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

(recorded on 3/1/26) - Breht went on Workers' Lit as a guest! "The American ruling class is at war. Physically, they are at war with Iran, pummeling the country with unrelenting airstrikes, slaughtering civilians, and doing their best to make yet another nation unlivable. But the ...  Show more

On this YT livestream (3/1/26) Alyson and Breht discuss the illegal war of aggression launched by the US and Israel against Iran. Throughout the discussion they take live questions from the chat. Subscribe to your YouTube Channel HERE --------------------------------------------- ...  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