Champs at the Lit Podcast
1) Rerun: Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb
This is a rerun of our episode about the book American Prometheus, a biography of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. It originally aired on October 27, 2022.We're rerunning it in h...Show More
2) Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
This episode is about Heaven, a novel by Japanese author Mieko KawakamiReferences:A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...Show More
3) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
This episode is about the book The Reluctant Fundamentalist, a novel by Mohsin Hamid.References:Exit West, by Mohsin HamidMoth Smoke, by Mohsin HamidThe Reluctant Fundamentalist, a box office bomb sta...Show More
4) American Prometheus
This episode is about the book American Prometheus, a biography of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. It won the Pulitzer Prize and is being made into a feature film by Christopher...Show More
5) The Buried Giant
In this episode, we're talking about The Buried Giant by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro. This episodes contains spoilers.References:Ishiguro's WSJ interview: https://www.wsj.com/video/kazuo-ishiguro-un...Show More
6) The End of the Myth
In this episode, we're talking about The End of the Myth by Greg Grandin. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice.Further reading:"The Moral Equivalent of War" by William JamesA Wicked War: Polk, C...Show More
7) Aurora
In this episode, we're talking about Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode, like all of our episodes, contains spoilers.Other Kim Stanley Robins work...Show More
8) The Topeka School
In this episode, we're talking about The Topeka School by Ben Lerner. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode, like all of our episodes, contains spoilers.References:Other books by Be...Show More
9) Wolf Hall
In this episode, we're talking about Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode contains many spoilers, for all three books in the trilogy. Referen...Show More
10) SPQR
In this episode, we're talking about SPQR by Mary Beard. Please join us. Or don't. It's your choice. This episode contains spoilers, but it's all ancient history.References:The History of the Decline ...Show More