Nudie Reads Frankenstein [S2E31]

Aesop’s Fables are timeless very short tales packed with wit, wisdom, and morals that still matter. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Look before you leap. They've been educating and bringing joy for over 2600 years. Whether you're new to Aesop or grew up on these stories, there's something here for every curious mind.🐢🦊🐺🐸🦁

4 Mai 23min

Gritty, operatic, great writing from the underworld of Prohibition-era Chicago 1929. A vivid newspaper report on the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, one of the most infamous gangland slaughters in American history. 🍸🗞️🔫💔❄️🕵️‍♂️

1 Mai 16min

Shakespeare debuts on Nudie Reads! The Merchant of Venice (1596) delivers high drama in Act 4’s courtroom scene, with Portia’s “quality of mercy” speech and a cunning legal twist. Mercy, justice, and contracts collide in one of the many of the Bard’s timeless works. 🎭📜 ⚖️💧

27 Apr 21min

The story of St George is a corker. Slays a dragon, saves of princess, survives dreadful torture. Where does it come from? A rather odd English translation by publisher William Caxton of the 13th C classic collection The Golden Legend captured the weirdness. 🐉⚔️📖

24 Apr 24min

Homer shines on Nudie Reads! The Odyssey(8th century BC) delivers epic adventure—Odysseus vs. the Cyclops is pure wit and grit. From TikTok to Hollywood, it’s a timeless tale people love to retell. 📜🚢

20 Apr 38min

A poet, a painter, and a patriot’s ride! Grant Wood’s 1931 quirky pic The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere is a great visualcompanion for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” as it gallops through 250 year old history. Saddle up for an offbeat Thursday ep! 📜🐎

17 Apr 13min

Lady Fortune spins her wheel. Boethius, a Roman in 534, imagined her as Lady Luck in person and wrote of her capricious ways in "On The Consolation of Philosophy" as he sat on death row. Wisdom from a condemned man. 📜🎡

13 Apr 26min

Rock n roll and Roman history. There’s plenty of cross-over to consider. And a certain James Newell Osterberg Jnr better known as Iggy Pop penned a lovely review of Edward Gibbon’sThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in 1995 that proves it. Who knew he had it in him? 📖✨

10 Apr 11min