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Background, context, and highlights from the transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/07/16/sylvia-plath-ted-hughes-bbc-interview-1961/

Rare 1961 BBC interview with Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

'Wanting To Die,' a poem by Anne Sexton, read by RM.

The 'Shock Treatment,' excerpt, from 'The Bell Jar,' written by Sylvia Plath, read by RM.

Esto es ni más ni menos que una de las aristas más fascinantes de la historia del Siglo 20. En cuatro capítulos de una hora, el documentalista británico Adam Curtis instruye a sus conciudadanos y al mundo sobre las técnicas de control y manipulación social que han surgido casi como un negocio familiar de Freud, un sobrino y una hija. Todo esto fue plantado en el fértil suelo estadounidense, saltó hacia Reino Unido y... también a Chile. De eso y más hablamos en este podcast.

#153 The Century of the Self (2002), de Adam Curtis

Background, transcript, highlights, and discussion here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/10/the-project-of-literature-susan-sontag-92y/

Recorded live at the https://soundcloud.com/92y

Audio exclusively available courtesy of the 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center and the Susan Sontag estate. 

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The Project of Literature: Susan Sontag at 92Y (April 16, 1992)

A rare 1929 recording by the Dominion Gramophone Company. Background and story here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/13/a-a-milne-reads-winie-the-pooh-1929/

A.A. Milne reads from Winnie-the-Pooh, 1929

Transcript, context, and related artwork: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/02/17/dfw-leadership-debbie-millman/

David Foster Wallace on leadership, read by Debbie Millman

Mark Linsenmayer frames our upcoming discussion with sci-fi author David Brin about his 2012 novel Existence.


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Precognition for episode 90 - Brin on Sci Fi and Philosophy

This On Being Extra includes an excerpt from Krista Tippett's forthcoming conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht on suicide. 

We’ll air the whole conversation with Jennifer Michael Hecht at the end of March. In the meantime please add your thoughts and experiences at www.onbeing.org. 

On Being Extra — Jennifer Michael Hecht on Suicide

Interview with Larry Rosenstock, CEO of High Tech High Schools in San Diego County

Engaged Learning Podcast Ep 3

Interview show, in which last week's interviewee becomes this week's interviewer. 6/6. Comedy writer and director Graham Linehan talks to comedian and actor Adam Buxton.
broadcast Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:30 GMT, BBC Radio 4, duration 30:00

'CHAIN REACTION' WITH GRAHAM LINEHAN & ADAM BUXTON

Recorded at TED 2014. Transcript and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/20/neil-gaiman-ghost-stories/

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Neil Gaiman on why scary stories speak to us

Neil Gaiman on why there is no such thing as "children's" books

Recorded at TED 2014 in Vancouver. Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/20/neil-gaiman-ghost-stories/

Neil Gaiman on the haunting ghost of dead ideas

From the Criterion Collection disc 'Wise Blood.' Context and more: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/25/flannery-o-connor-grotesque-reading/

Flannery O'Connor reads "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/27/frank-ohara-reads-metaphysical-poem/

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Frank O'Hara reads his "Metaphysical Poem"

Adam Curtis - Oh Dearism edited

Adam Curtis at Frieze in London 15.10.2011

For full poem text, plus Eliot on idea-incubation and the mystical quality of creativity, go here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/26/t-s-eliot-on-creativity/

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T.S. Eliot Reads "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/18/tolstoy-reading-rare-1909-recording/

The fascinating story of A Calendar of Wisdom, with selected highlights: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/15/a-calendar-of-wisdom-tolstoy/

Leo Tolstoy reads from "A Calendar of Wisdom," 1909

The 'Should I Kill Myself or Have a Cup of Coffee?' letter, written by Albert Camus, read by RM.

Passage from the 1960 essay "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Literature." Context, transcript and discussion of the full essay here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/03/25/flannery-o-connor-grotesque-reading/

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Flannery O'Connor reads from "Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Literature"

Excerpt from Orwell's fantastic 1946 essay outlining his 11 "golden" rules of tea perfection: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/14/george-orwell-a-nice-cup-of-tea/

George Orwell on how to make the perfect cup of tea

An inspiring commencement address delivered to the graduating class at San Jose State University. Transcript and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/15/debbie-millman-look-both-ways-fail-safe/

Neil Gaiman on why there is no such thing as "children's" books

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