The Spouter-Inn

The Spouter-Inn; or, A Conversation with Great Books. A literary podcast. We're over at the other place now:

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

For our new bonus episode, @Alliterative and @AvenSarah from @AllEndlessKnot joined us for a conversation about the joys of etymology and the delights of reading dictionaries.

https://t.co/bmdbEUGnNm

[The Endless Knot @AllEndlessKnot]

We’ll take any chance to talk about etymology! 😁 And if you haven’t listened to their related episode about Isidore, the great medieval etymologist, we heartily recommend it!

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@AvenSarah It was so much fun, I’m glad we had an excuse to do it!

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

In our recent episode on the Etymologies, I mentioned the ancient theory that 1 didn’t count as a number, but I didn’t have time to get into why. And now YouTube recommends this video to me, which explains the history in the first few minutes. Nice!

https://t.co/am7nmrJLSz

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

We don't have an account at that other site (yet), but Chris does, in case you're migrating and want to keep tabs on us.

[Chris Piuma 🏳️‍🌈 🎙️ 🤷‍ @wordgarbler]

They left out the A in Basky for some reason, but I'm glad my cat has a social network on the internet.

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

And now, the episode that three of you were waiting for, the one where we read an encyclopedia! Oh, but Isidore's Etymologies are so much more than that — maybe we'll convince that this book is something special.

https://t.co/3knvPdObLz

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

A fascinating piece about editing!

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

In remembrance of Robert Gottlieb, who died today, we’ve unlocked his Art of Editing interview from our archive.

https://t.co/Z4ohE5se52

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

100 gets all the attention, but 101 is also a nice number. It’s palindromic, it’s prime, what’s not to love?

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

Happy #Bloomsday! We celebrate the 100th anniversary of James Joyce's Ulysses by taking a look at this massive omniumgatherum of a book. Mrkrgnao! https://t.co/g10bhdHIQl

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

In our new episode, we look at Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. It's got poetry, it's got prose, it's got autobiography, it's got neoplatonist philosophy. What more could you want?

https://t.co/a6gWjiAsha

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

New! We look at the erotic — and therefore devotional? — lyric poetry of The Song of Songs. And we also take a peek at some of the medieval commentaries on the poem, which also get spicy...
https://t.co/no47m04Sgr

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

This is happening today! So excited.

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

Chris is in Portland (Oregon) for a bit and will be participating in this marathon reading of works by Jackson Mac Low and Gertrude Stein. Sunday, starting at noon at Passages Bookshop. Come by if you're interested! https://t.co/gIIvRewYLB

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

Chris is in Portland (Oregon) for a bit and will be participating in this marathon reading of works by Jackson Mac Low and Gertrude Stein. Sunday, starting at noon at Passages Bookshop. Come by if you're interested! https://t.co/gIIvRewYLB

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@AT_Ancient Oh, sort of! In the past we’ve organized around mini clusters on a topic. This year we’re doing a chronological… well, not a survey, just a ramble.

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@AT_Ancient Someday! This year we’re traipsing through time from Gilgamesh to today, but I’d love to talk about more Greek drama in the future.

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@AT_Ancient @austin_glock That Hekabe might be my favourite though.

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@AT_Ancient She was auditioning for the role of Creon!

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

In the latest episode of The Spouter-Inn, we take a look at the classical Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, in Anne Carson's translations. And we consider its exploration of what we owe each other, including what we owe the dead.

https://t.co/XJxK0k0yLu

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@doomquasar Thank YOU! Such a fun and smart video, and such a roller coaster ride between topics.

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

Friend of the show @doomquasar made a video about games based on The Great Gatsby (and about copyright overreach). Absolutely check it (and the games) out!

[The Spouter-Inn @TheSpouter]

@SophusHelle @BackCampusGreen @homophonous Thank you so much, both for the kind words and for the translation!