Podcasts about Franz Kafka

Last year when John Duffy, a Canadian political strategist and writer, died at the age of 58, I noticed an outpouring of genuine love, and sadness, on Twitter, along with frequent references to his book Fights of our Lives. It was called one the best ever written on Canadian politics. So I picked up a copy. It's filled with dozens of old photographs, and images of period posters, and flyers, buttons, correspondence, and other fascinating bits and pieces of ephemera and memorabilia: the 'confetti of history' as Walter Benjamin liked to put it, plus it features these great 'diagrams' of game plans, 'playbooks,' that John came up with to explain the strategies and tactics used in what he considered to be the five most consequential elections in Canadian history. It was visually captivating, and a fun informative read, so I decided to feature it on The Biblio File Book Club. But who to engage with?   Several people suggested Justin Trudeau's close friend and advisor, Gerry Butts. After a bit of toing and froing, and my prematurely and, as it turns out, quite erroneously, dismissing him as a typical political bounder, it all came together. Gerry agreed to play ball. We met in person several days ago at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa.    Gerry is currently Vice Chairman of The Eurasia Group, a risk management firm with offices around the world. We talk here about John Duffy's optimism, about whether or not elections matter; about cynicism, championship debating, Canada's business elite, the PBO's report on income inequality, the urban-rural divide, 1300 Dollarama stores, lifting children out of poverty, the King-Bing Affair, SNC Lavalin, the Manitoba School crisis, Wilfrid Laurier and Justin Trudeau's 'Sunny Ways,' kicking the can down the road; Lament for a Nation, and Mel Hurtig. There's a James Joyce quote. Gerry tells a joke about Franz Kafka on the way out the door, and I recommend that he reads Nora Krug's illustrated edition of On Tyranny.    Plus another thing: we're both convinced that John Duffy's Fights of our Lives (egregiously it's both out of print and published by an American multi-national) should be made into a TV Series as soon as possible.  

Sean Illing talks with Noah Hawley, the creator and showrunner of the anthology drama Fargo on FX, as well as a celebrated novelist whose newest book is Anthem (2022). They discuss themes stemming from Hawley's recent piece in the Atlantic about myths, stories, and tropes from the Old West (and Hollywood) that are still powerful and active in shaping American society. Hawley also talks about why we're drawn to shows like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, what to expect on the forthcoming fifth season of Fargo, and what his new novel says about the future. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Noah Hawley (@noahhawley), novelist; tv/film director References:  "It's High Noon in America" by Noah Hawley (The Atlantic; Dec. 19, 2022) Anthem by Noah Hawley (Grand Central; 2022) Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1969) "'Duck Dynasty' vs. 'Modern Family': 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide" by Josh Katz (New York Times; Dec. 27, 2016) "The sex-trafficking investigation of Matt Gaetz, explained" by Amber Phillips (Washington Post; Jan. 27, 2022) The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)   Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Gray Area. Subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Engineer: Patrick Boyd Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WikiSleep Nightly Series: Part Six of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. In this final installment of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Gregor Samsa and his family finally confront their situation. What comes next is a new phase, but what direction will their lives take? .....#WikiSleep #Sleep #SleepStory #WikiSleepNightly #TheMetamorphosis #Kafka #FranzKafka #MentalHealth #SleepPodcast By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WikiSleep Nightly Series: Part Five of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Now several months into their new reality, the Samsa family has had to resort to taking on boarders, three gentlemen who rent a single room to help subsidize the rent. Despite all having jobs and working to sustain themselves however they can, Gregor no longer feels appreciated. Resentment and despair slowly coalesce inside the household... .......#WikiSleep #Sleep #SleepStory #WikiSleepNightly #TheMetamorphosis #Kafka #FranzKafka #MentalHealth #SleepPodcast By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WikiSleep Nightly Series: Part Three of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Gregor Samsa's family has settled into something of a routine, while accepting the fact that their son has transformed into something unrecognizable, a larger than life insect who now inhabits Gregor's room. With his younger sister becoming his caretaker, Gregor too has started to accept his position, yet he yearns to return to being the provider for his family, even as he learns that his father may not have been as destitute as he seemed........#WikiSleep #Sleep #SleepStory #WikiSleepNightly #TheMetamorphosis #Kafka #FranzKafka #MentalHealth #SleepPodcast By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WikiSleep Nightly Series: Part Four of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. With Gregor and his sister, Greet, settling into their routine of her being caretaker and him being the charge, things inside the Samsa apartment start to take a turn. Gregor, transformed, starts to literally climb the walls, while his mother, despite her best intentions, causes a scene that threatens the quiet balance that has taken over... .......#WikiSleep #Sleep #SleepStory #WikiSleepNightly #TheMetamorphosis #Kafka #FranzKafka #MentalHealth #SleepPodcast By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part two of the first in our WikiSleep Nightly Series of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. In part one, Gregor Samsa has woken to discover that he has morphed into an unrecognizable vermin. He is late for work and his parents, sisters, and employers have just discovered the hideous creature he has become. In this section, his family must learn to co-exist with a son who now has a penchant for climbing walls and ceilings... .....#WikiSleep #Sleep #SleepStory #WikiSleepNightly #TheMetamorphosis #Kafka #FranzKafka #MentalHealth #SleepPodcast By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode of a new nightly series, Adrien Sala reads part one of Franz Kafka's famous story, The Metamorphosis. In this bizarre tale, traveling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to discover that he has somehow morphed into a rather large insect. The story shines a light on the expectations of a working person in a system that values output over all else........#WikiSleep #Sleep #SleepStory #WikiSleepNightly #TheMetamorphosis #Kafka #FranzKafka #MentalHealth #SleepPodcast By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kafka! The avatar of anxiety! He's long been one of our favorites here at the History of Literature Podcast. In this episode, Jacke talks to translator Ross Benjamin about the new edition of The Diaries of Franz Kafka, published by Schocken Books, which includes some material available in English for the first time. “Readers will welcome this new edition of the Diaries, complete, uncensored, in a fluent translation by Ross Benjamin, and supplemented with 78 pages of invaluable notes, the fruit of half a century of Kafka scholarship.” —J. M. Coetzee, author of Disgrace “Ross Benjamin has given the literary world an incredible treasure in this thoughtful edition. Kafka has never been so fully present, both as a man and a writer." —New York Journal of Books Additional listening: 134 The Greatest Night of Kafka's Life 139 A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka 349 Kafka's Metamorphosis (with Blume) 404 Kafka and Literary Oblivion (with Robin Hemley) Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the show, we are cutting deep into Soderbergh's filmography and examining one of his more underrated movies, the sophomore feature Kafka. Over the course of our conversation you will hear us wonder if this movie can function as a biopic, how its structure relates to Franz Kafka's real life, the inspirations drawn from Orson Welles and Terry Gilliam and how, if at all, Kafka can be enjoyed by anyone. Hosts: Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows Intro: Infraction - Cassette Outro: Infraction - Daydream Head over to uncutgemspodcast.com to find all of our archival episodes and more! Follow us on Twitter (@UncutGemsPod), IG (@UncutGemsPod) and TikTok (@UncutGemsPod) Buy us a coffee over at Ko-Fi.com (ko-fi.com/uncutgemspod) Subscribe to our brand new Patreon! (patreon.com/uncutgemspod) The Uncut Gems Podcast is a CLAPPER production

