# The Literary Life Podcast

A podcast by Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks. Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the World. And check out our sister podcast The Well Read Poem with poet Thomas Banks.

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## Latest episodes

- [Episode 350: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 33-End](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/306afbd3c077) (2026-10-27, 96 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep350final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 349: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 17-32](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/34edf275ccc2) (2026-10-20, 89 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep349.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 348: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Ch. 6-16](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/04ed23904199) (2026-10-06, 91 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep348final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 347: "Lilith" by George MacDonald, Intro and Ch. 1-5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/7cf2ff309dca) (2026-09-22, 77 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep347mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 346: Finding the Education for Your Vocation with the Hornstra Sisters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/820f79a11593) (2026-09-15, 92 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_Ep_346.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 345: "Best of" Series – The Literary Life of Addison and Ella Hornstra (Ep. 182)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/ec2b6f35c3b9) (2026-09-08, 113 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_EP345final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 344: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 41-50](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/742ef0be0856) (2026-09-01, 60 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep344final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 343: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 31-40](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/f713a5293581) (2026-08-25, 57 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep343final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 342: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 21-30](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/5a8fc365cbd5) (2026-08-18, 61 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep342.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 341: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Ch. 11-20](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/72e0eb3b180d) (2026-08-11, 67 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep341final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 340: Watership Down by Richard Adams, Introduction, Ch. 1-10](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/53f549731b28) (2026-08-04, 86 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep340final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 339: Ask Us (Almost) Anything](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/7a776839d15c) (2026-07-28, 109 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep339mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 338: "The Vulture" by Samuel Johnson – Short Story Summer Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/08a3b70f348d) (2026-07-21, 76 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep338mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 337: "The Celestial Omnibus" by E. M. Forster – Short Story Summer Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/3c78c7c5b87f) (2026-07-14, 98 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep337final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 336: "Why I Write" by George Orwell - Short Story Summer Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/713fb02f01a1) (2026-07-07, 83 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TL_ep336final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 335: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant – Short Story Summer Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/88d841b1f9b4) (2026-06-30, 82 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep335final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 334: "The Adventures of a Shilling" by Joseph Addison – Short Story Summer Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/89def71ff1f3) (2026-06-23, 81 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep334.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 333: "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield - Short Story Summer Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/e5de6f0b23af) (2026-06-16, 81 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep333mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 332: "A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls" by G. K. Chesterton, Short Story Summer Series Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/a0f5dfe554ac) (2026-06-09, 80 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep332.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 331: "Araby" by James Joyce – Short Story Summer Series Remix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/904f98435063) (2026-06-02, 99 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep331mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 330: Where to Start with Ancient Literature with Dr. Anne Phillips](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/b0b090bd8b3d) (2026-05-26, 99 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep330mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 329: "On Fairy Stories" Revisited with Jenn Rogers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/894d1b764a4d) (2026-05-19, 116 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep329mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 328: Best of The Literary Life – "On Fairy Stories" by J.R.R. Tolkien](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/904b135901bf) (2026-05-12, 92 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/tllep328final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 327: The Power of Story and "Galahad and the Grail" with Malcolm Guite](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/d0d52a913ba1) (2026-05-05, 73 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep327final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 326: "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/e395997b2bdc) (2026-04-28, 73 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/tll326mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 325: Introduction to Alexander Pope and the Neo-Classical Poets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/daa4d7d16005) (2026-04-21, 85 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_Ep_325.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 324: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 34-End](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/39f6da978d3b) (2026-04-14, 87 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/tll_ep324mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 323: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 27-33](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/41b3ffefb91a) (2026-04-07, 74 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep323mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 322: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 20-26](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/f8078ac3a0e0) (2026-03-31, 117 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep322final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 321: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 13-19](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/a3d3918e491b) (2026-03-24, 82 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLLep321.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 320: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, Ch. 6-12](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/e33f1b57e118) (2026-03-17, 95 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep320final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 319: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, Intro and Ch. 1-5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/bb6c3b923f73) (2026-03-10, 91 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep319final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 318: How to Read Shakespeare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/25c94b16b48b) (2026-03-03, 84 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL318final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 317: "Best of" – The Literary Life of Charlotte Mason](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/7d0fd4ecfb2f) (2026-02-24, 100 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_Ep317.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 316: "Don Juan" by Moliere, Acts 2-5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/b913a30eab4d) (2026-02-17, 91 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep316.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 315: "Don Juan" by Moliere, Introduction and Act 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/75d7706bd2a5) (2026-02-10, 84 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep315.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 314: "Best of" - Our Favorite Poems](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/1b7b8c7a8d77) (2026-02-03, 83 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep218_mixdown_copy.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 313: The Tower and the Ruin with Dr. Michael Drout](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/34398b3a6a36) (2026-01-27, 109 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep313final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 312: "Best of" - Fairy Tales and Children's Literature with Dr. Vigen Guroian](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/c700c7d79348) (2026-01-20, 90 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep312.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 311: "Falling Inward" with Dr. Jason Baxter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/833d3508e108) (2026-01-13, 73 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_Ep311full.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 310: "Best of" - What to Do When The Literary Life Feels Overwhelming (Ep. 231)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/eb4bdc5de591) (2026-01-06, 98 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_EP310final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 309: Our Literary Lives of 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/107ddcc71faa) (2025-12-30, 102 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep309final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 308: Preview of The Literary Life Season 8](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/f34926c753c7) (2025-12-23, 54 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep308.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 307: "Best of" – Our Year in Reading, Ep. 31](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/90488523a8a1) (2025-12-16, 107 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep307final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 306: "Best of" – What Is the Literary Life?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/56a886459099) (2025-12-09, 48 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep306.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 305: Books on Screen – Our Favorite Film Adaptations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/ccfff2b137b3) (2025-12-02, 109 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_Ep305final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 304: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 14-End](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/a2781ee5af50) (2025-11-25, 112 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_EP304final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 303: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 8-13](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/91d83aa5a825) (2025-11-18, 97 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/tll_ep303full.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 302: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Ch. 4-7](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/8431bc30ac69) (2025-11-11, 108 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/Ep._302_final.mp3?dest-id=1228634
- [Episode 301: Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" Intro and Ch. 1-3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460580357/4e0d2331a466) (2025-11-04, 103 min): audio https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep301_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1228634

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