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Nudie Reads Tristram Shandy: The OG Weave [S3E24]
Long before The Weave of US President Donald Trump there was Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, a wild 18th-century classic from England via Ireland more known for its detours than the autobiography it pretends to be. The OG weave and rather cheeky. 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 ⏰ 👶
6 Huhti 24min
Nudie Reads From Fram: The Crushable Ship, Echoed in Space [S3E23]
The Fram2 spacecraft orbits Earth's polar regions for the first time ever. And The Fram, the OG ship of the 19th century was also a trailblzer. Nansen's diaries of her first Artic voyage are a gem of spellbinding writing. Great words from a Norwegian hero. Takk for listening! 📖✨
3 Huhti 10min
Nudie Reads Nasty Brutish & Short [S3E22]
Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan contains his killer line about life being ‘nasty, brutish, and short’. He was grim fella but his work is a 17th century English classic of political thought. Lived to the ripe old age of 91, single the whole time and loved tennis. Who knew?🎾 🏴✍️😡👺🩳
30 Maalis 25min
Nudie Reads Blue Ghost Monument Mode [S3E21]
On March 16, 2025 Blue Ghost, a Texas-built lunar robot signed off with a hauntingly beautiful message straightfrom Mare Crisium, sketched by Galileo and named by Riccioli in the 17th century. Great, writing, from space. 🔭🚀🛰️
27 Maalis 11min
Nudie Reads Casanova's Jailbreak [S3E20]
His name is a byword for being a pants man. But Casanova was also a classic Enlightenment era writer. He was a true libertine and his jailbreak story, from Venice's notoriously unbreakable Piombi prison, taken from his memoirs, is a ripping yarn. 🇮🇹🎼✍️😘
23 Maalis 17min
Nudie Reads Through a Glass, Darkly [S3E19]
Nudie Reads the Book of Common Prayer 1662. Paul's letter to the Corinthians 13:1 on love, or charity. From Bergman’s films to metal riffs, “through a glass, darkly” haunts us still. Sending peaceful vibes for Lent to all listeners. 📖🔥
6 Maalis 11min
Nudie Reads Rabelais Giants r Real [S3E18]
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais is a Giant story - literally. Filled with wit and bawdy humour it is a five-book satirical masterpiece, first published in the 16th century. Perfect reading for Mardi Gras, the season of indulgence andrevelry. 🇫🇷📖✨
2 Maalis 36min
Nudie Reads Terrible Horrible Sawney Bean [S3E17]
Experience the chilling legend of Sawney Bean, the Scot's cannibal and his demented clan, from a 1836 book that's as mysterious as its subjects.🏴 📖✨
27 Helmi 15min
