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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 75 - Cultivating Peace

July 29, 2018

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

Episode 78 - The Art of Worldly Wisdom - Part 2

August 19, 2018

More aphorisms and commentary from Balthasar Gracián, the 17th century Spanish Jesuit philosopher, offering counsel on surviving and thriving in the life of the court and society in general.

Episode 68 - A Fable by Mark Twain

June 10, 2018

The great American storyteller, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, offers this brief, moralistic animal tale featuring the cleverness of the cat, the skepticism of the ass, and the curiosity of a host of other animals of the forest.