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55 - A Gen Z Guide to The Best 19th Century Fiction | Sam Royer on Timeless Classics and Hidden Gems

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36 - The Greatest Films of Every 5 Years (part two - 1970-2024) | Jack and Milo’s Picks

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35 - You’ve Never Heard of Russia’s Strangest Literary Genius | Oliver Ready on Dostoevsky and Sharov

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34 - The Greatest Films of Every 5 Years (part one - 1915-1969) | Jack and Milo’s Picks

Tue, 21 Jul 2026
33 - Was Paradise Already Lost? | Achsah Guibbory on Milton’s Theology of Desire

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32 - Reading is... BAD For You Actually

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31 - Who REALLY Wrote the Quran? | Gabriel Said Reynolds

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Fri, 03 Jul 2026
29 - The Greatest Novel of Every Decade (1800–2000) | Andrew Nixon’s Picks

Tue, 30 Jun 2026
28 - Virgil is the Greatest Poet of Antiquity (Not Homer) | Wright & McGill on The Aeneid

Fri, 26 Jun 2026
27 - Harry Potter Is Secretly About Class

Tue, 23 Jun 2026
26 - How Ovid Rewrote Greek Mythology Forever | Stephanie McCarter

Fri, 19 Jun 2026
25 - The Novel That Predicted Europe’s Collapse? | Ritchie Robertson on The Magic Mountain

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24 - Nietzsche: Christianity Is the Most Successful Form of Nihilism

Tue, 09 Jun 2026
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21 - David Bentley Hart: Why Nietzsche Was Wrong About Love and Morality

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