667 R. L. Stevenson South Seas; Around the World in 80 Books; Why Wales

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🗓️ 26 February 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Author J. Maarten Troost recounts his journeys sailing the South Pacific in the wake of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the contentment and sobriety he found along the way. Then Harvard professor David Damrosch describes the globe-spanning route he charted during the pandemic...via some of the world's most eye-opening works of literature, both classic and contemporary — and recommends some of his favorites. Plus a Welsh historian and guide gives us a good peek at the magical landscapes and attractions of his homeland.

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0:00.0	Does a visit to utopia sound good right about now?
0:04.3	You know, you have the fruit off the trees, you have the fish in the sea, you have the water that comes from the sky.
0:09.8	It's a more permeable life in a way.
0:12.3	Coming up, authored Jay Martin Truest tells us how he found solace on some of the world's most remote islands.
0:18.5	When he followed the route that Robert Lewis Stevenson took in the South Pacific 100 years earlier.
0:23.6	Harvard professor David Damrosh advocates for seeing the world through great literature.
0:28.3	I also found that it was during a lockdown really therapeutic to really get out of the four walls and see the world from so many different angles.
0:36.2	And Wells historian Martin D'Alandovitz sheds light on what the folklore leaves out about the legendary King Arthur.
0:43.0	He was a military leader.
0:44.6	He was probably about five feet tall, roder, horses pick as a sheep and body, lice and a very nervous temperament.
0:51.4	Come along for the hour ahead, it's traveled with Rick Steves.
0:59.3	Before you start dreaming of where you might travel next, David Damrosh suggests you start a grand tour with a book.
1:06.2	He's the head of Harvard University's Institute for World Literature.
1:10.1	David joins us in a bit to recommend classic works that can take you deep into ancient Egypt, Persia and even the Mayan Empire.
1:16.9	And writers from today's up and coming societies can also help us better understand our own globalized era.
1:23.4	Later in the hour, a Welsh expert on castles and archaeology digs into the dramatic history of his home country.
1:29.8	Martin D'Alandovitz takes us into the legendary world of King Arthur, the battlegrounds of medieval lords and the promises of the industrial revolution that you can find scattered across the Welsh countryside.
1:41.4	Let's open up today's travel with Rick Steves with another Martin from among our favorites in the show archives.
1:47.2	Arthur J. Martin Truist was inspired by the writings of Robert Louis Stevenson of more than a century ago.
1:53.5	The author of Treasure Island in the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde left his native Scotland to find solitude and sobriety and to stir up his imagination in the dreamscapes of the tropical South Pacific.
2:06.1	For similar reasons, Truist set off to retrace Stevenson's final South Sea voyage.
2:11.4	It inspired him to write his own trilogy of memoirs.
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