Dr. J's American Passages

About Dr. J's American Passages

Each episode Dr. J selects a passage from American literature, reads it aloud, and discusses what the passage contributes to our understanding of what America and being an American mean.

Publisher

Fireside Poems

Category

arts · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jul 2022

Latest episode

30 Jun 2023

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jun 2023

   Episode 22: American Beauty

   What is America's attitude toward beauty? Is it something valuable for itself alone? Or does it require some other more moral vrtue? Or is it merely something to be shown off? Or something to be disapproved of? Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth asks us to consider this question.

2. 

   10 Jun 2023

   Episode 21: Pocahontas

   Is John Smith's account of his rescue by Pocahontas true? Does it mater?

3. 

   17 May 2023

   Episode 20: Sweet Thunder

   The Calvinist preacher Jonathan Edwards describes his own discovery of he seetness of God.

Reach and audience

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