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Books of Some Substance

Join hosts David Southard and Nathan Sharp as they explore the books that shape our world. Whether you’re a lifelong book lover or just starting your reading journey, join along to discover literature that has the power to inspire, challenge, and transform our lives.
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Now displaying: June, 2022

Welcome to the Books of Some Substance (B.O.S.S.) Podcast.

Read the books, take a listen.

Jun 7, 2022

David, Eric, and Nick spend a beautiful Saturday doing what they love: wading into the tides of the irrational, crushing systems in which we have existed, currently exist, and will continue to exist. In other words: Discussing Franz Kafka!

 

Three of Kafka’s short works provide more than enough to chew on, whether it is The Judgment and its quick turn from mundane to surreal, A Country Doctor and its full-blown phantasmagoria, or In the Penal Colony and its melding of mental and bodily anguish. Kafka’s brand of malaise hits just as hard now as it presumably did one hundred years ago — and as it presumably will one hundred years from now.

 

So grab yourself a spot out in the sun, mix up a nice Mai Tai, and listen in as we discuss humanity’s unavoidable contract with the daily absurd.

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