12-3143 minHow To Love Lit PodcastEcclesiastes - Episode 1 - Wisdom, Vanity And Chasing After The Wind!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss works that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we are going to start our two part series on a Jewish Sacred Text known to those in the Christian tradition as the Book of Ecclesiastes and for those of the Jewish tradition as Qoheleth. The traditional scholarship, both Christian and Jewish, of the book suggests that it was written by Solomon, the son of David whose reign was from 970 to 931 BCE...2023-12-3053 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAldous Huxley - Brave New World - Episode 3 - The Two Dystopian Worlds Collide!I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This is our third episode in our four part series on Aldous Huxley’s negative utopia Brave New World. In episode 1, we met Huxley and toured London’s Central Hatchery, covering chapters 1 and 2. In episode 2, we discussed chapters 3-5 meeting two characters from the novel. I want to point out that they are main characters, and when they were introduced, I expected them to be hero...2023-01-2846 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAldous Huxley - Brave New World - Episode 2 - The Best World Science Can Create!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode 2 of our 4 part series discussing Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Today we will finish our discussion of part one of this book, chapters 1-5 and begin the transition into the second part. In other words, we will explore a progressive world of perfect containment and stability before shifting to a primitive one of risk and possibility. In episode 1, we introduced...2023-01-2147 minHow To Love Lit PodcastIshmael Beah - A Long Way Gone - Episode 2 - The Creation Of A Child SoldierHi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode two in our three part series on Ishmael Beah’s national bestseller A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. It is Ismael Beah’s first hand account of what he experienced as a child during Sierra Leone’s long armed conflict which completely ravaged the country and displaced a third of its inhabitants between 1991 until its official end...2022-12-0337 minHow To Love Lit PodcastMary Fisher - Whispers Of AIDS - One Of The Top 100 Speeches Of The 20th Century!I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Last episode we concluded our series on George Bernard Shaw, a man who believed art should be didactic. This week we explore another artist, Mary Fisher, who also has something important to say. Fisher advocates through her sculptures, quilts and textiles, but also through her speeches. She has authored six books, received honorary doctorates and has traveled around the world as a Special Repr...2022-09-2434 minHow To Love Lit PodcastGeorge Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion - Episode 3 - The Ending - It's A Breakup Not A Wedding!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This episode we are wrapping up our three-part series on George Bernard Shaw otherwise known as GBS and his phenomenally successful play, Pygmalion. In week 1, we introduced Shaw, some of his political ideologies, the Greek myth Pygmalion from where Shaw took his inspiration, as well as ACT 1. Last week, we discussed Acts 2 and 3. We talked about Rosenthal’s revolutionary psychological discovery named...2022-09-1738 minHow To Love Lit PodcastGeorge Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion - Episode 1 - No One Is Safe From The Acerbic Wit Of GBS!George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion - Episode 1 - No One Is Safe From The Acerbic Wit Of GBS!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second week discussing the life of George Bernard Shaw as well as his most famous piece, Pygmalion. Last week, we introduced this Nobel prize winning author, as well as gave some background as to his life, personality, and cont...2022-09-0342 minHow To Love Lit PodcastGuy de Maupassant - The Necklace - The Master Of The Short Story At His Best!Guy de Maupassant - The Necklace - The Master Of The Short Story At His Best! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we are going to journey to France and meet one of the greatest short story writers in the world- he influenced O Henry, Chekov, Kate Chopin and many others- this would be Guy de Maupassant. And the story we will be reading...2022-06-0440 minHow To Love Lit PodcastKate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 4 - Symbolism, Romanticism, Nihilism And A Dissonant Ending!Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 4 - Symbolism, Romanticism, Nihilism And A Dissonant Ending! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our final episode in our four-part series of Kate Chopin’s masterpiece The Awakening. There is a lot layered in such a short book. In episode 1, we discuss Chopin’s life, we introduce the concept of “local color” and we arrive on the colorful shor...2022-05-2159 minHow To Love Lit PodcastKate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 3 - Edna Pontellier Battles The Forces Without Only To Meet The Forces Within!Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 3 - Edna Pontellier Battles The Forces Without Only To Meet The Forces Within! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode discussing Kate Chopin’s controversial novella, The Awakening. Week 1 we introduced Chopin, her life and the book itself. We talked about what a stir it made during her lifetime ultimately resulting in it being forgo...2022-05-1449 minHow To Love Lit PodcastKate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 2 - Edna Pontellier Defies All Explanations!Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 2 - Edna Pontellier Defies All Explanations! HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the world of Kate Chopin. Last week we introduced our author and what is generally considered her masterpiece, the novella, The Awakening. Today we will continue discussing this book as we meet Edna and mos...2022-05-0750 minHow To Love Lit PodcastKate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 1 - Meet The Author, Discover Local Color And Feminism!Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 1 - Meet The Author, Discover Local Color And Feminism! I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This episode we begin a journey to a very unique American location to discuss a very American author. Kate Chopin, was born in St Louis but her heritage is more associated with Louisiana than with Missouri as she is from an originally...2022-04-3045 minHow To Love Lit PodcastFoo Fighters - Lyrics That Camus Would Call The Antidote For Absurdity!Foo Fighters - Lyrics That Camus Would Call The Antidote Of Absurdity! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. You have heard Christy say, over dozens of times if you’ve listened to a lot of our episodes that we’re here to discuss books. Having said that, the word “books” is being used as a synecdoche- to use a literary word- in other words, books...2022-04-2348 min
