Bryan Cheong

March 13, 2023-- A conversation with Bryan Cheong about Artificial Intelligence.

The Wilds of Artificial Intelligence with Bryan Cheong

March 2, 2023-- Our host Robert Harrison on America’s nature and political history.

The Idea of America

December 21, 2022-- Reflections by our host, Professor Robert Harrison.

Three Poems for the Winter Solstice

Aishwary Kumar

December 16, 2022-- Professor Kumar returns to Entitled Opinions to speak on what he calls “the neodemocratic condition”. This is the subject of his forthcoming book titled: "Neodemocracy: Freedom and Violence after Neoliberalism".

On Democracy with Aishwary Kumar

September 23, 2022-- A conversation with Maria Elena Monzani, lead scientist at SLAC national accelerator laboratory and one of the world's pioneer investigators of dark matter.

Dark Matter, God, and the fate of the Universe with Maria Elena Monzani

Andrew Mitchell

August 26, 2022-- Andrew J. Mitchell is professor of philosophy at Emory University.

On Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy with Andrew Mitchell

Robert Harrison

June 13, 2022-- In this episode our host, Professor Robert Harrison, speaks on the topic of depression.

Robert Harrison on Depression

June 12, 2022-- A conversation with Scott Thomas Anderson, writer and producer of the documentary podcast series "Drinkers with Writing Problems".

California Writers Part 2

Czeslaw Milosz

May 27, 2022-- A conversation with Cynthia Haven, author of "Czeslaw Milosz: A California Life", "An Invisible Rope: Portraits of Czeslaw Milosz", and "Czeslaw Milosz: Conversations".

Czeslaw Milosz: A Discussion with Cynthia Haven

May 13, 2022-- In this episode, Dr. Osgood and Robert Harrison discuss the 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf "To the Lighthouse".

To the Lighthouse with Miles Osgood

Entitled Opinions is a literary talk show on Stanford University Radio, KZSU, in which Professor Robert Harrison interviews guests about issues that range from literature and philosophy to politics and sports.

April 29, 2022-- Dr. Chloe Summers Edmondson is a Lecturer at Stanford University. Her research is situated at the crossroads of literary criticism, cultural history, and media studies, with a focus on 17th and 18th-century France.

Letter writing: A Media Revolution with Chloe Summers Edmondson

Sophus Helle

April 9, 2022-- Sophus previously translated "The Epic of Gilgamesh" into Danish with his father. His English translation of the epic was recently published by Yale University Press.

The Epic of Gilgamesh with Sophus Helle

April 1, 2022-- A conversation with German philosopher and author Markus Gabriel.

Thought and Perception with Markus Gabriel

March 24, 2022-- This episode is a brief monologue by our host, Professor Robert Harrison.

In The Flow: A Brief Monologue

January 18, 2022-- A conversation with Scott Thomas Anderson on the topic of 19th century California writers.

California Writers Part 1

December 21, 2021-- A conversation with Professor Joseph Cermatori on the topic of his new book: "Baroque Modernity: An Aesthetics of Theater".

Baroque Modernity with Joseph Cermatori

Alex Rex

December 3, 2021-- A conversation with Scottish musician and songwriter Alex Rex Nielson.

The Uses of Trauma with Alex Rex

Thomas Woltz

November 18, 2021-- A conversation with Thomas Woltz about landscape architecture.

Custodianship of the Earth with Thomas Woltz

August 23, 2021-- A monologue by Robert Harrison.

Robert Harrison on Great Narrative Endings

August 12, 2021-- A conversation with Aqsa Ijaz about the Persian poet and Sufi mystic Rumi.

Aqsa Ijaz on Rumi

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