Les Misérables: Victor Hugo, Revolution, and ...

In this episode, Breht is joined by Kristen R. Ghodsee to dig into her provocative essay on the political economy of love under capitalism. Using Marx's distinction between use value and exchange value, Ghodsee argues that love is not just a private feeling but a material necessi ...  Show more

In this episode, Breht is joined by philosopher, author, and cultural critic Gabriel Rockhill to discuss his new book Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? The Intellectual World War: Marxism vs. the Imperial Theory Industry. Rockhill argues that the Cold War was not only fough ...  Show more

L’histoire de Fantine constitue la première partie de l’œuvre majeure de Victor Hugo. Les Misérables. On y fait la connaissance de Jean Valjean, un ancien forçat dont la vie va être bouleversée par la rencontre d’un saint homme. On suit les péripéties de la vie de Fantine, mère d ...  Show more

This week: two titans of literature with four Booker Prizes between them. First up, Peter Carey on tackling the relationship between Australia's white and Aboriginal populations in his new novel, A Long Way from Home. Later, JM Coetzee reads 'The Dog', a story from his forthcomin ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, this story was made into a 2014 motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. While some of the most remarkable pa ...  Show more

On today's episode of the Tuesday People Podcast, we discuss host Mitch Albom's latest novel, The Little Liar. A story that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of decept ...  Show more