How To Love Lit PodcastAlbert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 3 - The Absurdity Of A Happy Ending???Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 3 - The Absurdity Of A Happy Ending??? Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we finish up our three part series on Albert Camus’ class novella L’Etranger- translated in English to either The Stranger or The Outsider depending on which side of the Atlantic ocean you reside. We talked extensively about problems with...2022-04-0951 min
How To Love Lit PodcastAlbert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 2 - The Consequences Of Meaninglessness!Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 2 - The Consequences Of Meaninglessness!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode 2 in our three part series in the first work of Albert Camus’ great cycle of Absurdity- the novella, l”etranger or the Stranger also called The Outsider. Last week we began discussing Camus’ life, his homeland Algeria, and the events- both political and personal that ma...2022-04-0246 min
How To Love Lit PodcastAlbert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 1 -Introduction To Absurdity! Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 1 -Introduction To Absurdity!I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin a three part series on Albert Camus’ mostly widely translated and perhaps even read book, “L’Estranger”- which in English has been translated “The Outsider” as well as “The Stranger”- both apply and apply well, which we’ll talk about more in episode three. The initial c...2022-03-2647 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAgatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 2 - Agatha Christies Masterpiece of Whodunit!Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 2 - Agatha Christies Masterpiece of Whodunit! HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit podcast. This is our second and final episode discussing Christie’s breakout novel, the one critics claim is her very best, The Murder or Roger Ackroyd. Last week, we talked about the book in terms of it being a formal detective novel- a murd...2022-03-1940 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAgatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 1 - Meet The Author That Made The Whodunit What It Is Today!Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 1 - Meet The Author That Made The Whodunit What It Is Today! I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. For the next two episodes, we are going to discuss an author who for me flies under the radar when we think of literary icons. When you look at the lists of the world’s greatest writ...2022-03-1251 minHow To Love Lit PodcastHomer - The Odyssey - Episode 5 - Homer And Penelope Reunited!Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 5 - Home And Penelope Reunited! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we conclude our discussion over the Odyssey, the timeless 24 books that introduced us to so many monsters and legends, but, of course, it goes without saying, we’ve just scratched the surface in understanding how all of this has influenced our world. In fact, even as we cl...2022-02-0540 minHow To Love Lit PodcastHomer - The Odyssey - Episode 4 - The Importance Of ”Oikos” And Why Odysseus Pursues It!Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 4 - The Importance Of "Oikos" And Why Odysseus Pursues It! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode in our discussion of this influential classic, however else you might like to call it. In the first episode we started our discussion introducing just a few of the issues surrounding Homer, the poet himself, the Mycenean...2022-01-2943 minHow To Love Lit PodcastHomer - The Odyssey - Episode 3 - Odysseus And The Cyclops Don’t See Eye To Eye!Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 3 - Odysseus And The Cyclops Don't See Eye To Eye! I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode covering Homer’s Odyssey, and Christy, are we finally getting to Odysseus this week? Yes- We finally meet our title character- it was an odyssey. Pun pun- Oh my- here we go…. 2022-01-2241 minHow To Love Lit PodcastHomer - The Odyssey - Episode 2 - Telemachus Begins The Journey To Manhood And Finding Odysseus!Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 2 - Telemachus Begins The Journey To Manhood And Finding Odysseus! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re her to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to love lit podcast. Today is our second episode covering the first and perhaps foremost author in what is often described as the Western Canon- Homer and his famous epic, The Odyssey. Last week, we discussed a little of the historical context surrounding the mysterious...2022-01-1545 minHow To Love Lit PodcastHomer - The Odyssey - Episode 1 - Greek Gods, Greek Heroes And One of The Oldest Epic Poems Of All Time!Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 1 - Greek Gods, Greek Heroes And One of The Oldest Epic Poems Of All Time! