i was watching a tombstone again the other day, in the very the death scene of dog holiday. And you feel like this is kind of how we're all going to go - nobody can come with us. I don't know whether i want to be surrounded by people i loved or not have them have to see that. Though it would have been nice if he could share with his ye, with people who loved him, but he doesn't have those people, no.
David and Tamler try to control their emotions (with varying success) as they go deep into Franz Kafka's masterful novella "The Metamorphosis." What kind of a story is this? A Marxist or religious allegory? A work of weird fiction? A family drama? A dark comedy? Why does a story about a man who turns into a giant insect get under our skins so much?
Plus a study that links insomnia to our fear of death. What a cheerful summer episode! (Actually we're fairly proud of this one... As always we suggest reading the text before you listen or soon after).
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