The Great Books

The Great Books

Hosted by John J Miller · National Review

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80Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
69
Episodes
58
Transcribed
1,674
Ratings
2023
First episode
78K
YouTube views

About The Great Books

Hillsdale College’s John J. Miller discusses classic works within the Western literary canon.

Publisher
National Review
Category
arts · education
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
5 Dec 2023
Latest episode
30 Apr 2025
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58 of 69 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 30 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Episode 371: A Thank You and a Farewell

  2. 29 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Episode 370: 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Goethe

  3. 22 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Episode 369: 'Acts of the Apostles'

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Episode 371: A Thank You and a Farewell

Published 30 Apr 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] We started it in 2017. Jack Fowler, the former publisher of National Review said, and I wanted to expand its podcast. Did I have any ideas? I came up with this one, a weekly interview -driven show of about 30 minutes with scholars discussing the books they love. I went on to record 370 of them. The first was Macbeth by Shakespeare, and the last was The Sorrows of Young Varta by Gerta. In between, I covered a lot. Animal Farm in 1984 by George R. Well, I think I did five of the six major novels by Jane Austen. Did Lord of the Rings and three shows. Did seven shows on the seven books in The Chronicles of Narnia by C . […]

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78,369
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4.6 / 5
1,554 ratings
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4.7 / 5
120 ratings

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