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week we embark on a seafaring adventure across the seas and through time to the ancient world of the Greeks to meet someone who some have said is the greatest poet to have ever lived- Homer...2022-01-0855 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWalt Whitman - Leaves of Grass - The Moving Elegies For Abraham LincolnI’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver. This is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing the bard of democracy, the great Walt Whitman. Today we will feature one of his four poems honoring President Abraham Lincoln, but in order to understand why Whitman and many of us admire this great man, we want to revisit the original 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass and listen to some of Whitman’s observations of African Americans and slavery. Christy, let’...2021-11-2742 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWalt Whitman - Leaves Of Grass - The Poetry Of Young America!Walt Whitman - Leaves Of Grass - The Poetry Of Young America! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This episode and next, we tackle one of the most intimidating poets in the American Canon- Walt Whitman. He is the generally accepted and almost uncontested greatest contribution America has made to the great canon of World Literature- the ones comprised of those that really intimidate- W...2021-11-2041 minHow To Love Lit PodcastShirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 2 - Is Hill House Haunted Or Not?!Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 2 - Is Hill House Haunted Or Not?! I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Read the first paragraph of chapter 2. That is the first paragraph of chapter 2 of The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. This is episode 2 as we explore this haunted space- and Christy, haunted...2021-10-3048 minHow To Love Lit PodcastShirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 1 - Meet The Author And The Personal Issues That Created One Of The Best Horror Genre Books Of All Time!Shirley Jackson - The Haunting Of Hill House - Episode 1 - MeetThe Author And The Personal Issues That Created One Of The Best Horror Genre Books Of All Time! `Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. If you are listening to this in real time, we are well into the month of October and in the United States, the month of October means Halloween...2021-10-2348 minHow To Love Lit PodcastElizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets Of The Portuguese - Plus A Great Love Story!Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets Of The Portuguese - Plus A Great Love Story! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second week in a two part series discussing one of English Language literature’s most romantic couples- the poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Last week, we introduced Robert Browning and his notable dramatic monologue My Last Duchess which gives voice to a...2021-10-1650 minHow To Love Lit PodcastRobert Browning - The Last Duchess - Poetry SupplementHi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I am Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week and next we will have two poetry supplements. After talking about one of the worst romances in literature- we will switch to one of literature’s greatest love stories- the romance of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning- although you would never guess it after reading the poem we are doing today- My Last Duchess- a very twisted poem. You know, Christy...2021-10-0947 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 4 - The Clash Of Cultures Ends TragicallyThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 4 - The Clash Of Cultures Ends Tragically Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our fourth and final episode discussing Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart. In episode one we discussed the country of Nigeria, the history, the cultural context, Achebe’s life, the poem from which the book got its name and a little of th...2021-08-1448 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 3 - Religion, Gender Issues, The Importance Of Balance And Chapter 13 - The Heart Of The Book!Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 3 - Religion, Gender Issues, The Importance Of Balance And Chapter 13 - The Heart Of The Book! I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode in our four part series on Chinua Achebe’s stunningly complex little novel, Things Fall Apart. In episode one, we looked at Nigeria the country itself, the historical context of the book, Ach...2021-08-0746 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 2 - The Clash Of Cultures, Foreshadowing, Irony And Rage!Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 2 - The Clash Of Cultures, Foreshadowing, Irony And Rage! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the great Nigerian work Things Fall Apart and its author, Chinua Achebe. Last week, we looked at the historical context of Nigerian history- pre-colonial up to the colonial period. We looked, albe...2021-07-3156 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 1 - Meet Nigeria's Most Famous Author , Teacher and Philosopher!Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 1 - Meet Nigeria's Most Famous Author , Teacher and Philosopher! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. I am very excited this series on Nigerian author Chinua Achebe and his first groundbreaking book- Things Fall Apart first published in 1958. There are not many books that have had the kind of positive worldwide impact that this book has had, and the reasons...2021-07-2443 minHow To Love Lit PodcastHawaii - Myths - Legends - Kings - Queens - History - All The Stuff Tolkien Loved!Hawaii - Myths - Legends - Kings - Queens - History - All The Stuff Tolkien Loved! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit podcast. This week we are going in a totally different direction – literally and figuratively- doing something we’ve never done before. Inspired by Tolkien’s love of mythology and genealogy, his fondness for names and the combination of all these put together, we are...2021-07-1738 minHow To Love Lit PodcastT.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode2T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode 2Hi, This is Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is week two in our discussion of the trans-Atlantic icon, Thomas Stearns Eliot or as he’s widely referred to, TS Eliot. As we mentioned last week, TS Eliot was the recipient of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature. When the Swedish Academy presented him th...2021-06-0545 minHow To Love Lit PodcastT.