Aug. 4, 2026
Episode 821: A History of the Kiss with Katie Barclay
The kiss! What could be more romantic? And yet, as historian Katie Barclay discovered when writing her book The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power, she found non-romantic kisses to be even more fascinating. In Episode 821, Jacke talks to historian Katie Barclay about some famous kisses in works from Shakespeare to Byron, and much more!
Other works by Katie Barclay include The History of Emotions and Loneliness in World History:
Episode 830: Stendhal with Hadley Suter
We often say it's important for a person to be "authentic," but what does that mean? Why is that necessarily a good thing? In Episode 830 of the History of Literature Podcast, Jacke talks to author Hadley Suter (Becoming Stendhal: The Performance o…
Episode 829: The Friendship of Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell with Susan Dunne
Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell, two of the leading novelists of the 19th century, shared a remarkable literary friendship. After Charlotte's death, Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë became one of the most famous -- and controversial -- lite…
