"Theyre seems like theyre just all depressed about their state in life, rit yet much more than. In part too, it's like, in part too, they're trying to, they're talking about it, trying to figure out what to do," he says. "I remember when my dad likes that this person would just help my dad shower, you know, when he woldn't shower any more."
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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