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YouTubeEpisode 13: Romeo and Juliet: The Wisdom of Young Love
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh revisit Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, asking what makes this story so enduring and how it reshapes...
Hot Takes on the Classics is no dusty, academic approach to great books. It’s a gossipy, exciting discussion about the best literature ever written. Hosted by Tim and Emily, who are veteran teachers and long-time friends, Hot Takes is packed with playful debate, meaningful speculation, and hearty laughs.
(You may also enjoy Tim’s “The Play’s the Thing” show with CiRCE.)
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Episode 12: The Divine Comedy: Disordered Eros
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, one of the most ambitious works in world literature....
Episode 11: The Phaedras: Love is a Madness
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Plato’s Phaedrus, a dialogue that weaves together questions of love, rhetoric, and the soul. They...
Episode 10: The Wind in the Willows: A Classic Tale of Friendship
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh explore Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, a beloved children’s classic that also raises profound...
Episode 9: Huckleberry Finn: Can a Man and Child be Friends?
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim and Emily explore Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, asking whether a man and a child can truly be friends....
Episode 8: Cicero, On Friendship: Virtue–The Basis of Friendship
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh turn to Cicero’s On Friendship, a dialogue exploring what makes friendship possible, lasting, and good. They...
Episode 7: Epic of Gilgamesh: Superhuman Friendship
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Tim McIntosh and Emily Maeda journey into the world’s oldest surviving epic, The Epic of Gilgamesh. They explore how...
Episode 6: East of Eden, John Steinbeck: The American Epic
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily Maeda and Tim McIntosh dive into John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, exploring how the novel wrestles with the tension...
Episode 5: Little Women by Louisa May: Sorry, Professor – Jo’s Heart Belonged to Laurie All Along
Description In this episode of Hot Takes on the Classics, Emily and Tim dive into Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, a quintessential American novel exploring the power of familial affection, or...
