Latest Truman Podcast Episodes
John Donne Episode 16 Hymn to God, to my God in my Sickness
Call Me Watkins - April 20, 2019 09:43 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'Hymn to God, to my God in my Sickness' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 15 At rounds earth's imagined corners
Call Me Watkins - April 20, 2019 02:12 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'At rounds earth's imagined corners' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 14 Holy Sonnet 14 Batter My Heart
Call Me Watkins - April 19, 2019 13:19 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'Batter My Heart' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 13 Death, Be Not Proud
Call Me Watkins - April 19, 2019 12:13 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'Death, Be Not Proud' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 12 The Relic
Call Me Watkins - April 18, 2019 13:36 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'The Relic' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 11 A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
Call Me Watkins - April 17, 2019 13:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'A Valediction Forbidding Mourning' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 10 The Apparition
Call Me Watkins - April 16, 2019 08:45 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'The Apparition' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 9 'The Anniversary'
Call Me Watkins - April 15, 2019 08:44 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'The Anniversary' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 8 The Canonization
Call Me Watkins - April 14, 2019 15:25 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'The Canonization' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 7 The Flea
Call Me Watkins - April 14, 2019 04:54 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'The Flea' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 6 Woman's Constancy
Call Me Watkins - April 13, 2019 13:55 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and analysis of 'Woman's Constancy' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 5 The Sun Rising
Call Me Watkins - April 13, 2019 05:36 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and detailed analysis of 'The Sun Rising' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 4 'Song: Go and Catch a falling star'
Call Me Watkins - April 11, 2019 12:41 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and detailed analysis of 'Song' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 3 'The Good Morrow'
Call Me Watkins - April 10, 2019 15:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides a reading and detailed analysis of the aubade 'The Good Morrow' by John Donne.
John Donne Episode 2 'To His Mistress Going to Bed' and an introduction to metaphysical poetry
Call Me Watkins - April 09, 2019 09:45 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis episode provides both a reading and detailed analysis of 'To His Mistress Going to Bed'. It also offers an introduction to the features of metaphysical poetry. A copy of the poem is on my Facebook page CallmeWatkins.
John Donne Episode 1 Who was he?
Call Me Watkins - April 08, 2019 12:53 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings"No man is an island" Do you know who said this? Most people don't. It was the poet John Donne. He was described by C. S. Lewis as the "saddest and most uncomfortable of our poet" in contrast to T. S. Eliot who said “[a] thought to Donne was an experience; it modified his sensibility.” This...
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 27 Volume 3 Chapter 7
Call Me Watkins - April 06, 2019 10:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe final chapter in 'Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus'. Did Victor learn anything? Did Walton benefit from hearing Victor's story What do you feel for the daemon?
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 26 Volume 3 Chapter 6
Call Me Watkins - April 04, 2019 12:29 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe daemon takes his revenge on Victor. His wife is killed as the price for the death of it's mate. Is this justice?
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 25 Volume 3 Chapter 5
Call Me Watkins - April 04, 2019 11:24 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFrankenstein decides to move forward with marrying Elizabeth despite the threat from the daemon to be with him on his "wedding night".
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 24 Volume 3 Chapter 4
Call Me Watkins - April 02, 2019 09:20 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsVictor collapses after discovering Henry has been murdered by the monster.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 23 Volume 3 Chapter 3
Call Me Watkins - April 02, 2019 08:11 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFinally Victor creates the daemon his mate, only to destroy her before his eyes. This dooms everyone.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 22 Volume 3 Chapter 2
Call Me Watkins - March 28, 2019 08:46 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsVictor and Henry travel through England on their tour. Victor is gathering everything he needs to make the second creature.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 21 Volume 3 Chapter 1
Call Me Watkins - March 27, 2019 07:53 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWill Victor Frankenstein keep his promise to the monster? How will he be able to keep his family discovering his secret?
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 20 Volume 2 Chapter 9
Call Me Watkins - March 23, 2019 13:53 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe creature demands a companion from his creator. What persuades Victor to make another of his species? Who does Shelley want us to feel sympathy for, the creature or the creator?
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 19 Volume 2 Chapter 8
Call Me Watkins - March 21, 2019 13:06 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe monster enraged after being rejected by the De Lacy family, and attacked for saving a drowning child, seeks revenge through murder. Is his violence justified?
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 18 Volume 2 Chapter 7
Call Me Watkins - March 20, 2019 11:09 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe creature learns about the world by reading; Goethe's The Sorrows of Werther, Plutarch's Lives and Milton's Paradise Lost.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 17 Volume 2 Chapter 6
Call Me Watkins - March 19, 2019 10:38 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe De Lacy family story.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 16 Volume 2 Chapter 5
Call Me Watkins - March 19, 2019 08:19 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe creature learns about how humans organise their society. He judges the values of man as unjust and evil.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 15 Volume 2 Chapter 4
Call Me Watkins - March 19, 2019 06:23 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe monster learns through watching the De Lacy family.
Frankenstein or A Modern Prometheus Ep 14 Volume 2 Chapter 3
Call Me Watkins - March 19, 2019 03:36 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe creature describes the origins of his life.