The Great Passion: Chapters 7-12
Close Reads Podcast
Goldberry Studios
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Close Reads as we continue our discussion of James Runcie’s The Great Passion. Topics of conversation include the way Runcie introduces the book’s tragedies, how Bach teaches both the protagonist and the reader, how to tell the difference between true wisdom and pithy sayings in the story, and much more. Happy listening!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, I'm David Kern. I'm Heidi White. And I'm Sean Johnson. And you were listening to Close |
| 0:07.4 | Reads, a podcast for the incurable reader on which we are discussing James Runcys, |
| 0:13.4 | The Great Passion. In particular, we are discussing chapters 7 through 12 of the Great Passion. |
| 0:19.2 | Before we get into that, though, Heidi, how's it going? |
| 0:22.4 | It's going so great. |
| 0:24.1 | Yeah, I don't know why. |
| 0:25.3 | I don't have like any follow up to that. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm, it's going so great, period. |
| 0:29.4 | Are you on? |
| 0:30.4 | When does Christmas break start for you? |
| 0:32.9 | Next Thursdays. |
| 0:34.4 | Are you serious? |
| 0:35.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.3 | I guess it's only until January. |
| 0:39.9 | So that's the 12th, December 12th. |
| 0:42.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:42.9 | Nice. |
| 0:43.6 | We were out the Thursday after that. |
| 0:46.2 | Oh. |
| 0:46.9 | So you're out the 19th? |
| 0:49.0 | 19th. |
| 0:50.0 | Didn't you make the calendar? |
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