Constance Grady, a culture writer at Vox, is joined by Emily Wilson to discuss her bestselling translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey. They unpack the buzz surrounding them and the significance of The Iliad today.
Host: Constance Grady, (@constancegrady), culture writer, Vox
Guest: Emily Wilson, classics professor and translator of The Iliad and The Ody ... Show More
Nov 10
Truth in an age of doublethink
We use “Orwellian” to describe everything from campus dust-ups to authoritarian crackdowns. But what did George Orwell actually stand for, what did he get wrong, and what can we learn from him about our age of surveillance capitalism and distraction? Sean’s guest is Laura Beers, ... Show More
52m 16s
Nov 2023
Next Year on Close Readings: Among the Ancients II
For the final introduction to next year’s full Close Readings programme, Emily Wilson, celebrated classicist and translator of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, returns for a second season of Among the Ancients, to take on another twelve vital works of Greek and Roman literature with th ... Show More
11m 41s
Nov 2023
Bonus Episode: Dr. Emily Wilson on the Art of Translation
In this month’s bonus episode, Liza is joined by Dr. Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate Homer’s The Odyssey into English. Liza and Dr. Wilson explore the vital but often underrecognized role of a literary translator, why she set out to translate The Odyssey and The Iliad, ... Show More
27m 2s
Apr 2024
Episode 473 || Annie Recommends: Audiobooks
<p>This week on From the Front Porch, we have a new series: Annie Recommends! In this series, Annie curates a stack of books in a certain genre or theme for you – just as if you walked into our brick-and-mortar store, The Bookshelf. Sometimes, you just want a good book list. This ... Show More
42m 48s
Dec 2023
Episode 275: The Ineffable Center (Borges' "The Aleph")
<p>An episode interesting from every point of view, we train our eyes on Jorge Luis Borges' "The Aleph." The first segment wins the kudos of the learned, the academician, the Hellenist, as we talk about the favorite things we saw this year. The second segment — baroque? decadent? ... Show More
1h 34m
Nov 2019
Ce que le patriarcat fait à l’amour | Prologue
<p><strong>Dans cet épisode, Carol Gilligan, psychologue étasunienne et co-autrice de « Pourquoi le patriarcat ? » (éd. Climats, 2018) est l’invitée de Victoire Tuaillon. </strong>Leurs échanges ont été enregistrés en anglais. L’intégralité de la conversation est disponible dans ... Show More
5m 4s
Apr 2023
Episode 421 || Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley: Spring
<p>This week on From the Front Porch, it's an episode of Off the Shelf with Annie & Ashley, formerly known as Kids' Table! It's the same banter and book talk you love with a fresh new name. Annie is joined by friend, cousin, and former colleague, <a href='https://www.instagram.co ... Show More
56m 4s
May 2024
Amazon’s garbage book factory
Vox senior correspondent Constance Grady went inside the seedy underbelly of online self-publishing and lived to tell the tale.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn with help from Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by R ... Show More
25m 36s