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Hello everyone, this is Jack Wilson, the host of the History of Literature Podcast.

I'm so glad you're here and welcome to the show.

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The show doesn't discuss literature in chronological order,

so you won't be missing anything if you start with the more recent episodes

instead of the earliest ones.

And, let's be honest honest the show's quality has improved

quite a bit since these early days. But of course where you begin is up to you and

if you'd like to give this one a try please be my guest. All of the episodes in the archive are yours to enjoy for free.

Hello, I'm Jack Wilson. Welcome to the History of Literature. Oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,

uh, the one, uh, Episode 28, R Ramayana.

Today on the show, we're going to be looking at what is perhaps the greatest living epic in the world.

I'll explain what I mean by living epic as we go.

But first, many thanks to those of you who have reached out to me since our last episode, or episodes, I should say, the two-part episode on the Upanishads.

There are a lot of seekers out there just like me.

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one with this uneasy relationship with literature

Can you be in agnostic regarding literature? I think you can

One listener described her experience listening to the podcast as a thrill, and she talked about the importance of making connections in the Internet age.

I couldn't agree more. I've been thinking about connections a lot,

connections of all kinds. There are the connections made through the internet, through my writing, through my participation in social media and through this podcast.

There's never been anything like it people like the age we live in now.

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