How To Love Lit Podcast

The introduction to the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Meet the author, Paulo Coelho and get introduced to his most famous work Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 4 - Symbolism, Romanticism, Nihilism And A Dissonant Ending!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver. We’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our final episode in our four-part series of Kate Chopin’s masterpiece The Awakening.  There is a lot layered in such a short...

Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 3 - Edna Pontellier Battles The Forces Without Only To Meet The Forces Within!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode discussing Kate Chopin’s controversial novella, The Awakening .  Week 1 we introduced C...

Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 2 - Edna Pontellier Defies All Explanations!   HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the world of Kate Chopin.  Last week we introduced our author and what is general...

Kate Chopin - The Awakening - Episode 1 - Meet The Author, Discover Local Color And Feminism!   I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit Podcast.  This episode we begin a journey to a very unique American location to discuss a very American author. Kate Chopin, was born in St Loui...

Foo Fighters - Lyrics That Camus Would Call The Antidote Of Absurdity!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  You have heard Christy say, over dozens of times if you’ve listened to a lot of our episodes that we’re here to discuss books.  Having said that, the wo...

Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 3 - The Absurdity Of A Happy Ending???   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  Today we finish up our three part series on Albert Camus’ class novella  L’Etranger- translated in English to either The Stranger or The Outsider d...

Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 2 - The Consequences Of Meaninglessness! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.      And I am Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is episode 2 in our three part series in the first work of Albert Camus’ great cycle of Absurdity- the novella, l”etranger or the Stranger...

    Albert Camus - The Stranger - Episode 1 -Introduction To Absurdity! I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  Today we begin a three part series on Albert Camus’ mostly widely translated and perhaps even read book, “L’Estranger”- which in English has been translated “Th...

Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 2 - Agatha Christies Masterpiece of Whodunit!   HI, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love lit podcast.  This is our second and final episode discussing Christie’s breakout novel, the one critics claim is her very best, The Murd...

Agatha Christie - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Episode 1 - Meet The Author That Made The Whodunit What It Is Today!   I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  For the next two episodes, we are going to discuss an author who for me flies under the radar when we think of l...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 5 - Home And Penelope Reunited!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  Today we conclude our discussion over the Odyssey, the timeless 24 books that introduced us to so many monsters and legends, but, of course, it goes without saying,...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 4 - The Importance Of "Oikos" And Why Odysseus Pursues It!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.      And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our third episode in our discussion of this influential classic, however else you might like to call it.  In the first episode...

Homer - The Odyssey - Episode 3 - Odysseus And The Cyclops Don't See Eye To Eye!   I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.      And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode covering Homer’s Odyssey, and Christy, are we finally getting to Odysseus this week?     Yes- We finally meet our title...

History and analysis of Robert Burns poem "To A Mouse". The poem that inspired Steinbeck's book title "Of Mice And Men". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Christmas Story - Luke Chapter 2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clement C. Moore -'Twas The Night Before Christmas - Christmas Special! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

O. Henry - The Gift Of The Magi - Christmas Special! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.  And I am Garry Shriver.  This is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing the bard of democracy, the great Walt Whitman.  Today we will feature one of his four poems honoring President Abraham Lincoln, but in order to understand why Whitman and many of us admire this grea...

Walt Whitman - Leaves Of Grass - The Poetry Of Young America!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This episode and next, we tackle one of the most intimidating poets in the American Canon- Walt Whitman.  He is the generally accepted and almost uncontested greatest c...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnets Of The Portuguese - Plus A Great Love Story!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I’m Garry Shriver, and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second week in a two part series discussing one of English Language literature’s most romantic couples- the poets Robert and Eliza...

Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    And I am Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This week and next we will have two poetry supplements.  After talking about one of the worst romances in literature- we will switch to one of literature’s greatest love stories- the romance of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Brow...

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 4 - The Clash Of Cultures Ends Tragically   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our fourth and final episode discussing Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking novel  Things Fall Apart.  In episode one we discussed the countr...

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 3 - Religion, Gender Issues, The Importance Of Balance And Chapter 13 - The Heart Of The Book!   I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.    I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our third episode in our four part series on Chinua Achebe’s stunningly complex little...

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe - Episode 2 - The Clash Of Cultures, Foreshadowing, Irony And Rage!   Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us.     I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast.  This is our second episode in our four part series discussing the great Nigerian work  Things Fall Apart  and its author, Chinu...