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode 1T.S. Eliot - The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock - Poetry Supplement - Episode 1 I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week’s poetry supplement comes after my favorite series to date- our series on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby- what a tour de force as we talked nihilism, symbolism, murder, jazz, gangsters, wealth and ironically- no love story- which was what I thou...2021-05-2941 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 4 - The End Of All Kinds Of Dreams!The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 4 - TheEnd Of All Kinds Of Dreams! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our fourth and final episode on this little book of constant surprises. We have talked about turns of phrases, irony, the colors, more irony, motifs of the eyes, water and baptism, dust, cars, references to time- and did I mention irony- 2021-05-2249 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 3 - Find Out Why Chapter 5 Is Fitzgerald's Favorite Chapter!The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald - Episode 3 - Find Out Why Chapter 5 Is Fitzgerald's Favorite Chapter!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit podcast. This is our third episode featuring what some people consider to be THE Great American Novel, and after two weeks of symbolism and irony and politics and layers and layers of imagery and meaning, I am starting to see why people are...2021-05-1542 minHow To Love Lit PodcastNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #4 - The End Of All Things And The BeginningNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #4 - The End Of All Things And The Beginning Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we are here to . We are here to look at books that have changed the world and can even change us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we conclude one of the most important memoirs to be written in the 20th century- Elie Wiesel’s short narrative, Night. In our first episode, we focused on Wiesel’s life and career, after the holocaust, a...2021-04-2743 minHow To Love Lit PodcastNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #3 - Auschwitz, Birkenau and Buna.Night - Elie Wiesel - Episode #3 - Auschwitz, Birkenau and Buna. Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We are here to look at books that have changed the world and can even change us. And I’m Garry Shriver; this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode featuring the great Dr. Elie Wiesel and his holocaust memoir Night. In episode one, we discussed Wiesel’s life story spanning the many years of his life before but then after the holocaust. We highlighted the impact this man has had on pla...2021-04-2638 minHow To Love Lit PodcastNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #2 - Irony And The Journey To The CampsNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #2 - Irony And The Journey To The Camps Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This month, we are learning from one of planet earth’s greatest advocates for peace, the holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Last week, we spent the entire episode discussing his life and really his calling which is a bit unusual for us. Because, even though we always discuss historical context of any author and piece of literature, Wiesel’s story deserves a cl...2021-04-2545 minHow To Love Lit PodcastNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #1 - Meet the Nobel Prize winning authorNight - Elie Wiesel - Episode #1 - Meet the Nobel Prize winning author Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast. Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoy our discussions of the Western World’s most amazing pieces of literature. Today, we begin by discussing one of the most inspiring humans of the twentieth century- among his many other accomplishments, which we’ll talk about today, he produced 57 works, including what is arguably the most moving expressions of holocaust literature eve...2021-04-2446 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWilliam Blake - The Chimney Sweeper - Songs Of Innocence - Songs Of ExperienceWilliam Blake - The Chimney Sweeper - Songs Of Innocence - Songs Of Experience Hi. I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week, we’re not discussing books per se- we’re discussing engravings- some of the most famous I know from Songs of Innocence and Experience created by the engraver, poet, artist and likely even musician, William Blake and two works by the same name- The Chimney...2021-04-1740 minHow To Love Lit PodcastEmma - Jane Austen - Episode 4- All Is Well That Ends Well - The ConclusionEmma - Jane Austen - Episode 4- All Is Well That Ends Well - The Conclusion HI, I’m Christy Shriver. We discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our concluding episode to Jane Austen’s masterpiece, Emma. And what a fun series it has been. There have been no deaths, well, unless you count Mrs. Churchill but she was generally ungrieved. There’s no generational abuse, no hysteria, no ghosts or no violence of...2021-04-1037 minHow To Love Lit PodcastEmma - Jane Austen - Episode 3 - The Strategies Of Romantic Intrigue Go Awry!Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 3 - The Strategies Of Romantic Intrigue Go Awry! Emma- Episode 3 I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. This is our 100th episode. Woohoo. It’s hard to believe- but it’s true! We’ve been doing this for 100 weeks- almost two years. We’d love to hear from you via any social media you use. We’ve certainly enjoyed bringing our best analysis of some of the world’s greatest lit. If you’d like to celebrate...2021-04-0354 minHow To Love Lit PodcastEmma - Jane Austen - Episode 2 - Let The Match Making And Mayhem Begin!Emma - Jane Austen - Episode 2 - Let The Match Making And Mayhem Begin! Episode 2 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and This is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing Jane Austen’s Masterpiece, Emma, and per our usual style, we barely got into the story itself last week. We talked a little about Austen, although I know we’re going to do a little mor...2021-03-2750 minHow To Love Lit PodcastEmma - Jane Austen - Episode 1- Meet The All Time Favorite Author Of The Regency Period And Modern TimesEmma - Jane Austen - Episode 1- Meet The All Time Favorite Author Of The Regency Period And Modern Times Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss the books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. Today we begin our series that tackles arguably the most popular writer in the English language- Jane Austen. One significant critic, Brigid Brophy described Austen as “the greatest novelist of all time!” Wow! I’m sure that’s not uncont...2021-03-2245 minHow To Love Lit PodcastJulia de Burgos - Meet Puerto Rico's Most Famous Poet!Julia de Burgos - Meet Puerto Rico's Most Famous Poet! Julia de Burgos- ScriptHI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we are exploring the beautiful and complex island called the Common Wealth of Puerto Rico and one of its most celebrated poets, Julia de Burgos. We are excited for many reasons to be celebrating this beautiful place and its cultura...2021-03-1739 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 4 - My Name! The Disintegration And Reintegration Of John Proctor!The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 4 - My Name! The Disintegration And Reintegration Of John Proctor! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. Hi, I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our final week to discuss Arthur Miller’s timeless allegory, The Crucible and wow have we covered a lot of topics. Week 1, we went back to the 1690s and visited Salem, the setting for this disturbing drama. We learned th...2021-03-0640 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 3 - Allegories Galore! - How To Incite Hysteria And Create a Bogeyman!The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 3 - Allegories Galore! - How To Incite Hysteria And Create a Bogeyman! Crucible- episode 3 I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is the third week in our discussion of Arthur Miller’s play, the Crucible. In Week one we went back in time to the 1690s and looked at the historical context and the story that...2021-02-2741 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 2 - The Witch Hunt and Hysteria Begins!The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 2 - The Witch Hunt and Hysteria Begins! The Crucible- Episode 2 HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. Thank you for listening, and please, if you don’t mind, take a minute right now to forward an episode of our show to a friend who may enjoy it. As you know, it’s hard to grow a...2021-02-2050 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 1 - Witch Hunts In Two Centuries! - Pulitzer Prizes! - Allegories Everywhere!The Crucible - Arthur Miller - Episode 1 - Witch Hunts In Two Centuries - Pulitzer Prizes - Allegories Everywhere! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit podcast. Today is new book day, and I always love new book day. We are starting our series on Arthur Miller and his timeless classic about human hysteria, The Crucible. I’m particularly excited about this series because it’s both extremel...2021-02-1350 minHow To Love Lit PodcastPetrarch - The World's First Influencer - Father Of The Renaissance - Creator Of The Sonnet - And The World's First Tourist!Petrarch - Father Of The Renaissance - Creator Of The Sonnet - And The World's First Tourist! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This week is our poetry supplement that we like to do between books. Next week we’re going to begin our discussion of Arthur Miller and his allegorical work “The Crucible”, but before we leave the Renaissance, we felt we needed to take at least...2021-01-3048 minHow To Love Lit PodcastClement Clarke Moore - The Story Behind 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' - Christmas Special!Clement Clarke Moore - The Story Behind 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' - Christmas Special! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast- we hope you enjoyed the intro music by Memphis’ very own local musicians- Holly Shotsberger and David Shotberger. Dr. David is a composer here in town and Holly is a professional flutist and singer; they also serve our community by leading music in our church...2020-12-1929 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWuthering Heights - Epsiode 5 - Emily Bronte - Redemption, Forgiveness and OvercomingWuthering Heights - Emily Bronte - Episode 5 - Redemption, Forgiveness and Overcoming WH- Episode 5 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. If you have made it this far into Wuthering Heights, I feel like you deserve an award or something. This is our fifth episode analyzing this book, taking five episodes on a single work is something we have only done with t...2020-12-0547 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWuthering Heights - Episode 4 - Emily Bronte - Marriage, Kidnapping, Co-dependency And Other Signs of Love!Wuthering Heights - Episode 4 - Emily Bronte - Marriage, Kidnapping, Co-dependency And Other Signs of Love! WH episode 4 Hi, this is Christy Shriver. We’re here to talk about books that changed the world and changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This is our fourth episode discussing the tumultuous inhabitants of Wuthering Heights and its neighboring estate Thrushcross Grange. And I must say, Bronte aptly selected the appropriate metaphor to develop the characters in the book as we have seen...2020-11-2847 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWuthering Heights - Episode 3 - Emily Bronte - Tantrums, Crazy Relationships, Rejection, Revenge - Part 2!!!Wuthering Heights - Episode 3 - Emily Bronte - Tantrums, Crazy Relationships, Rejection, Revenge - Part 2!!! ‘WH episode 3 Script HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our THIRD episode in our series on Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights- and good grief- this book is infinitely complex. Last week we went long talking through chapters 1-9. Before I get any farther, I can’t...2020-11-2151 minHow To Love Lit PodcastWuthering Heights - Episode 2 - Emily Bronte - Tantrums, Crazy Relationships, Rejection, Revenge!Wuthering Heights - Episode 2 - Tantrums, Crazy Relationships, Rejection, Revenge! