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We're celebrating 1 year in a week or so, and as such, oh do we have something special for y'all! We return to Sci-fi and chat on Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" along with the original Blade Runner, in a special episode over these incredible works and how they illuminate capitalism for us. Once more we talk about dystopia, the miseries brought by capitalism, the control an...

Happy New Year!!! We're back in 2020 with an intriguing short story from early 20th Century Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and his "In a Bamboo Grove" CW on rape, suicide and violence. We talk about Truth, how it can be such a difficult and flimsy thing, along with the power and violence of the State, and the death machine that is the US. Starting out in style! Enjoy!   In a Bamboo Grove Sho...

Greetings comrades! As the year draws to a close, and we were dissatisfied with our Halloween Spooky performance, we decided to tackle one last text on this line. We read and discussed Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"!  It was a fantastic discussion on violence, the conditions of modernity, how we as Leftists should think about them, and we even touched on violence towards women! Very full discus...

Hello everyone! We've been late, but we're here now! This time we return to Jorge Luis Borges on a very... peculiar, short story, The Immortal! We reflect on death, immortality, what makes us human, and how we can face the world and eternity as individuals or collectively! Enjoy!!!   The short story! https://matiane.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/immortal-by-jorge-luis-borges/   You can find us on Twitt...

In this Spooky Halloween Special we once again team up with Jon and Ash of the Horror Vanguard, as we delve into the darkest crypts of the Vampire Castle and... Find most fun, spooky and interesting readings! It is an incredible discussion on the vampire yesterday and today, and how we can both understand it, and oppose it when necessary. Beyond that, we discuss the rse of capitalism, colonialism,...

Hello everyone! We've been very busy preparing and planning some really interesting and cool stuff! Unfortunately, it meant that editing and preparing new episodes has slowed down a bit.  As a thank you for your constant following, listening, and all that, we're - also as a way to encourage folks - unlocking one of our first few Patreon Poetry Club episodes! It's a fun, relaxed, intimate, if still...

Spooky times! This is our Pre-Halloween episode! In it we delve into the famous horror writer, and many of his problems, H. P. Lovecraft! As we reflect on the very peculiar and completely horrifying "The Color Out Of Space", we consider Climate Change, the Horror genre in writing, what ticks off Frank about it, and how can we, still, use problematic works and even authors to think about our world...

This time we delve into a short story by an incredible and beautiful Brazilian writer, João Guimarães Rosa. With this brief short story "The Third Bank of the River", we consider dealing with grief, trauma and death in general. Along with how sometimes narrative mysteries can truly be eternal. We hope you enjoy this episode and let us know what you've been thinking of the show so far! Leave us iTu...

This time we look at a fascinating work by the Cuban/Italian writer and Communist Ítalo Calvino, from 1972: Invisible Cities! It's an incredible novel about our world, despite being incredibly far from it, in its stories. So come along on this journey of ours as we reflect on cities, memory, nature, and how we would all be better off without capitalism! It's a slightly shorter one, but really fun...

This... Is something surreal, but also very special! On our first tri-continental episode, we tackle one of the weirdest movies of all time! John Boorman's 1974 Zardoz, featuring a nearly naked Sean Connery for most of the film! It's also one of the most fun, hilarious, horniest, and interesting conversations we've ever had! Join The Left Page and the spooky Horror Vanguard on this incredible jour...

This time we delve back into the world of the detective novel, but in a very different way, via the great Argentinian writer, Jorge Luís Borges! We read The Death and the Compass, an amazing short story, that messes around with everything we talked about last time on the Analytic Detective! It's a very fun conversation, and despite having lots of literature talk, we managed to get into politics, o...

This episode we talk about a very recent short story by an up and coming Brazilian author, Geovani Martins! It's a very... wild conversation, one might say. We reflect on disabilities, police violence and marginalization in Brazil. Slightly shorter, but in incredibly important discussion! The Intercept's Story:  https://theintercept.com/series/secret-brazil-archive/ English Translation of The Sun...

CW: blood, violence, suicide, trauma, ptsd That out of the way, be warned, it's a somber and intense episode, if a little all over the place! We talked about a short story by Mikhail Bulgakov, The Red Crown! In it we discuss fragility of human beings, trauma, madness and war. It was a complicated and difficult conversation, but a very good and positive one, ultimately! Hopefully you'll enjoy it an...

In this special, and convenient, May Day episode, we talked about James Joyce's "The Dead"! It's an incredible, and intimate, conversation on how to relate to where you're from, about love and, ultimately... The dead. It's a very fun and personal talk for the both of us, but after all, it's an intimate short story, so it makes sense! Hope you find it interesting and useful!!  So sit back, relax, a...

This time we talk about the Detective Novel! It's origins, some of it's first manifestations, and the first paradigm of the Analytic Detective! It's a very fun discussion on how violence can be portrayed and we also talk a lot about how detective stories are stupidly popular! We go to some wild places this time, so sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride! We also experimented a bit more with the editi...

This time we talk about another short story, but by the renowned Fyodor Dostoyevsky! It is "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man", an incredibly interesting and peculiar reading that leads us to talk about writing, literature, dreams... It's a strange one all right! We had a lot of fun with this one, despite it being a much more abstract talk, it was a fun one, and don't worry, we'll be talking more abou...

In this episode we tone it down a bit and look at a single short story, "The Case of the Stick" by one of the greatest Brazilian authors of all time, Machado de Assis! We talk about slavery in Brazil, some of the many faces of inequality and racism here, and go off on fun and interesting tangents about labor, sociology and modern capitalism. You can find us on Twitter  @leftpagepod Please support...

The first episode of The Left Page! This time we delve into the world of 20th Century Dystopias, including the classics, Brave New World, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, with severe criticisms to all.  We talk about drugs, sexuality, the horrors of capitalism, common conservative arguments and why the "savages" in BNW are a horrendous representation! We even have some book facts, so stay tuned! You can f...

Welcome everyone, to the Left Page!! In this episode Frank and Bruno introduce themselves, talking a bit about who they are, what they want to do in regards to their Patreon and what it's all about in here. Have fun! You can find us on Twitter @leftpagepod Please support our Patreon if you're interested and want to join the Poetry Club!  https://www.patreon.com/leftpage   Intro Music: All Along th...