UN ESCRITOR DE LOS MAS INFLUYENTES DE LA LITERATURA DEL SIGLO XX

Hartmut Merkt † war Mathematiker, Schriftsteller und Literaturhistoriker, Lyriker, Dramatiker und lyrischer Prosaist. “Schon früh beschäftigte sich Hartmut Merkt intensiv mit der Lyrik Georg Trakls und Paul Celans sowie mit Franz Kafka. Hartmut Merkt entdeckte die Lyrik als die ihm geeignetste literarische Ausdrucksform und begann mit ihr zu experimentieren. Er gab die Zeitschrift „Bisbala“ heraus und gründete die Gruppe Literateam. Merkt entwickelte den für ihn typischen Stil einer „gestörten Naturlyrik“; allerdings setzte er sich auch in kritischen politischen Gedichten und magisch-politischen Erzählungen mit dem Zeitgeschehen auseinander. Die Beziehungen zu aktuellen politischen oder sozialen Themen finden sich bis heute in seinen Werken. Seine Literatur stellt eine Symbiose aus Magie und Realismus seiner Lyrik und Prosa dar und weist ihn auch dem sogenannten magischen Realismus zu. Er verfasste experimentelle Hörspiele und schrieb zusammen mit dem Dichter und Komponisten Alexander Bertsch Anfang der 80er Jahre das Theaterstück „Philemon und Baukis 81“ und später weitere Theaterstücke. Hartmut Merkt beherrscht Altgriechisch Althochdeutsch, Deutsch, Englisch, Finnisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Jiddisch, Latein und Mittelhochdeutsch. Er ist Mitglied bei Greenpeace, Mitglied im Verband deutscher Schriftsteller (VS); Mitglied in der Gewerkschaft verdi. Übersetzungen Hartmut Merkt übersetzt aus dem Finnischen, Englischen und Lateinischen und ins Finnische, Englische und Französische Preise Internationaler Lyrikpreis des Invandvarnas Kulturcentrum von Schweden (1978), Teilnahme Endauswahl Leonce-und-Lena-Preis der Stadt Darmstadt anläßlich des Literarischen März 1987 (1987), Stipendium des Förderkreises deutscher Schriftsteller in Baden-Württemberg (1988), Einladung beim Literarischen Colloquium Berlin, Stipendium des Förderkreises deutscher Schriftsteller in Baden-Württemberg (1991), Förderung des Innen- und Kunstministeriums Baden-Württemberg (2000)