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to the Love Lit Podcast. Thank you joining us with this educational adventure- we love being here every week with you; Also, as We ask every week, please tell a friend about us or text them an episode- word of mouth pretty is much how we grow. And if you remember, while you’re listen...2020-11-1455 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - Halloween Special!The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - Halloween Special!Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to read books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver- and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Let me remind you one more time to please give us a five star rating and a review. It’s how we can be a part of the podcast game! And If you’re listening to this in real time- HAPPY HALLOWEEN from the Good ole USA and the gre...2020-10-3135 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Cask Of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe - Halloween Special!The Cask Of Amontillado - Edgar Allen Poe - Halloween Special! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to talk about books that have changed us and changed the world. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. If you’re listening to us for the first time or have been listening for a while, please take a second and scroll down to the bottom of your podcast app and hit the five stars- that helps us move up in the world!! And if you...2020-10-2444 minHow To Love Lit PodcastRomeo & Juliet - Episode 5 - The Worst Way To End A Story... And Become A Classic!Romeo & Juliet - Episode 5 - One Of The Worst Ways To End A Story And Become A Classic! Hi- I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to look at works that changed the world and changed us. We do hope you have enjoyed this series on Romeo and Juliet, and we ask that if you did, please give us 5 star rating. That moves us up on the algorithms- you know those spirits that control the inter-webs. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.Christy, s...2020-10-1742 minHow To Love Lit PodcastRomeo & Juliet - Episode 4 - The Power Of Impulse And Really Bad Ideas!Romeo & Juliet - Episode 4 - The Power Of Impulse And Really Bad Ideas!Romeo and Juliet Episode 4 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver- and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us. Don’t forget, if you enjoy our work, please give us a rating, a comment- both – with your podcast provider-also share an episode with a friend- that’s the only way we grow. I’m Garry Shriver- and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our fourth episode exploring the Shakespearean wo...2020-10-1039 minHow To Love Lit PodcastRomeo & Juliet - Episode 3 - From Comedy To Tragedy!Romeo & Juliet - Episode 3 - From Comedy To Tragedy! ,k Hi- I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to talk about books that changed the world and change us! Hi, I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin our third episode on Shakespeare’s iconic Romeo and Juliet. Week one, we discussed, albeit briefly- Shakespeare’s life. Then we began to explore this idea of what makes something tragic. You proposed that in a tragedy the protagonist must be noble. In a sense...2020-10-0347 minHow To Love Lit PodcastRomeo & Juliet - Episode 2 - The Most Iconic Lines In All Of Literature!Romeo & Juliet - Episode 2 - The Most Iconic Lines In All Of Literature! Romeo and Juliet episode 2 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we are here to look at books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second week discussing that iconic Shakespearean classic, Romeo and Juliet. And per usual, we didn’t delve too far into the script in our first episode. Last week, we talked quite a bit about th...2020-09-2637 minHow To Love Lit PodcastRomeo & Juliet - Episode 1 - Meet the author and the play!Romeo & Juliet - Episode 1 - Meet the author you already know - William Shakespeare! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver- and we’re here to discuss books that changed the world and changed us, please look down on your phone, below where you just scrolled through the episodes and hit the five star. It really means something in podcast world. Also, please tell a podcast friend about us too. I’m Garry Shriver- this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We are here in Memphis, TN, starting up school, and teachers across thi...2020-09-1952 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #3 - The lessons on becoming an isolated insect.The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #3 - The lessons on becoming an isolated insect. Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit Podcast. Thanks for being with us. If you’re enjoying our podcast please tell a friend! This is our third and final week to be discussing Kafka’s popular novella The Metamorphosis. In episode one, we looked at the author’s life, his difficult relationship with his abusive father, and the context of the turn of the ce...2020-08-1546 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #2 - Take a trip down existential lane!The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #2 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver and welcome to the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our series on Franz Kafka and his great work “Metamorphosis.” And before I forget, please let me remind you, if you enjoy our work, text an episode to a friend and/or give us a five star rating on your podcast app. It’s through sharing that we grow; we hope our work is resonating and is an educational resource worth sharing. ...2020-08-0849 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #1- I'm a bug!The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Episode #1 Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit Podcast. We’re glad you’re listening- thank you. We hope you enjoy exploring great writing with us, and I want to remind you- if you enjoy our work please forward an episode to a friend. Obviously, it’s by sharing that we all grow and build- which, as the last series on American documents informs us- building is always the goal. Today, however, we are leaving the Ameri...2020-08-0149 min
