Best Flaubert Podcasts (2025)

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Selected Novels | Adam Ehrlich Sachs on Gustave Flaubert 49:42

18d ago49:42

49:42

On the third episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to the novelist Adam Ehrlich Sachs about Flaubert’s final, unfinished novel, Bouvard and Pécuchet. Want more from The Point? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt" 58:28

28d ago58:28

58:28

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Gretchen Felker-Martin's "Manhunt", visceral horror-thrillers, section transitions, interchangeable characters, physical descriptions of characters, depictions of trans genitalia, sexualizing a wide varieties of body types, TERFs and anti-vaxxers, replacing PCs with NPCs, the Broo in Runequest, overland expl…

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Selected Novels | Clare Sestanovich on Marilynne Robinson 47:17

2M ago47:17

47:17

On the second episode of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to Clare Sestanovich, writer and managing editor of the Drift, about Marilynne Robinson’s first novel, Housekeeping. Want more from The Point? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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Katherine Kurtz's "Deryni Rising" with our Patron Book Club 58:03

2M ago58:03

58:03

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Katherine Kurtz's "Deryni Rising", sarcophagi, achieving literary liftoff, the Brandon-to-Demos scale, fantasy worlds with real-life historical cultures, female fantasy authors writing under their own names, scattered hidden magical races, Empire of the Petal Throne, AD&D psionics, counterspells, adventure h…

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The decline of Aaron Rodgers (with Leif Weatherby) 1:02:40

2M ago1:02:40

1:02:40

On this episode of The Point podcast, Zach Fine takes a break from Selected Essays and Selected Novels to discuss another important, if less literary, topic: American football. Zach is joined by Leif Weatherby, the author of an essay just published this week in The Point about the career of Aaron Rodgers against the backdrop of U.S. empire in decli…

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Selected Novels | Lillian Fishman on Edith Wharton 1:00:24

2M ago1:00:24

1:00:24

On this episode—our very first!—of Selected Novels, Jess and Zach talk to novelist (and writer of our 2024 advice column, Higher Gossip) Lillian Fishman about Edith Wharton’s novel Age of Innocence. Want more from The Point? Subscribe here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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James Enge's "Blood of Ambrose" with our Patron Book Club 57:58

3M ago57:58

57:58

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss James Enge's "Blood of Ambrose", obscure words from classic languages, Scooby Doo episodes, slowing down for character development, The Book of the New Sun books, magic from alchemy, flying horses, world maps, DCC spell corruption, blood that catches fire, other notable works by the author, trial and error, …

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H. Rider Haggard's "She" with our Patron Book Club 58:54

3M ago58:54

58:54

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss H. Rider Haggard's "She", the smell of the flame, Haggard's other works, "the things dudes won't do for a hottie", the city of Cambridge, the good earthy feminine logic, being torn between two ill-fated women, the lost race genre, the tombs of an ancient civilization, quaint local customs, being unalive (ins…

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Charles R. Saunders's "The Quest for Cush" 59:04

5M ago59:04

59:04

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Charles R. Saunders's "The Quest for Cush", the Swahili glossary, the shame of the King County Library system, fiction as gaming supplements, inversions of traditional sword and sorcery, Burroughs's Mythic Africa, the Mary Sue problem, Greeks in Egypt, a dungeon under quicksand, responsible and dilligent cit…

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Edgar Rice Burroughs's "The Gods of Mars" with our Patron Book Club 1:01:51

5M ago1:01:51

1:01:51

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Edgar Rice Burroughs's "The Gods of Mars", John Carter in a blond wig, repetitiveness in Edgar Rice Burroughs's works, French words, female characters' screen time, the Tree of Life, fainting characters, early examples of megadungeons, helpful ghosts, constantly escalating tension and perils, authors inspire…

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Selected Essays | The n+1 Editors on the Intellectual Situation 52:54

6M ago52:54

52:54

On this bonus episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov about their new anthology of the best of n+1’s second decade, The Intellectual Situation. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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Dan Simmons's "Hyperion” with our Patron Book Club 1:09:45

7M ago1:09:45

1:09:45

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Dan Simmons's "Hyperion”, listening to audio books at work, Vaults of Vaarn, prescient fiction, choosing whether or not to continue on with fiction series, the Dying Earth, ambiguous endings, failed attempts at humor, the author's current politics, chase scenes, Shadowdark, roasting bestsellers, reading book…

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On the Death of Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë 1:32

8M ago1:32

1:32

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Selected Essays | George Scialabba on Michael Walzer 36:53

