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The Literary Life Podcast

Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks

Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader…

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The Literary Life Podcast

Episode 350: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 33-End

Episode 349: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 17-32

Episode 348: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 6-16

Episode 347: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Intro and Ch. 1-5

Episode 346: Finding the Education for Your Vocation with the Hornstra Sisters

Episode 345: "Best of" Series – The Literary Life of Addison and Ella Hornstra (Ep. 182)

Episode 344: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 41-50

Episode 343: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 31-40

Episode 342: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 21-30

Episode 341: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 11-20

Episode 340: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Introduction, Ch. 1-10

Episode 339: Ask Us (Almost) Anything

Episode 338: "The Vulture" by Samuel Johnson – Short Story Summer Remix

Episode 337: "The Celestial Omnibus" by E. M. Forster – Short Story Summer Remix

Episode 336: "Why I Write" by George Orwell - Short Story Summer Remix

Episode 335: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant – Short Story Summer Remix

Episode 334: "The Adventures of a Shilling" by Joseph Addison – Short Story Summer Remix

Episode 333: "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield - Short Story Summer Remix

Episode 332: "A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls" by G. K. Chesterton, Short Story Summer Series Remix

Episode 331: "Araby" by James Joyce – Short Story Summer Series Remix

Episode 330: Where to Start with Ancient Literature with Dr. Anne Phillips

Episode 329: "On Fairy Stories" Revisited with Jenn Rogers

Episode 328: Best of The Literary Life – "On Fairy Stories" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Episode 327: The Power of Story and "Galahad and the Grail" with Malcolm Guite

Episode 326: "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope

Episode 325: Introduction to Alexander Pope and the Neo-Classical Poets

Episode 324: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 34-End

Episode 323: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 27-33

Episode 322: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 20-26

Episode 321: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 13-19

Episode 320: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 6-12

Episode 319: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, Intro and Ch. 1-5

Episode 318: How to Read Shakespeare

Episode 317: "Best of" – The Literary Life of Charlotte Mason

Episode 316: "Don Juan" by Moliere, Acts 2-5

Episode 315: "Don Juan" by Moliere, Introduction and Act 1

Episode 314: "Best of" - Our Favorite Poems

Episode 313: The Tower and the Ruin with Dr. Michael Drout

Episode 312: "Best of" - Fairy Tales and Children's Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian

Episode 311: "Falling Inward" with Dr. Jason Baxter

Episode 310: "Best of" - What to Do When The Literary Life Feels Overwhelming (Ep. 231)

Episode 309: Our Literary Lives of 2025

Episode 308: Preview of The Literary Life Season 8

Episode 307: "Best of" – Our Year in Reading, Ep. 31

Episode 306: "Best of" – What Is the Literary Life?

Episode 305: Books on Screen – Our Favorite Film Adaptations

Episode 304: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 14-End

Episode 303: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 8-13

Episode 302: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 4-7

Episode 301: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Intro and Ch. 1-3

Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 18-End

Episode 299: Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 12-17

Episode 298: Best of Series – "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 8-11

Episode 297: Best of Series - Bram Stoker's "Dracula" Ch. 3-7

Episode 296: Best of Series – Introduction to "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Ch. 1-2

Episode 295: "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti, Part 2

Episode 294: "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti, Part 1

Episode 293: The Literary Tradition

Episode 292: The Age of Innocence on Screen

Episode 291: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Ch. 22-End

Episode 290: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Ch. 9-21

Episode 289: "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton, Ch. 1-8

Episode 288: Literary Milestones

Episode 287: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, "Tiger, Tiger"

Episode 286: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, "Kaa's Hunting"

Episode 285: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, "Mowgli's Brothers"

Episode 284: Best of – "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield

Episode 283: Catching Up with Jason Baxter – Dante, Teacher as Translator, Learning to Read Poetry, and Hot Takes

Episode 282: Best of - "Harry Potter" Book 1, Ch. 13-End

Episode 281: "Best of" – "Harry Potter" Book 1, Ch. 8-12

Episode 280: "Best of" – "Harry Potter" Book Ch. 3-7

Episode 279: "Best of" – "Harry Potter" Book 1, Intro and Ch. 1-2

Episode 278: The Literary Life of Natalia Testa

Episode 277: "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor

Episode 276: An Introduction to Flannery O'Connor

Episode 275: The Literary Life of Angelina Stanford

Episode 274: The Literary Life of Dr. Anne Phillips

Episode 273: Best of Series- "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim, Ch. 12-22

Episode 272: Best of Series – "The Enchanted April" by Elizabeth von Arnim, Ch. 1-11