Apparently Tolkien is a fabulous illustrator. Who knew? I've seriously looked up prints, and they are weirdly hard to find . . . but enchanting. Oh, this episode is about Christmas. Merry Christmas!

Classical Stuff You Should Know

291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

In this episode, we learn how to---as Graeme would say---RIP THE SYSTEM. Well, at least until an aunt bails us out.

290: Civil Disobedience by David Henry Thoreau

In this episode, we talk about allegory and cattle. Oh, and Pilgrim's Progress

289: John Bunyan and Babe le bœuf bleu

In this episode, Graeme talks us through a framework in which we can experience Macbeth (you know, that Scottish play). Turns out that when you kill a Scottish king, everything goes topsy turvy. 

288: Macbeth Inverted

Ever heard of the headless horseman? Did you know he was a Hessian Soldier? Do you know where the Jack-o-lantern comes from? FIND OUT IN THIS SPOOOOOOOKY EPISODE.

287: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

Faeries. Stay away from them or you'll have your finger pricked all to heck. 

286: Prince Darling

In this episode, Graeme discusses the degradation of man as a reflection of the degradation of the state suggested in Plato's Republic, Book VIII. Apparently true freedom is bloodshed. 

285: The Democratic Man: Plato's Republic Revisited

In this (far too long) episode, we play a quiz show with a cake as a prize. Because really, that's what every war is about: cake. 

284: Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"

Thomas continues his series on children's books with the (an?) original Beauty and the Beast tale. It's pretty lovely. Is it bad if I want to be Thomas's kid? 

283: Beauty and the Beast

In this episode, we discuss Jane Austen's "Sense & Sensibility," along with a bunch of doofy males. I mean we discuss them, we don't podcast with them. 

282: Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen

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291: J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas"

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