Sept. 9, 2025
Jacke and Mike Palindrome in Conversation: Top 10 Animals in Literature
Revisit your favorite animals in literature by listening to the first appearance of Mike Palindrome, the President of the Literature Supports Club, on the show. Mike first joined Jacke on the podcast in January 2018, and they talked about the Top 10 Animals in Literature. In the episode (Episode 128), Jacke and Mike conduct a draft, picking their favorite literary works with animals, big and small, that have enchanted or enraged or in some ways affected humanity. Works discussed include those by William Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Roald Dahl, T.S. Eliot, Leo Tolstoy, Franz Kafka, Ovid, William Blake, Beverly Cleary, and George Orwell, among many others.
The 25 Greatest Books of All Times Series: #24 The Odyssey
Check out Episode 720 in which Jacke takes a special look at The Odyssey, which ranks #24 on his list of the 25 Greatest Books of All Time.
The story continues to resonate with new and old readers, with its many different translations. Most recentl…
The Good Company of Charles Dickens
"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour." — Charles Dickens
Join Jacke and me as we spen…
