Episode 286: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, "Kaa's Hunting"
The Literary Life Podcast
Angelina Stanford
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
On The Literary Life podcast this week, Angelina, Cindy, and Thomas continue their discussion of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. After sharing their commonplace quotes for this week, they begin talking about "Kaa's Hunting." Angelina asks Cindy about the age range for this book, which is recommended on AmblesideOnline for Year 3 students. They talk about Mowgli's upbringing and training in the law of jungle, in contrast to the monkeys who are lawless. Other highlights of this conversation are the Edenic ability of Mowgli to speak to the animals, the complex role of the serpent in folklore, and the resurrection imagery in this story.
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| 0:00.0 | This is not just another book chat podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | Lifelong reader Cindy Rollins joins teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks for an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well. |
| 0:32.6 | Explore the lost intellectual tradition and discover how to fully enter end to the great works of literature. |
| 0:40.2 | Learn what books mean while delighting in the sheer joy of imagination. Each week, we will rescue |
| 0:47.1 | story from the ivory tower and bring it to your couch, your kitchen, and your commute. The literary life is for everyone because in the |
| 0:55.9 | words of Stratford Caldecott, to be enchanted by story is to be granted a deeper insight into |
| 1:02.2 | reality. Join us for an ever-unfolding discussion of how stories will save the world. |
| 1:09.7 | This is the Literary Life Podcast. |
| 1:30.4 | Welcome back to the Literary Life podcast. |
| 1:38.7 | I'm Angelina Stanford, and today with me and the not slightly less mysterious, Mr. Banks. |
| 1:41.9 | I thought you were going to call me a man pub or something like that. |
| 1:42.9 | No, that's private. |
| 1:45.0 | Privately I'll call you a man club. But we are here with Cindy Rollins. |
| 1:48.0 | Once again, hello, Cindy. |
| 1:50.0 | Hello. |
| 1:51.0 | Thank you for coming out of taking a sabbatical from your sabbatical and rejoining us here. |
| 1:58.0 | Lending us some Charlotte Mason credibility. |
| 2:04.0 | Yes, and I will give you a Charlotte Mason quote today. |
| 2:05.2 | I was really hoping. |
| 2:08.3 | We've missed your quotes so much. |
| 2:12.4 | So today we're going to be doing the second episode in our series on the Jungle Book, |
| 2:14.6 | and we're going to be talking about cause hunting. |
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