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Eternal Youth
by Nicholas Barrett
To understand a person you have to know what was happening in the world when they were twenty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Frantz Fanon wants to dance
In 1925, Frantz Fanon regrets joining the fight against fascism. Music by Timbah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Margaret Thatcher tastes defeat
In 1945, Margaret Thatcher watches her hero go down in flames.Music by Timbah Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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James Baldwin buries his father
In 1943, James Baldwin buries is father and meets his hero.Music by Timbah Bibliography:Native Son by Richard WrightNotes of a Native Son by James BaldwinTalking at the Gates a Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Lyndon Johnson and the janitor
Did Lyndon Johnson really care about civil rights or was he motivated by party unity and cold political calculation?Music by TimbahBibliography: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hannah Arendt and the little magician
In 1926 Hannah Arendt says goodbye to the most exciting philosopher in Germany.Music by Timbah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ayn Rand and the supercommunist
In 1925 Ayn Rand plots her escape from Leningrad while Stalin and Trotsky plot against each other. Music by Timbah Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Vladimir Nabokov and the revolution
In 1919, the 20-year-old Vladimir Nabokov has fled from revolutionary Petrograd and decamped to the Crimea where he writes poetry, catalogues butterflies, plays chess and waits for Lenin's Red Army to arrive. Bibliography:Speak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovCollected Poems by Vladimir NabokovVladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years by Brian Boyd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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George Orwell the cop
In 1923, there is no such thing as George Orwell, but a policeman called Eric Blair is collecting stories. Music:Paws by TimbahBibliography:Shooting an Elephant by Geroge OrwellBurmese Days by Geroge Orwell1984 by Geroge OrwellOrwell: The New Life by DJ Taylor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sigmund Freud and the long depression
In 1874 the Austrian economy was on its keens and a young Sigmund Freud met Franz Brentano, "an ideal human being".Written and read by Nicholas BarrettMusic: Paws by TimbahBibliography:The Austrians by Gordon Brook-SheperdBecoming Freud by Adam PhillipsFreud by Stefan ZweigFreud An Intellectual Biography by Joel WhitebookSigmund Freud by Matt FfytcheListen to Jumping Off Points here https://jumpingoffpoints.buzzsprout.com/Watch Timbah on Toast here https://www.youtube.com/@TimbahOnToastThank you to Barnaby Slater. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Friedrich Nietzsche disappoints his mother
In 1864 Nietzsche went to Bonn, where he tried and failed to study theology.Written and read by Nicholas BarrettMusic: Friends From the Afterlife by Heston Mimms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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To understand a person you have to know what was happening in the world when they were twenty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nicholas Barrett
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To understand a person you have to know what was happening in the world when they were twenty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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