Podcasts by Letter of Liberty

Episode 25 - Interview with Robert Alter on Qohelet and (Second) Isaiah from 2018-10-17T19:36:29

In this episode, Professor Robert Alter joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss two of the Bible's most powerful books: Ecclesiastes, or Qohelet, and Second Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55). Alter speaks ab...

Episode 24 - Interview with Patrick Newman on Conceived in Liberty from 2018-10-10T19:00:24

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In this episode, Patrick Newman joins the show to discuss the forthcoming fifth...

Episode 23 - Interview with Walter Block on Justice from 2018-09-26T18:55:52

In this episode, Professor Walter Block joins us again to discuss justice and law from a libertarian perspective. We talk about justice, vigilantes, what should have happened after the Civil War...

Episode 22- Interview with Robert Miola on The Tragedy of Macbeth from 2018-08-23T20:07:52

In this episode, Shakespearean scholar and professor Robert Miola joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss the poetry, history, tragedy, and insight behind Shakespeare's greatest tragedy of evil, ...

Episode 21 - Interview with Louis DeCaro on John Brown from 2018-08-17T18:17:53

In this episode, historian Louis DeCaro joins Letter of Liberty to discuss the abolitionist John Brown, Brown's attitudes to violence, why Brown is not a terrorist, why he is a hero, and why his...

Episode 19 - Interview with Ruby Blondell on Helen of Troy from 2018-07-12T17:24:07

In this episode, University of Washington professor Ruby Blondell speaks on Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman of all time; we talk about Homer, the tragic imagination of Helen; in addition...

Episode 18 - Interview with Walter Block on Libertarianism from 2018-07-05T18:09:04

In this episode, Walter Block, economics professor and libertarian scholar, joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss libertarianism, total privatization of everything, and the necessity and goodne...

Episode 17 - Interview with Gary Saul Morson on Leo Tolstoy from 2018-07-02T01:29:27

In this episode Gary Saul Morson, distinguished scholar of Russian literature, joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss the greatness of Leo Tolstoy, his ability to capture the consciousness of hu...

Episode 16 - Interview with Laurence Bergreen on Casanova from 2018-06-21T19:19:03

In this episode, Laurence Bergreen joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss the towering figure of Giacomo Casanova and of the Europe that he was both a part of and that he defined.

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Episode 15 - Interview with Robert Alter from 2018-06-12T19:18:13

In this episode, Professor Robert Alter returns to the Letter of Liberty to discuss the Hebrew Bible, the poetry and the prophets, and more. We also discuss William Faulkner and Leo Tolstoy near...

Episode 14 - Interview with Glenn Frankel from 2018-06-07T18:18:08

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Glenn Frankel joins Letter of Liberty to discuss The Searchers and High Noon. Glenn and Anand discuss the greatness of the two films, how they unders...

Episode 13 - Interview with Keith Preston from 2018-05-24T18:11:18

In this episode, Keith Preston, anarchist writer and host of AttacktheSystem.com, joins Letter of Liberty to discuss the history and ideas...

Episode 12 - Interview with David Gordon from 2018-05-17T19:09:08

In this episode, David Gordon, senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss Murray Rothbard, libertarianism, classical liberalism, the Koch brothers, a...

Episode 11 - Interview with Professor Steven Weitzman from 2018-04-30T14:05:09

In this episode, Professor Steven Weitzman joins the Letter of Liberty to discuss the story and the relevance of King Solomon of the Bible.

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Episode 10 - Interview with Peter T. Chattaway from 2018-04-26T18:38:56

In this episode, Peter T. Chattaway joins the podcast to discuss the Bible and Jesus in movies.

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Episode 9 - Interview with Jamie LiCausi from 2018-04-09T14:01:30

In this episode, LIU Post senior forensics science student Jamie LiCausi joins the Letter of Liberty to speak up about issues on LIU Post.

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Episode 8 - Interview with Richard Martin on The Iliad from 2018-03-29T18:19:44

In this episode Richard Martin, classics professor at Stanford University, discusses Homer’s The Iliad, The oral poetry, the complexity and strangeness of the poem, and the power of The Iliad’s ...

Episode 7 - An Episode on Homer, the Bible, and University News from 2018-03-22T17:25:57

In this solo episode, Anand Venigalla announces the guest for next week (classics professor Richard Martin), reads passages of The Iliad to whet your appetite for Episode 8, gets enthralled by b...

Episode 6 - What I've Been Reading So Far from 2018-03-01T20:21:55

In this episode of Letter of Liberty, Anand Venigalla, in the absence of a suitable guest, discusses what he’s been reading so far: René Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy and Frederick ...

Episode 5 - An Impromptu Response to Emma Gonzalez’ Speech from 2018-02-22T18:32:33

In this episode, Anand Venigalla, the host, reads a recent speech by Emma Gonzalez advocating for gun control and gives some thoughts and critiques. In addition he brings up some potential solut...

Episode 4 - Interview with Robert Alter from 2018-02-15T20:09:28

Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at University of California, Berkeley, joins Letter of Liberty to discuss The David Story, the relevance of the biblical hero David, ...

Episode 3 - Interview with Matt Goldstein from 2018-02-08T19:59:44

Matt Goldstein, junior and criminal justice major at LIU Post, joins Letter of Liberty in this freewheeling episode to discuss criminal justice, alcoholism, and his experiences at the now-defunc...

Episode 2 - Letter of Liberty Interview with Michael Katz on Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata from 2018-02-01T20:17:39

Michael Katz, C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College joins Letter of Liberty to discuss Leo Tolstoy's late novella The Kreutzer Sonata.

Episode 1 - Letter of Liberty Interview with David Bevington on Troilus and Cressida from 2017-12-11T17:00:34

David Bevington, the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and in English Language & Literature, Comparative Literature, and the College at the Univer...

Introduction from 2017-12-06T19:14:44

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