How To Love Lit PodcastPhillis Wheatley - Poet of the Revolutionary Era - "His Excellency General Washington"Phillis Wheatley - Poet of the Revolutionary Era - "His Excellency General Washington" Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit Podcast. Today we conclude our series on the Foundational Documents of the United States by giving homage to one of America’s earliest poetic voices- the notable Phyliss Wheatley Peters. The second woman on the American continent to publish a work of literature, and the first African American woman to do so. She truly is a remarkable w...2020-07-2549 minHow To Love Lit PodcastJames Madison - The United States Constitution - Part 3 of the American Document Series!James Madison - The United States Constitution Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast. We have been steering away from traditional literature for the last three weeks to look at three foundational documents of American history that have been noteworthy not just for their historical importance, but also for their literary value. We started with Patrick Henry’s speech to the virginia convention with the famous phrase, Give me Liberty or Give me Death. Last week, we analyzed the Declaration...2020-07-1848 minHow To Love Lit PodcastPatrick Henry-"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!" - Part 1 of the American Documents SeriesPatrick Henry-"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!" - Part 1 of the American Documents Series Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And welcome to the How to Love Lit Podcast. I’m Garry Shriver. We’re glad you’re joining us, if you enjoy our work, please consider supporting us by giving us a five star rating on your podcast ap, such as apple. Also, consider texting your favorite episode to a friend. That’s how we grow. Today, we begin a three part series where we explore three histo...2020-07-0446 minHow To Love Lit PodcastPercy Shelley - Ozymandias - The Frankenstein Poetry SupplementPercy Shelley - Ozymandius - The Frankenstein Poetry Supplement Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I am Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We just finished talking through the much adored classic Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and we went everywhere in our discussion of that book. I know I said this pretty much every episode but I stayed amazed the entire time about how many layers of meaning she had going on and she was only 18. We talked about politics, gender-politics, religion, psychology, philosophy, chemistry, the natural science...2020-05-2442 minHow To Love Lit PodcastFrankenstein - Episode #4 - Victor and the Monster argue the nature of man to a frightful conclusion!Frankenstein - Episode #4 - Victor and the Monster argue the nature of man to a frightful conclusion! Hi, My name is Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to love lit Podcast. Today we finish our discussion over mary shelley’s classic horror tale- Frankenstein. This is the fourth and final episode in this discussion- and we certainly have been all over the place in terms of the range of ideas she’s incorporated- and looking at my notes, we’re stretching even farther today. In episode one, w...2020-05-1749 minHow To Love Lit PodcastFrankenstein - Episode #3 - The maker and the monster meet and discuss morality, philosophy, the meaning of life and daddy issues!Frankenstein - Episode #3 - The maker and the monster meet and discuss morality, philosophy, the meaning of life and daddy issues! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode to discuss Mary Shelley and her masterpiece Frankenstein. In Episode one we basically talked about her life, as well as discussed the title and the quote on the title page. Episode 2 we discussed chapters 1-5 and introduced the setting of Geneva and Ingolstadt as well as some of t...2020-05-1040 minHow To Love Lit PodcastFrankenstein - Episode #2 - The narrative framework and the birth of the monster!Frankenstein - Episode #2 - The narrative framework and the birth of the monster! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver- and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode in our discussion of Mary Shelley and her great work, Frankenstein. Last week we spent almost the entire time talking sbout Mary Shelley’s fascinating life, and we didn’t even get past the age of 18. That’s true, although I will say, we covered the the Title, subtitle and quote on the titl...2020-05-0353 minHow To Love Lit PodcastFrankenstein-Episode #1 - Meet Mary Shelley and her classic gothic novel!Frankenstein-Episode #1 - Meet Mary Shelley and her classic gothic novel! Hi, I’m Chisty Shriver And I’m Garry Shriver- and today we are starting our discussion of one of the most beloved if not THE most beloved gothic novel in the world. Of course, we were always going to analyze this book, but I have to admit that we moved up the timetable because we’ve had such a large number of requests. In fact, I have to admit, for us this has been THE most requested book for us to discuss...2020-04-2649 minHow To Love Lit PodcastJohn Keats-Ode On A Grecian Urn - Poetry Supplement!John Keats-Ode On A Grecian Urn - Poetry Supplement! Hi, I’m Christy Shiver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This week- by way of Segway between Sophocles and the Greek theater - to our next book the great romantic//gothic novel by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein - we have chosen the feature a Romantic take on the Greeks- Ode ON a Grecian Urn by John Keats- not to be misquoted by what seems more natural Ode TO a Grecian Urn. That’s true...2020-04-1939 minHow To Love Lit PodcastThe Easter Episode - The archetypes, history and literary importance of Easter.The Easter episode. The archetypes, history and literary importance of Easter. Hi, This is Christy Shriver And this is Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit podcast. If you are listening to this in real time, this is the week of Easter 2020- and what a crazy year this has been. The Kansas City Chiefs, my hometown team finally won the Superbowl after 50 years, we started our hard core workouts, well, we like to think of them that