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The Eric Metaxas Show

Karen Swallow Prior

The Eric Metaxas Show

Metaxas Media

Religion & Spirituality

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Karen Swallow Prior, award-winning professor of English at Liberty University, has discovered a more focused way of navigating the classics, including "Sense and Sensibility" and "Heart of Darkness."

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0:00.0

Music

0:10.0

Welcome to the Eric Muttaxe Show!

0:12.5

Did you know that Eric was dangerous and abit in his family for generations?

0:16.4

It's true. They're discolored and disgusting.

0:19.2

But they have deep personal meaning for Eric so we asked that you respect that.

0:22.6

And now your host, Eric Muttaxe.

0:25.2

Hey there folks, welcome to the Eric Muttaxe Show!

0:27.6

As I have promised you in the past and continued to do,

0:31.8

I have fascinating conversations on this program with fascinating people about wonderful subjects.

0:37.0

I am really thrilled to have back on the program my friend Karen Swallow,

0:41.5

prior who is a celebrated English professor at Liberty University and an author, Karen, welcome back.

0:51.2

It's good to be back with you, Eric.

0:53.1

Yes, I'm of crisis.

0:55.1

You really have been through a lot since I've last spoken with you.

0:59.7

I can hardly believe it. I don't know if you want to touch on that briefly before we get into Jane Austen.

1:06.0

Sure, yeah. I mean, basically almost two years ago,

1:11.0

I was in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, actually going to a meeting with the publisher for this series that I have.

1:21.0

And I walked step-in-door crosswalk and didn't see the bus coming until it hit me.

1:27.0

And so I was hit by a bus, spent six, eight days in Vanderbilt's hospital, came home recovered.

1:33.5

And I'm pretty much fully recovered now, but it was quite a traumatic experience.

1:39.0

It's unbelievable. You get to go through the rest of your life now saying, I was hit by a bus.

1:43.5

I mean, almost worth it.

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