Obsession: A Conversation with Daniel Ross Goodman
Daniel Ross Goodman discusses the summer smash hit Obsession, a supernatural horror movie from YouTuber Curry Barker. In this conversation:
What does Obsession have to do with the traditional stories about genies and wishes?
Is Obsession a Gen Z story?
Is Obsession a YouTube movie?
Goodman is a faculty member in the theology and religious studies department at St. John's University (https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/faculty/daniel-ross-goodman) and the author of Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Wonder and Religion in American Cinema (https://www.amazon.com/Somewhere-Over-Rainbow-Religion-American-ebook/dp/B08FF8J9V1) (Hamilton Books, 2020).
21 Oct 2026
River and Late Autumn – First Snow: A Conversation with Jan Swafford
Composer and writer Jan Swafford (https://www.janswafford.com/) discusses the recording of his recent orchestral works, River and Late Autumn - First Snow, in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. In this conversation:
The genesis of Late Autumn - First Snow
New England in late autumn; nature as muse
Biography as inspiration; Beethoven and boldness in the creative process
Turning an idea into a melody; a 12-note chord; the harmonies of late autumn; Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Recording with the Royal Philharmonic at Abbey Road
22 Jun 2026
Petrarch’s Confessional Poetry: A Conversation with A. M. Juster
Today, we welcome A.M. Juster (https://x.com/amjuster), whose new book is Canzoniere: A New Translation, with an introduction by Andrew Frisardi (https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324096498)(Liveright).
In this episode:
(1:00) Where does Petrarch fit in literary history? From the medieval to the Renaissance
(4:50) Petrarch vs. Shakespeare
(8:59) Confessional poetry from Petrarch to Plath and Lowell
(12:56) What is love? This is not really love poetry.
(17:45) Is Petrarch accessible to the modern reader?
(19:28) Is Petrarch difficult to translate?
(23:00) Readings from Juster's new translation of the Canzionere:
1. ‘To you who hear within these bits of rhyme’
18. ‘When I return to focus on the part’
118. ‘I leave my sixteenth year of sighs’
(26:21) How is time represented in Petrarch’s work? The influence of Augustine.
(30:00) The origins of this translation. The inspiration of Richard Wilbur (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/richard-wilbur)
(39:42) Forthcoming works from A. M. Juster
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