Jorge Luis Borges was a librarian with rock star status, a stimulus for magical realism who was not a magical realist, and a wholly original writer who catalogued and defined his own precursors. It’s fitting that he was fascinated by paradoxes, and his most famous stories are fantasias on themes at the heart of this series: dreams, mirrors, recursion, labyri ... Show More
Oct 5
Novel Approaches: ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ by Henry James
In The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James borrows from Eliot, Austen, folktales and potboilers, but ‘the thing that he took from nowhere was Isabel Archer’. James transformed the 19th-century novel through his evocation of Isabel, a woman who wants and suffers in a profoundly new (a ... Show More
14m 38s
Sep 29
Love and Death: 'Surge' by Jay Bernard and 'In Nearby Bushes' by Kei Miller
Jay Bernard’s 'Surge' and Kei Miller’s 'In Nearby Bushes', both published in 2019, address acts of violence whose victims were not directly known to the writers: in Surge, the deaths of thirteen Black teenagers in the New Cross Fire of 1981; in Miller’s poem, a series of rapes an ... Show More
16m 7s
Dec 2024
Jorge Luis Borges, The Zahir - Teodelina’s Wake And Being Given The Zahir - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Zahir" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It focuses on how the Borges of the story ends up getting the Zahir as a bit of change when ... Show More
13m 45s
Dec 2024
Jorge Luis Borges, The Zahir - Illness And Misfortune The Zahir Brings - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Zahir" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It focuses on the effect that the Zahir exerts on the Borges of the story. He received it as ... Show More
15m 54s
Dec 2024
Jorge Luis Borges - Averröes’ Search - The Conversation With Abu-Al-Hasan - Sadler' Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "Averröes’ Search" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It focuses on a fictional characterization of the Islamic philosopher Ibn-Rushd, als ... Show More
16m 58s
Apr 2025
S22 Ep17: NoSleep Podcast S22E17
It's Episode 17 of Season 22. The voices are calling with tales about reaping grimly. "First Heat" written by B.A. Ries (Story starts around 00:03:35) TRIGGER WARNING! Produced by: Claudius Moore Cast: Peter - Dan Zappulla, Goggles - Graham Rowat, Roger - Jeff Clement, Anthony - ... Show More
1h 8m
Sep 2024
"Retronyms" w/ Stephen J. Dubner [Best-Of Episode]
The Puzzler team is taking a short summer break, and in the meantime we're bringing you some of our favorite episodes from the archives. We'll be back with brand new episodes soon! Hello, Puzzlers! Puzzling with us today: author, journalist, and podcaster Stephen J. Dubner of Fre ... Show More
11m 15s