Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)

In this episode filmmaker and author Werner Herzog discusses his remarkable book “Of Walking in Ice”, first published in 1978. The audio in this show is a recording of a live event that took place at Stanford University on May 7, 2019. Discussing this book with Herzog are professors Robert Harrison and Amir Eshel. Werner […]

In this episode professor Harrison reads from Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem “Time of Useful Consciousness”, published in 2012. Ferlinghetti turned 100 years old on March 24, 2019.

Kai Carlson-Wee grew up on the Minnesota prairie. He received his BA in English from the University of Minnesota and his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His first collection of poems, RAIL, was published by BOA Editions in 2018. He is currently the Jones Lecturer in Poetry at Stanford University. Kai […]

Kai Carlson-Wee grew up on the Minnesota prairie. He received his BA in English from the University of Minnesota and his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His first collection of poems, RAIL, was published by BOA Editions in 2018. He is currently the Jones Lecturer in Poetry at Stanford University. Kai […]

Note: This segment serves as a prologue to the extended conversation on the topic of “The American Road”, which will air next week. In this episode, Kai speaks about how he first became a poet, and he reads a few poems from his recently published book “Rail”.    Kai Carlson-Wee grew up on the Minnesota […]

In this monologue professor Robert Harrison reflects on the mysteries of the color white, and its various symbolic associations.

Donnie Hasseltine is a U.S. Marine Corps officer currently stationed in the Bay Area with the 23d Marine Regiment who served in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, the Joint Military Intelligence College, the Naval War College, and recently completed an Executive Master in Cybersecurity at Brown University. […]

Jeremy Sabol has taught as a Lecturer in Stanford University’s Program in Structured Liberal Education (SLE) on and off since 2003. Jeremy majored in physics and literature as an undergraduate, then received his Ph.D. in French. His dissertation examined the conceptual role of fiction in Descartes' physics and philosophy, as well as the impact of […]

In this 20 minute conversation, two Stanford undergraduates, Evan Kanji and Sammy Potter, interview our host professor Harrison on the topic of love.Evan and Sammy are the hosts of the KZSU show “Really, Bro?” If you are interested in knowing/hearing more of this podcast, the full list of episodes is available via the following link: […]

In this final episode of the season, our host Robert Harrison reflects on summer, the seasons, and the poetry of life on planet Earth.