{"podcast":{"title":"The Literary Life Podcast","slug":"the-literary-life-podcast-743688","podcast_index_feed_id":743688,"rss_url":"https://theliterarylife.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.theliterary.life/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/4/b/0/84b00ee61f70f70b/3000x_podcast_logo.png","author":"Angelina Stanford","episode_count":327,"summary":"Not just book chat! The Literary Life Podcast is an ongoing conversation about the skill and art of reading well and the lost intellectual tradition needed to fully enter into the great works of literature. Experienced teachers Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks (of www.HouseOfHumaneLetters.com) join lifelong reader Cindy Rollins (of www.MorningtimeForMoms.com) for slow reads of classic literature, conversations with book lovers, and an ever-unfolding discussion of how Stories Will Save the World. And check out our sister podcast The Well Read Poem with poet Thomas Banks.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 315: \"Don Juan\" by Moliere, Introduction and Act 1","slug":"episode-315-don-juan-by-moliere-introduction-and-act-1","published_at":"2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episode-315-don-juan-by-moliere-introduction-and-act-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688","url":"https://theliterarylife.libsyn.com/episode-315-don-juan-by-moliere-introduction-and-act-1","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/theliterarylife/TLL_ep315.mp3?dest-id=1228634","summary":"Today on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina and Thomas begin a new series discussing Moliere's farcical play Don Juan . They open the discussion with some background on Moliere's plays in general, as well as other drama of this time period, then the origins of the story of Don Juan itself. After this introduction, Thomas and Angelina read some of the play and discuss some of the key characters and ideas presented in the opening acts. If you missed this year's annual Literary Life Online Conference, \"The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Quickeneth: Reading Like a Human\", you can still purchase the recordings at HouseofHumaneLetters.com . Don't forget that you can find the full show notes for this episode at https://theliterary.life/315 .","meta_description":"Today on The Literary Life podcast, Angelina and Thomas begin a new series discussing Moliere's farcical play Don Juan . They open the discussion with som…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5032,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episodes/episode-315-don-juan-by-moliere-introduction-and-act-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688/episode-315-don-juan-by-moliere-introduction-and-act-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}