8M ago36:53

36:53

On this episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to George Scialabba about Michael Walzer’s "In Defense of Equality," first published in Dissent in 1973. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross translated by David Lewis 2:16

9M ago2:16

2:16

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Selected Essays | Emily Ogden on Elizabeth Hardwick 45:44

9M ago45:44

45:44

On this episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to writer and literary critic Emily Ogden about Elizabeth Hardwick’s "Living in Italy: Reflections on Bernard Berenson," first published in Partisan Review in 1960. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.By The Point Magazine

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Hope by Emily Brontë 1:33

10M ago1:33

1:33

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Selected Essays | Julian Lucas on Jorge Luis Borges 51:26

10M ago51:26

51:26

On this episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to Julian Lucas about his essay “Welcome to Armageddon,” published in Cabinet in 2017, and Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Enigma of Edward FitzGerald,” which was written in 1951. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.…

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experimental: O Me! O Life! By Walt Whitman 1:55

10M ago1:55

1:55

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O Me! O Life! by Walt Whitman 1:42

11M ago1:42

1:42

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Selected Essays | Greg Jackson on Hannah Arendt 45:22

11M ago45:22

45:22

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Greg Jackson about his essay “Within the Pretense of No Pretense,” published in issue 31 of The Point, and Hannah Arendt’s “Truth and Politics,” first published in 1967 in the New Yorker. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here at 50% off the normal rate.…

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Selected Essays | Michael Clune on Thomas Nagel 47:28

12M ago47:28

47:28

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Michael Clune about his essay “The Anatomy of Panic,” published in Harper's last May and recently selected for Best American Essays, and Thomas Nagel’s “What Is it Like to Be a Bat?” first published in 1974 in the Philosophical Review. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and…

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Love Letters: Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas 1:57

12M ago1:57

1:57

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Selected Essays | Jennifer Wilson on Viktor Shklovsky 36:22

1y ago36:22

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On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Jennifer Wilson about her New York Times Book Review essay, “The Love Letters That Spoke of Everything but Love,” and Viktor Shklovsky’s “Art as Device,” first published in 1917. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and use the coupon code 7POD50 at checkout for 50% off.…

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Love Letters: Emily Dickinson to Susan Gilbert 3:59

1y ago3:59

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Selected Essays | Bonus Episode with Jon Baskin and Rachel Wiseman 52:48

1y ago52:48

52:48

On this bonus episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach talk to Point editors, Jon Baskin and Rachel Wiseman about two of their favorite essays—Charles Comey's “Against Honeymoons,” and Moeko Fujii’s “Let Them Misunderstand”—and what makes them quintessential Point pieces.By The Point Magazine

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Selected Essays | Apoorva Tadepalli on Maeve Brennan 35:42

1y ago35:42

35:42

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Apoorva Tadepalli about Maeve Brennan’s “Lost Overtures” and her Electric Lit essay “It’s Okay to Talk to Me When I’m Trying to Read.”By The Point Magazine

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Love Letters: Napoleon Bonaparte to Josephine 4:42

1y ago4:42

4:42

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Selected Essays | Sumana Roy on Joseph Brodsky 42:50

1y ago42:50

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On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Sumana Roy about Joseph Brodsky’s “Less Than One” and her Caravan essay “We Are All Mamata Now.” Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here and use the coupon code 7POD50 at checkout for 50% off.By The Point Magazine

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Selected Essays | Clare Bucknell on Charles Lamb 40:58

1y ago40:58

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On the new episode of Selected Essays, Jess and Zach speak with Clare Bucknell about Charles Lamb’s “The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers”—surprisingly the first essay a guest has chosen that was written before 1900. In histories of the essay form, from Montaigne forward, you’ll often see Lamb’s name appear as one of the great “familiar” essayists, but h…

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Episode 146 – Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz” with our Patron Book Club 1:10:40

1y ago1:10:40

1:10:40

This episode is dedicated to Rick Byrne. Please consider sending a gift to support Leukemia research at UCSF: UCSF Foundation, PO Box 45339, San Francisco, CA 94145 or make a gift online at makeagift.ucsf.edu. Please be sure to note that the gift is in memory of Rick Byrne to support the Leukemia research of Dr. Neil Dunivan.…

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Love Letters: Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet 3:49

1y ago3:49

3:49

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Selected Essays | Suzy Hansen on Octavio Paz 42:14

1y ago42:14

42:14

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Suzy Hansen about her essay, “A Cold War Mind: American and the World,” a chapter from Suzy's book Notes on a Foreign Country, and Octavio Paz’s “The Pachucho and Other Extremes,” the first part of his 1950 book The Labyrinth of Solitude. Craving more essays? Subscribe to The Point here …

