Eternal Youth

Frantz Fanon wants to dance

In 1925, Frantz Fanon regrets joining the fight against facism. Music by Timbah. Hosted on Acast. See

Margaret Thatcher tastes defeat

In 1945, Margaret Thatcher watches her hero go down in flames.Music by Timbah Hosted on Acast. See

James Baldwin buries his father

In 1943, James Baldwin buries is father and meets his hero.Music by Timbah Bibliography:Native Son by Richard WrightNotes of a Native Son by James BaldwinTalking at the Gates a Life of James B…

Lyndon Johnson and the janitor

Did Lyndon Johnson really care about civil rights or was he motivated by party unity and cold political calculation?Music by TimbahBibliography: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro

Hannah Arendt and the little magician

In 1926 Hannah Arendt says goodbye to the most exciting philosopher in Germany.Music by Timbah. Hosted on Acast. See

Ayn Rand and the supercommunist

In 1925 Ayn Rand plots her escape from Leningrad while Stalin and Trotsky plot against each other. Music by Timbah Hosted on Acast. See

Nabokov and the revolution

In 1919, the 20-year-old Vladimir Nabokov has fled from revolutionary Petrograd and decamped to the Crimea where he writes poetry, catalogues butterflies, plays chess and waits for Lenin's Red Army to arrive. Bibliography:Spe…

Orwell the cop

In 1923, there is no such thing as George Orwell, but a policeman called Eric Blair is collecting stories. Music:Paws by TimbahBibliography:Shooting an Elephant by Geroge OrwellBurmese Days by Ger…

Freud and the long depression

In 1874 the Austrian economy was on its keens and a young Sigmund Freud met Franz Brentano, "an ideal human being".Written and read by Nicholas BarrettMusic: Paws by TimbahBibliography: The A…

Nietzsche disappoints his mother

In 1864 Nietzsche went to Bonn, where he tried and failed to study theology.Written and read by Nicholas BarrettMusic: Friends From the Afterlife by Heston Mimms. Hosted …