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Episode 70 - The Artist - Maupassant

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June 24, 2018

A short story from the French master of the form, Guy de Maupassant. A skilled carnival knife-thrower laments his misfortune to the sympathetic narrator of the tale.

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Episode 64 - Love Sonnets II - Shakespeare

May 13, 2018

A second set of five sonnets on Love by William Shakespeare, in celebration of Mother's Day. Music: A madrigal, Amor mi sprona (bassoon & choir) by Alfonso Ferrabosco, Sr. Performed by Robert Rønnes.

Episode 75 - Cultivating Peace

July 29, 2018

A handful of maxims whose practice can bring quietude and tranquillity to life.

Episode 73 - An Adventure in India - Voltaire

July 22, 2018

Greek philosopher Pythagoras, while sojourning in India, encounters an herb, an oyster, and a mob of Hindus bent on burning two men at the stakes for the perceived heresies of questioning religious traditional wisdom.