We attend to the wanderings of Odysseus after the Trojan War, focusing on the extended episode with the Cyclops. Homer gets a bit gruesome at this point, let me warn you, but nevertheless you are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We revisit the myth of Narcissus, the poor adolescent who finally discovers how beautiful he is and only then is able to blossom. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to a passage about idle curiosity, intellectual or artistic curiosity, and contrast it to other kinds of curiosity (nosiness and investigations), leading to inclusiveness, and wonder. You are invited to attend. (A slightly expanded version of the show broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to a little discussion by the contrary Wendell Berry on the pleasure necessary to complete all work, even the pleasure found in hard, otherwise unpleasant work. You are invited to attend. (First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio.)
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We attend to the story of a successful salesman who hated his job, living a “desensitised” existence. Some interesting musical accompaniment, too. (As heard first on Cambridge 105 Radio.) You are invited to attend.
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We attend to Jacques Barzun’s distinction between a pupil, who learns by following directions, and a student, who learns by thinking and experimenting. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We go back to the story of Jonah, not quite as simple as it has become in the popular mind: more than just being swallowed by a whale and “vomited up” again. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
https://eveningunderlamplight.substack.com/p/series-1011-walt-whitmans-song-of#details
“Twenty-eight young men bathe by the shore” while a twenty-eight-year-old rich woman gazes at their naked bodies splashing in the water, then goes out to caress them, in her vivid imagination.
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We draw out of the archives a show from 2009, in the first year of Evening under Lamplight, which attends to the coming of Spring, and Spring Energy, with a selection from the Journey through the Seasons CD, Stevenson on “Pan’s Pipes”, Vivaldi, Robert Frost, William Blake, Dylan, the Kinks, and more. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
The episodes are found at http://momentsunderlamplight.co.uk/2023/03/26/evening-under-lamplight-podcasts-series-1-dantes-inferno/
