Exploring The Greats

Exploring Shakespeare's Othello Episode 1: (Tush,) Never Tell Me

This is Episode 1 of Exploring Shakespeare's Othello. To access all following episodes, join the club at exploringthegreats.com In this first episode, John and James se

Exploring Plato's Republic Episode 1: Passing Torches

This is Episode 1 of Exploring Plato's Republic. To access all following episodes, join the club at exploringthegreats.com In this first episode, we begin Book One, intr

Exploring Moby-Dick Episode 1: Setting Sail

This is Episode 1 of Exploring Moby-Dick with Rob Delaney and Hester Blum. To access all episodes, join the book club at exploringthegreats.com In this first episode, H

Exploring Moby-Dick with Rob Delaney and Hester Blum

"It is not down on any map; true places never are." Over 21 episodes, join Professor Hester Blum and Rob Delaney as they navigate Moby-Dick, the devastating and hilario

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Exploring The Odyssey with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins

Join Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins as they deep dive into this greatest of all stories, sharing their lifetime’s enjoyment of it while putting it in context and unpick

Exploring Shakespeare's Othello with James Shapiro and John Douglas Thompson

"O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind; farewell content." Love, betrayal, regret: this is William Shakespeare's Othello. Join Professor James Shapiro and John D

Exploring Plato's Republic with Agnes Callard and Tim Blake Nelson

What is justice? And how can societies achieve it? These are central questions in Plato's The Republic, a text that steadfastly questions the core tenets of liberalism. J