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CATEGORY: HUMANITIES (9 min)
** 10 Books You Need to Read Before You Graduate College ([link removed])
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Whether college starts in the fall or your senior high school year looms, there are some books you ought to read to complete your education.
You could google a thousand lists, but thankfully Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson has saved you the search.
You’re Not Well-Read Until You Read These
Wilson, who teaches literature and creative writing at John Brown University, consistently recommends several books to her students. Reading these books, she writes, will make you more yourself, and a better soul.
She’d say her list is biased, but we give it an A+.
How many of them have you read so far?
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CATEGORY: LITERATURE (33 min)
** 1984 by George Orwell ([link removed])
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A book with the title 1984 should seem quaint, if not outdated.
Yet George Orwell’s novel continues to top bestseller lists in multiple countries—and has done so for decades.
What makes 1984 so, well, timeless?
In this National Review Great Books podcast, John J. Miller examines Orwell’s grim dystopian world with Professor John Rodden.
Listen to their conversation to learn:
* (1:11) What makes a book great (and what makes 1984 great in particular)
* (7:42) How Orwell hoped to prevent the future, not predict it
* (16:20) Who—or what—is “Big Brother”
Whether or not you’ve read the novel, you’ll get a fresh appreciation for Orwell’s work from this podcast.
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CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (25 min)
** Icarus Fallen: The Search for Meaning in an Uncertain World ([link removed])
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Why does contemporary man share every intimate part of his life online? Why do emotions inform his morality?
These are just two of the many questions French philosopher Chantal Delsol has for moderns.
People with Wax Wings
In this brief, archived lecture, Delsol explores the collective disappointment of modernity in light of the mythic tale of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun.
For anyone navigating the philosophical landscape of our times, Delsol’s lecture is a riveting listen.
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