BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation

In which the CenterForLit staff embarks on a quest to discover the Great Ideas of literature in books of every description: ancient classics to fresh bestsellers; epic poems to bedtime stories. This podcast is a production of The Center for Literary Education and is a reading companion for teachers, homeschoolers, and readers of all stripes. centerforlit.substack.com

BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation is a arts podcast hosted by CenterForLit, with 33 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

CenterForLit hosts BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation, a arts show with 33 episodes published.

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  BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation

  All the World's a Stage: Creator by Forrester and Andrews

  May 27, 202554 minS0

  <p>You’ve heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. You’ve heard of Bernstein and Sondheim. But have you heard of Forrester and Andrews?!</p><p>In this episode the CenterForLit crew is joined by Adam’s good friend Scott Forrester to talk about Missy’s favorite stage play: Creator. </p><p>Creator is one of many musicals on which Adam and Scott have collaborated since their heyday in the theater department at Hillsdale College. It is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that explores what might have happened if Victor Frankenstein had given in to the Creature’s request for a bride...

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  BiblioFiles: A CenterForLit Podcast about Great Books, Great Ideas, and the Great Conversation

  Changes Coming to the CenterForLit Podcast Network!

  May 15, 20253 minS0

  <p>CenterForLit Director Adam Andrews explains what you can expect from the CenterForLit Podcast Network going forward. </p><p>In summary:</p><p>* The BiblioFiles archives and previous How to Eat an Elephant seasons will be available to paid Substack subscribers.</p><p>* Our free podcast will feature a slight change of format, focusing on roundtable discussions with the CenterForLit crew on wide ranging topics of literary relevance.</p><p>* Paid subscribers will have full access to all future topical seasons - including our upcoming season on AI.</p><p>* A huge thank you to everyone who has faithfully listened...

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  All the World's a Stage: Conclusion

  May 6, 202557 minS3

  <p>For our season finale we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since Medea. We offer our final thoughts on the difference between written literature and dramatic performance, identify trends in theater history, and take a little time to be silly before we call it quits. </p><p>In this episode each member of the CenterForLit crew takes turns casting one of the plays we’ve discussed. Then we imagine hypothetical conversations between two characters we’ve met this season. Finally we reveal favorite plays that we didn’t get a chance to discuss in anticipation of talking about them...

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  All the World's a Stage: Waiting for Godot

  Apr 29, 202555 minS0

  <p>Aaron Andrews is returning to the show today to talk about Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with the rest of the crew. We debate whether or not there is any room for hope in this strange play, and wonder about the nature of its humor and sparse structure. </p><p>Do you see any continuity between absurdism and Greek drama? Has anything about the way we think about theatre today stayed the same? What’s changed? Let us know what you think in the comments!</p><p></p><p>Learn about CenterForLit's brand new Referral Program.</p><p>⁠⁠⁠Buy the bo...

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  All the World's a Stage: A Long Day's Journey Into Night

  Apr 11, 202545 minS0

  <p>Today we're wading deep into the fog of Modernism with a discussion of Eugene O'Neill's A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1956). Ian and Megan sit down in this episode to talk about the difference between self-consciously textual plays and novels, the modernist view of the purpose of art, and the value of reading depressing entries in the Great Conversation.</p><p><br/></p><p>Learn about CenterForLit's brand new Referral Program.</p><p>⁠⁠⁠Buy the books we're discussing this season and support BiblioFiles!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p><br/></p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow our Substack and join the conversation.⁠⁠⁠ </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like t...

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