way, but we’d started attending our local work out core t...2020-04-1233 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAntigone Episode #2 - Tragedy, Honor, Wisdom And The End Of All ThingsAntigone Episode #2 - Tragedy, Honor, Wisdom And The End Of All Things 2Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. We are working our way through Sophocles’ greatest hits!! Of all the plays he wrote, as we discussed last week, we only have seven (which I guess isn’t that surprising since they were written in the 400’s bc)- but of those his Oedipus trilogy is by far the most popular- and of those three- Oedipus Rex is the most popular o...2020-04-0539 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAntigone Episode #1 - Drama, death, higher law, family issues and more deathAntigone Episode #1 - Drama, death, higher law, family issues and more death 2Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the how to love lit podcast. We are working our way through Sophocles’ greatest hits!! Of all the plays he wrote, as we discussed last week, we only have seven (which I guess isn’t that surprising since they were written in the 400’s bc)- but of those his Oedipus trilogy is by far the most popular- and of those three- Oedipus Rex is the most popular o...2020-03-2942 minHow To Love Lit PodcastOedipus Rex - Episode #3- The Reveal, The Conclusion, Sigmund Freud, and how it all goes together!Oedipus Rex - Episode #3- The Reveal, The Conclusion, Sigmund Freud, and how it all goes together! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the how to love lit podcast. Today we wrap up our discussion of what Aristotle calls the greatest of all plays. Of course, although I wouldn’t have said this a few years ago, I think this may be truer than even Aristotle knew. It’s amazing to think that a play so old and outdated in a stylistic sense could even be taken serio...2020-03-2234 minHow To Love Lit PodcastOedipus Rex - Episode #2 - Irony, Tragedy, Oracles, Flaws And More!Oedipus Rex - Episode #2 - Irony, Tragedy, Oracles, Flaws And More! Hello, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. This is the second episode in our series on the two most popular works by the Greek playwright Sophocles. Last week, we traveled back the couple thousand years and across the ocean to Greece and tried to understand a little bit about the culture and customs that surrounded Greek Theater. We discussed the occasion for the plays, the set up of the amphithea...2020-03-1535 minHow To Love Lit PodcastOedipus Rex - Episode #1 - The philosophy, the predicaments, the purpose in Greek TheaterOedipus Rex - Episode #1 - The philosophy, the predicaments, the purpose in Greek Theater Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today, we’re venturing back into drama and when I say back- I mean way way back- all the way to 496bc give or take a few years to Athens Greece where we will meet one of the most famous playwrights of all time- Sophocles. But…before we do, I’ve been called out for an inconsistency. It seems that a lis...2020-03-0833 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAnimal Farm - Short Story Supplement - Anton ChekovAnimal Farm - Short Story Supplement - Anton Chekov Hi, My name is Christy Shriver. And my name is Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast. Today we are going to take a very small dip into the vast sea of what has been called the Golden age of Russian literature. It’s going to be an unusual episode today because we’re going to try to tackle a different genre . We’ve done novels, plays, non-fiction memoirs, a political document and poetry, but today, we look at our very...2020-03-0145 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAnimal Farm Episode - #4 - The conclusion of Orwell's satirical expose on the true nature of totalitarianism!Animal Farm Episode #4 - The conclusion of Orwell's satirical expose on the true nature of totalitarianism! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love lit podcast. Today we will wrap up our discussion of George Orwell’s timeless warning against totalitarianism through the novella Animal Farm. In Week One, we met Orwell and looked at his life and how his ideas were formulated over a lifetime lived split between the continent of Europe and the countries of India and Burma. We explored how his under...2020-02-2344 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAnimal Farm - Episode #3 - Propaganda - the art of creating alternative reality - and dictatorships!Animal Farm - Episode #3 - Propaganda - the art of creating alternative reality - and dictatorships! Script 3- Animal Farm HI, I’m Christy Shriver. I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. We are on episode 3 of Orwell’s classic fairy story- in quotations- or allegorical novella Animal Farm. And although the book is extremely short, it is compact and full of political satire. On week one, we spent most of the episode looking at Orwell’s life, his perspective of the world and h...2020-02-1650 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAnimal Farm - Episode #2 - Meet the characters of Animal Farm and dive into lots of political allegory!Animal Farm - Episode #2 - Meet the characters of Animal Farm and dive into lots of political allegory! Hi, this is Christy Shriver. This is Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is the second episode in the series where we look at George Orwell and his political ideology through the classic and beloved novella and allegory Animal Farm. Last week, we discussed the life and times of Orwell himself, and we looked, albeit very briefly at the first couple of chapters of the book itself high...2020-02-0947 minHow To Love Lit PodcastAnimal Farm - Episode #1 - Meet George Orwell and the array of world forces that produced this classic work!Animal Farm - Episode #1 - Meet George Orwell and the array of world forces that produced this classic work! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we start another political tale- this time instead of a play written two-thousand years, ago, we will discuss a novel, well officially it’s a novel, but its author called it a fairy-tale, albeit without the prince charming, beautiful princess and the happily ever after ending. I’m not sure how it’s a fairy tale...2020-02-0239 min