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    Episode 234: “Harry Potter” Book 1, Ch. 8-12

    admin / July 23, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast and our series on J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter: Book 1. After sharing some thoughts on detective fiction as it relates to Rowling, our hosts Angelina…

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    Episode 233: “Harry Potter” Book 1, Ch. 3-7

    admin / July 16, 2024 / 0 Comments

    On today’s episode of The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks continue their series on Harry Potter: Book 1 by J. K. Rowling. This week we are covering chapters 3-7. Angelina…

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    Episode 220: Fairy Tales and Children’s Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian

    admin / April 16, 2024 / 3 Comments

    Welcome to a new episode of The Literary Life podcast and an interview with special guest Dr. Vigen Guroian, retired professor of Religious Studies and Orthodox Christianity at the University of Virginia and…

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    Episode 189: The “Best of” Series – On Fairy Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien, Ep. 57

    admin / September 12, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Today on The Literary Life podcast, we bring you another episode from the “Best of” series vault, our discussion of J. R. R. Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories“. Tune in again over the…

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    Episode 156: The “Best of” Series – Why Read Fairy Tales, Ep. 70

    admin / January 24, 2023 / 3 Comments

    Welcome to another episode in our “Best of The Literary Life Podcast” series. Today on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what,…

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    Episode 122: The Literary Life of Timilyn Downey

    admin / February 15, 2022 / 0 Comments

    This week on The Literary Life podcast, we are bringing you another Literary Life of interview episode. This week’s guest is Timilyn Downey, and together with hosts Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins dig…

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  • Fairy Tales,  Read Along,  Shakespeare,  Show Notes

    Episode 119: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acts I and II

    admin / January 25, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Welcome back to The Literary Life podcast and our series on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. After kicking off the episode with their commonplace quotes, Angelina, Cindy and Thomas start digging into the…

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  • Education,  Fairy Tales,  Show Notes

    Episode 104: Witches, Wizards, and Magic, Oh My!!

    admin / August 31, 2021 / 7 Comments

    Welcome to this week’s episode of The Literary Life Podcast! Today our hosts Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins and Thomas Banks tackle the tough questions so many people ask about reading stories dealing with…

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    Episode 103: “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence

    admin / August 24, 2021 / 0 Comments

    We are back this week on The Literary Life with the final another episode in our 2021 Summer Short Story series, a discussion of D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner.” After sharing…

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  • Fairy Tales,  Show Notes

    Episode 75: Phantastes, Ch. 20-End

    admin / December 8, 2020 / 0 Comments

    This week on The Literary Life podcast, we wrap up our series on George MacDonald’s Phantastes. Today Angelina, Cindy and Thomas discuss chapters 20-25. Thomas opens the conversations giving his impressions of the…

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