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Episode 327: The Power of Story and “Galahad and the Grail” with Malcolm Guite
Listen to The Literary Life: This week on The Literary Life Podcast, we have a special episode in which our hosts Angelina Stanford, Thomas Banks, and Cindy Rollins and joined by poet, priest,…
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Episode 326: “The Rape of the Lock” by Alexander Pope
Listen to The Literary Life: On this week’s episode of The Literary Life, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks will discuss Pope’s mock epic poem, “The Rape of the Lock.” They begin the conversation…
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Episode 325: Introduction to Alexander Pope and the Neo-Classical Poets
Listen to The Literary Life: Today on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks share an introduction to the Neo-Classical Poets, including Alexander Pope, and their poetry. First off, they establish…
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Episode 314: “Best of” – Our Favorite Poems
Listen to The Literary Life: On this “Best of The Literary Life” episode from the vault, our hosts discuss their favorite poems and poets. Cindy starts off by sharing the early influences on…
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Episode 309: Our Literary Lives of 2025
Listen to The Literary Life: For this final episode of the 2025 season on The Literary Life Podcast, we bring you a special year-end conversation with Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins, and Thomas Banks…
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Episode 295: “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti, Part 2
Listen to The Literary Life: Today on The Literary Life podcast Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks continue their two-part series on Christina Rossetti’s narrative poem “Goblin Market.” They begin discussing this poem by…
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Episode 294: “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti, Part 1
Listen to The Literary Life: Welcome back to The Literary Life Podcast! This week we begin a brief, two-episode series covering Christina Rossetti’s narrative poem “Goblin Market.” Our hosts, Angelina Stanford and Thomas…
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Episode 283: Catching Up with Jason Baxter – Dante, Teacher as Translator, Learning to Read Poetry Like C.S. Lewis, and Hot Takes
This week on The Literary Life Podcast, Angelina and Thomas are once again joined Dr. Jason Baxter, author of Why Literature Still Matters. In this episode, our hosts sit down with Dr. Baxter…
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Episode 259: “Best of” Series – The Literary Life of Thomas Banks (Ep. 78)
On The Literary Life Podcast this week, due to unforeseen interruptions to the recording schedule, we are bringing you another episode from the vault. We hope you will enjoy this replay of The…
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Episode 247: Introduction to “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
On The Literary Life podcast this week, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin their newest series, this time discussing Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner. First, Thomas and Angelina speak to…
