Michael Hanisch

Great Books with Great Friends

Arts EN ↓ 3 episodes

Michael Hanisch is using this podcast as an excuse to keep in touch with the best friends he has made over the course of his life by reading a book with each of them and talking about it.

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Michael Hanisch

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2. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus with my friend Theo 21.03.2026 1:34:34

"It is legitimate and necessary to wonder whether life has a meaning; therefore, it is legitimate to meet the problem of suicide face to face." Mike and Theo became friends in 2016 at a choir camp in Oklahoma. A decade later they meet up to discuss Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus .

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë with my friend Anna (Part II) 20.02.2026 1:19:06

Should you follow feelings of love or God's plan? Are the two even different? Is St. John making the right life choices in the second half of this book? Is Jane? How long can a honeymoon phase between two lovers last? If anyone in Jane Eyre were gay, who would it be? Join Michael and Anna for an often sidetracked discussion of the second half of Jane Eyre.

1. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë with my friend Anna (Part I) 31.01.2026 1:01:15

Is Jane Eyre a 19th century Rom Com? Is Mr. Rochester the equivalent of an alpha werewolf? Did Charlotte Brontë invent yearning? Michael and Anna discuss.