{"podcast":{"title":"TED-Ed","slug":"ted-ed-7859430","podcast_index_feed_id":7859430,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ted-ed","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b7403760-4a33-11f1-9f4d-0b7f17190ea0/image/74cc63dc47cf18e2bcec0e2d83f0aaf9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TED-Ed","episode_count":1210,"summary":"TED-Ed’s mission is to create lessons worth sharing. Feed and expand your curiosity with our award-winning animated shorts - published on YouTube and available with supplemental learning materials on ed.ted.com. Want to suggest an idea for a TED-Ed animation, nominate an educator or animator? Visit our website at: http://ed.ted.com/get_involved. Consider backing us on Patreon. By doing so, you directly support our nonprofit mission to create free, high-quality educational content: https://www.patreon.com/teded For more information on using TED-Ed content for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film, or in an online course), please submit a Media Request using this link: https://media-requests.ted.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T10:18:01.246496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430"},"episode":{"title":"How (and why) to read William Faulkner - Sascha Morrell","slug":"how-and-why-to-read-william-faulkner-sascha-morrell","published_at":"2026-07-18T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430/how-and-why-to-read-william-faulkner-sascha-morrell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3200945092.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG3200945092.mp3","summary":"Get to know the works of William Faulkner, whose inventive literature made him one of America’s most remarkable writers.--William Faulkner is considered one of America’s most remarkable and perplexing writers. He confused his audience intentionally, using complex sentences, unreliable narrators, and outlandish imagery. His body of work is shocking, inventive, hilarious, and challenging. So how can readers navigate his literary labyrinths? Sascha Morrell explains how to read one of literature's most confusing writers.Lesson by Sascha Morrell, directed by Naghmeh Farzaneh, Sarah Saidan.Support Our Non-Profit Mission----------------------------------------------Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreonCheck out our merch: http://bit.ly/TEDEDShop----------------------------------------------Connect With Us----------------------------------------------Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletterFollow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebookFind us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitterPeep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram----------------------------------------------Keep Learning----------------------------------------------View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-william-faulkner-so-difficult-to-read-sascha-morrellDig deeper with additional resources: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-william-faulkner-so-difficult-to-read-sascha-morrell#digdeeperAnimator's website: https://www.naghmehfarzaneh.com and https://vimeo.com/user8581494----------------------------------------------Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Francisco Amaya, Daisuke Goto, Matt Switzler, Peng, Tzu-Hsiang, Bethany Connor, Jeremy Shimanek, Mark Byers, Avinash Amarnath, Xuebicoco, Rayo, Po Foon Kwong,…","meta_description":"Get to know the works of William Faulkner, whose inventive literature made him one of America’s most remarkable writers.--William Faulkner is considered o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":445,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-ed-7859430/episodes/how-and-why-to-read-william-faulkner-sascha-morrell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430/how-and-why-to-read-william-faulkner-sascha-morrell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}