Martes de cuentos de sabiduría. Leemos un curioso cuento de la tradición sufí digno de escritores como Franz Kafka o Edgar Allan Poe, en el que descubrimos hasta donde puede llegar la molestia por una mosca aparentemente inofensiva.En la meditación de hoy aprendemos a identificar en nuestro interior esas moscas que nos rodean y a disolverlas de la forma más efectiva.Meditación: Observación y disolución.¿Quieres escuchar TODOS los programas de la semana cuando quieras y con la mejor calidad de audio, acceder a otros contenidos, además de aprender con Tony Rham? Visita https://empieza.espaciomindfulness.es/ y regístrate en la red social de los meditadores. Sólo por registrarte, tienes acceso una masterclass para aprender a fluir en una meditación.Y si lo deseas, únete al canal de Telegram gratuito de Espacio MINDFULNESS, con ya más de 1500 conscientes: https://t.me/espaciomindfulnessclubProgramación de formación continua de la comunidad Espacio MINDFULNESSLunes: VisiónMartes: Cuentos filosóficosJueves (Exclusivo en la comunidad): Simbología y místicaViernes (Exclusivo en la comunidad): Psicología y DEJAR IRZoom de preguntas y respuestas mensual para miembros (Exclusivo miembros).Grupos de trabajo en zoom con Tony Rham (Exclusivo miembros premium).Grupo de crecimiento personalGrupo de El curso de milagrosPara contratar los servicios de acompañamiento individual, formación o charlas de Tony Rham: https://bit.ly/3DLYPgn Todos los derechos registrados. No se puede utilizar ninguna de estas meditaciones sin el permiso explícito de Grupo Rhamda S.L. Para más información puedes escribir un correo a tony(arroba)gruporhamda.com.

¿Alguna vez te han apartado de un grupo? ¿Han determinado alguna vez que ya no encajas? Esta es la situación, que Franz Kafka ideó tan perfectamente. La Metamorfosis es una novela cautivadora que busca la conciencia social con la historia de un hombre que se despierta transformado en un insecto. En este corto resumen explicamos cómo el sistema social no siempre es cálido y nuestro trabajo no siempre es valorado. El autor también toca temas de discriminación y el daño psicológico que causa que el mundo te perciba diferente.

We're starting the new year strong by stepping into Gregor Samsa's vermin like shoes and asking if we'd survive the metamorphosis experience when we wake up as bug. Collectively one third of this handsome trio has read exactly one half (later revealed to be one third) of Franz Kafka's book but that doesn't stop us as we all have whatever the opposite of an existential crisis is. An existential catharsis? Either way JD immediately goes bug world, Jackson just wants to catch the night bus to the beach and Zammit either dies or survives a trash compactor. It's a very big point of contention of the episode. Buy our terrible merch here and check out the Bad Brain Boys on Apple Podcasts at apple.co/badbrainboys. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/plumbingthedeathstar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

¡HEEEEEY ADELANTA UN MINUTO ESTE PODCAST SI ESCUCHAS UN ANUNCIO EN INGLÉS! ¡Hola, cómo están! Espero que se encuentren muy bien el día de hoy, el día de hoy os traigo un nuevo libro titulado: La metamorfosis, de Franz Kafka. Espero les guste. ¡Qué tengan un bonito día y una buena vida! Hasta pronto. ❤ Contacto: montanojohan06@gmail.com Instagram: elchicodeloslibros1 TikTok: El chico de los libros.

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News; EU's Agency for the Space Programme opens to public; Museum highlights rich nativity scene tradition; Japanese graphic novelist Fumio Obata on Franz Kafka book.

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"Cambió mi vida, así de fácil", explica Carmen Posadas sobre La metamorfosis de Franz Kafka, la novela que leyó por primera vez cuando era una adolescente y que ha decidido compartir en el podcast El libro secreto de La Vanguardia. "Debería tener unos 16 o 17 años y tenía mi propia visión de cómo eran las cosas", hasta que cayó en sus manos la obra cumbre del escritor checo y se dio cuenta de que "el mundo es así de ridículo y así de absurdo".

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of November's book, The Castle by Franz Kafka trans. J.A.Underwood published in 1926 (from page 146 - chapter 14 'Frieda's Reproach' if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I've never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I'll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at youtube.com/@BookShook or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for December is Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds trans. Ken Liu(594pages) — we'll be reading up to Page 332, the chapter entitled 'