This week, Sinéad Gleeson delights in the byways of Maeve Brennan's New York; and Costica Bradatan explores the enduring appeal of Henry David Thoreau.
'The Long-Winded Lady', by Maeve Brennan, with an introduction by Sinéad Gleeson
'Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture', by Caleb Smith
'Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living', by John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle
'Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently', by Lawrence Buell
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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In the first episode of our new series on the great political fictions, David talks about Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (1608-9), the last of his tragedies and perhaps his most politically contentious play. Why has Coriolanus been subject to so many wildly different political interpretations? Is pride really the tragic flaw of the military monster at its heart? What does it say about the struggle between elite power and popular resistance and about the limits of political argument?
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Colin Burrow on Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus
Michael Wood on Coriolanus in the Hunger Games
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Neste 104º episódio do 451 MHz, os convidados são os escritores Socorro Acioli e Stênio Gardel, dois grandes destaques da literatura brasileira em 2023. Autora de romances de sucesso, como Cabeça de santo, Socorro foi a autora mais vendida da Flip, a Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty, com seu novo Oração para desaparecer. Já o romance de estreia de Gardel, A palavra que resta, teve sua edição em inglês premiada como o National Book Award, mais importante prêmio do mercado norte-americano. A primeira versão do livro surgiu num dos ateliês de escrita ministrados por Socorro em Fortaleza, dando início a uma grande amizade literária e uma profícua troca de experiência entre os dois escritores. Apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, Lamorna Ash goes back to school for the latest reboot of Tina Fey's Mean Girls; and Professor Eric Naiman on the challenges of teaching in the age of ChatGPT.
'Mean Girls', screenplay by Tina Fey, directed by Samantha Jayne and
Arturo Perez Jr
'The Brothers Karamazov', by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week David talks to Richard Whatmore and Lea Ypi about what caused the loss of faith in the idea of Enlightenment at the end of the eighteenth century and the parallels with our loss of faith today. Why did hopes for a better, more rational world start to seem like wishful thinking? How was Britain implicated in the demise of Enlightenment ideals? And what might have happened if there had been no French Revolution?
Richard Whatmore’s The End of Enlightenment is available now
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This week, will George Berridge be convinced by the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's Poor Things? And Peter Geoghegan explores how the climate emergency is being treated in Westminster.
'Mission zero: The independent net zero review', by Chris Skidmore
'Climate capitalism: Winning the global race to zero emissions', by Akshat Rathi
'The price is wrong: Why capitalism won’t save the planet', by Brett
Christophers
'Poor things', directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
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This week David talks to Rory Stewart about his life in politics and the history of the ideas behind his political philosophy. What does it mean to be a Tory in the twenty-first century? When and how did the Conservative party get taken over by Whigs? Where – if anywhere – can independents find a home in contemporary British democracy? A conversation about the many different forces that shape our politics, from Gulliver’s Travels to Liz Truss.
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart is published by Penguin Books
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Como uma fonte inesgotável de inspiração, Shakespeare nunca deixa de ser tema saboroso para amantes da literatura. Nesse episódio do 451 MHz, a escritora Nara Vidal, autora de "Shakespearianas: As mulheres em Shakespeare" pela editora Relicário, nos mostra como as personagens femininas trazem mais camadas de complexidade à obra do dramaturgo a partir de suas nuances. Apoie o 451 MHz: https://bit.ly/Assine451
This week, Charles Foster explores how psychedelic drugs are changing lives; and Alan Jenkins on the lure of the open seas.
'Ten Trips: The new reality of psychedelics', by Andy Mitchell
'Psychedelics: The revolutionary drugs that could change your life – a
guide from the expert', by David Nutt
'I feel love: MDMA and the quest for connection in a fractured world',
by Rachel Nuwer
'Psychonauts: Drugs and the making of the modern mind', by Mike Jay
'Sailing Alone: A history', by Richard J King
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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This week David talks to the political scientist Mike Kenny about the possible fate of the United Kingdom. What makes the UK such an unusual political arrangement? How has it managed to hold together through war, economic decline, Brexit, Covid? What still threatens to break it apart?
Mike Kenny’s new book is Fractured Union: Politics, Sovereignty and the Fight to Save the UK
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Episode 12 in our series on the great essays is about Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Case for Reparations’, published in the Atlantic in 2014. Black American life has been marked by injustice from the beginning: this essay explores what can – and what can’t – be done to remedy it, from slavery to the housing market, from Mississippi to Chicago. Plus, what has this story got to do with the origins of the state of Israel?
Read the original essay here.
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The acclaimed novelist and her musician daughter on the joys of reading in trees, childhood gardens and what it's like to have a David Austin rose named after you.
Produced by Charlotte Pardy
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