Sept. 2, 2025
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 spend time in the company of Charles Dickens at the Charles Dickens Museum, which is a part of our literary tour in England. For the full itinerary, visit John Shors Travel. For reservation details, email mashiko@johnshorstravel.com. Sign up by September 30, 2025.
Episode 817: The Odyssey
In Episode 817, Jacke gets ready for the release of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, the rare instance of a summer blockbuster based on a literary classic, with some help from classics scholars Daniel Mendelsohn (The Odyssey, An Odyssey: A Father, A Son…
Episode 816: Gulliver's Travels at 300 with David Womersley
In Episode 816, Jacke talks to David Womersley about Jonathan Swift, the nature of satire, and The Cambridge Anniversary Edition of Gulliver's Travels, which Womersley edited. David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the …