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Episode 145 – Michael Moorcock's "The Mad God's Amulet” with our Patron Book Club 59:36

1y ago59:36

59:36

Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss Michael Moorcock's "The Mad God's Amulet, Michael Moorcock's love of arcane texts, action scenes, hyperviolence and gore, following expectations, whimsical supporting characters, battles over land and sea, reskinning monsters for science-fantasy, a device that can unlock any lock, the Devil's Rejects, our fr…

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The Dance of Death 24:06

1+ y ago24:06

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Episode 144 – Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô” with special guest Robert Poyton 58:38

1+ y ago58:38

58:38

Robert Poyton joins us to discuss Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbô”, October horror films, the etymology of Hygaxian words, Howardian prose, varied treasures, the French "oh là là", the literary influences of Clark Ashton Smith, the diversity of intersecting cultures in North Africa, African nations, horse nomads, cult generators, unearthly treasure ho…

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The Legend of St Julian the Hospitaller – 1 The Curse 30:03

1+ y ago30:03

30:03

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The Legend of St Julian the Hospitaller – 2 The Crime 27:22

1+ y ago27:22

27:22

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The Legend of St Julian the Hospitaller – 3 The Reparation 16:13

1+ y ago16:13

16:13

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A Simple Soul – Chapters 1 & 2 27:01

1+ y ago27:01

27:01

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Gustave Flaubert

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A Simple Soul – Chapter 3 33:10

1+ y ago33:10

33:10

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A Simple Soul – Chapters 4 & 5 27:26

1+ y ago27:26

27:26

More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Gustave Flaubert

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Making Life Worthwhile by George Eliot 2:23

1+ y ago2:23

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Making Life Worthwhile by George Eliot Every soul that touches yours – Be it the slightest contact– Get there from some good; Some little grace; one kindly thought; One aspiration yet unfelt; One bit of courage For the darkening sky; One gleam of faith To brave the thickening ills of life; One glimpse of brighter skies –To make this life worthwhile…

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Selected Essays | Top 5 of Season 1 22:41

1+ y ago22:41

22:41

Jess and Zach go over their favorite moments from the first season of “Selected Essays”—listen in for the highlights and then catch up in time for Season 2.By The Point Magazine

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Episode 143 – Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” with special guest Tim Mendees 58:01

1+ y ago58:01

58:01

Tim Mendees joins us to discuss Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell”, the dangers of massive hardbacks, literary rabbit holes, the Dorset dialect, cursing those who have wronged us, classist hypocrits, the couragousness that comes with conviction, interdimensional travel through reflective surfaces, interesting and flavorful spells, fa…

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Revenge By Eliza Acton 1:53

1+ y ago1:53

1:53

Revenge by Eliza Acton I would not, in the wildness of revenge, Give poison to mine enemy, nor strike My dagger to his heart, but I would plant Love--burning--hopeless--and unquenchable-- Within the inmost foldings of his breast, And bid him die the dark, and ling'ring death, Of the pale victims, who expire beneath The pow'r of that deep passion. E…

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Selected Essays | Garth Greenwell on Martha Nussbaum 52:46

1+ y ago52:46

52:46

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Garth Greenwell about his essay “A Moral Education: In Praise of Filth,” which was published in The Yale Review in 2023 and Martha Nussbaum’s "Flawed Crystals: James's The Golden Bowl and Literature as Moral Philosophy," which originally appeared in the journal New Literary History in 19…

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Written on the Banks of the Arun by Charlotte Smith 2:05

1+ y ago2:05

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When latest autumn spreads her evening veil, And the gray mists from these dim waves arise, I love to listen to the hollow sighs Through the half leafless wood that breathes the gale. For at such hours the shadowy phantom pale, Oft seems to fleet before the poet's eyes; Strange sounds are heard, and mournful melodies As of night-wanderers who their…

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Selected Essays | Lauren Oyler on Elif Batuman 51:12

1+ y ago51:12

51:12

On this episode of “Selected Essays,” Jess and Zach talk with Lauren Oyler about her essay “Desperately Seeking Sebald,” which was published in Harper’s in 2021 and Elif Batuman’s “The Murder of Leo Tolstoy,” which was also published in Harper's in 2009 and then later collected in her book The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People…

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Letter VI (excerpt) from Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft 3:33

1+ y ago3:33

3:33

LETTER VI (excerpt) from Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft Nature is the nurse of sentiment, the true source of taste; yet what misery, as well as rapture, is produced by a quick perception of the beautiful and sublime when it is exercised in observing animated nature, when every beauteou…

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