Illustrations by Daniel Medina
Up Next: “As I Lay Dying”
8/31/26 & 9/3/26: “As I Lay Dying” - William Faulkner (first half)
9/7/26 & 9/10/26: “As I Lay Dying” - William Faulkner (second half)
4. Selected Stephen Crane Stories
Thursday, August 27th, 2026: “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” and “The Blue Hotel” (Free)
Tuesday, August 25th, 2026: The Open Boat (Free)
Thursday, August 13th, 2026: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Episode 2 (Paid)
Monday, August 10th, 2026: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Episode 1 (Free)
3. Demons — Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Translation: Pevear and Volkhonsky, from Vintage)
Thursday, August 6th, 2026: Demons, Episode 10 (Paid)
Monday, August 3rd, 2026: Demons, Episode 9 (Free)
Thursday, July 30th, 2026: Demons, Episode 8 (Paid)
Monday, July 27th, 2026: Demons, Episode 7 (Free)
Thursday, July 16th, 2026: Demons, Episode 6 (Paid)
Monday, July 13th, 2026: Demons, Episode 5 (Free)
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026: Demons, Episode 2 (Paid)
Monday, June 29th, 2026: Demons, Introduction (Free)
2. Discourses on Livy — Niccolo Machiavelli
Thursday, June 25th, 2026: Book Three, Part 2 (Paid)
Monday, June 22nd, 2026: Book Three, Part 1 (Free)
Thursday, June 18th, 2026: Book Two, Part 2 (Paid)
Monday, June 15th, 2026: Book Two, Part 1 (Free)
Thursday, June 11th, 2026: Book One, Part 2 (Paid)
Monday, June 8th, 2026: Book One, Part 1 (Free)
1. The Assemblywomen — Aristophanes
Thursday, June 4th, 2026: Taped Episode, Subscriber-Only
Monday, June 1st, 2026: Live Recording, Free
For clarity to readers, Book one of Discourses on Livy for Monday, which is around 140 pages.
We will try to give better notice of which parts to read in the future!
The first episode was great. The story was hysterical given its 2400 years old.
The whole rationale for having women run the government sounds like the campaign of Clinton, Haley , or every other woman who has ginned up a run recently ( except Harris who was just “there” with no message)
The whole underlying elect a woman because “she isnt a man, has been a mom, wont starts wars because then it could be her son, and as Moms, therefore, gets shit done.”
The more things change …