297: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" and "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Education, Arts, Religion & Spirituality, Books, Christianity

4.7 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode we cover a little of Poe's life, then two of his famous stories.

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0:00.0	Loving the home that I live.
0:13.0	You're like Robbie Williams?
0:15.0	No, I'm wondering, like, how does it?
0:17.0	How's it?
0:18.0	I just want to feel real love.
0:23.1	What are you talking about?
0:24.2	It's my head.
0:25.5	Because of Edgar Allan Poe?
0:26.6	Yeah.
0:27.0	Okay.
0:27.8	So you said, and I said, you said, I did the same and I said, oh, we've had a lot of living back since then.
0:33.8	And then I was thinking, I got a lot of life running through my veins, going to waste.
0:41.7	I just want to feel real love.
0:47.3	Anyway.
0:47.8	I'm so glad that you pressed record.
0:49.3	So thank you, AJ.
0:50.2	This has been a wonderful introduction.
0:51.7	You ready to record?
0:52.7	No, no.
0:53.1	We're recording.
0:54.6	It's definitely recording.
0:56.4	I started it like mid-song.
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