In his 1901 novel “Kim” (audiobook here) Rudyard Kipling paints a vivid portrait of an orphaned vagabond in 19th century India. After joining himself to a Tibetan lama on a spiritual quest, Kim stumbles into the middle of the Great Game for imperial...
Larken Rose, the author of The Most Dangerous Superstition, joins us today on the program to explore the linkages between statism and religion. Is a belief in governmental authority analogous to religious belief? Or is it simply a religious belief in and of itself? If...
The Catcher in the Rye. Since it’s publication in 1951, it has become an iconic work of American literature. In its gritty idiomatic style, it has captured the imagination of generations of disaffected young boys. But is there something more to the novel than...
This month on Film, Literature and the New World Order we talk to Tom Secker of SpyCulture.com about Joseph Conrad’s 1907 classic, The Secret Agent. From anarchy to agent provocateurs and shady police dealings, Conrad’s work has been hailed as a chillingly...
In this age of pervasive media programming, it’s important to step back from time to time to examine the cultural memes and pop media artifacts that fill our daily life. From books to movies to music and art, we are bombarded on a daily basis with narratives,...
