The Dead Authors Podcast

Chapter 49: Albert Camus, featuring Steve Agee

Aug 18, 2015
H.G. Wells interviews Albert Camus about his career and controversies surrounding his work. They discuss bottled water and a scene from Camus' book 'The Stranger'. Childhood hardships, rock-throwing competitions, and tuberculosis affecting soccer career are mentioned. Criticism of atomic bombing and strain on friendship. Debate of translating plays and introduction of play 'Unum'. Exploration of existentialism, absurdism, and religion. Conversation about ghosts, moths, death penalty, nihilism in the 21st century.
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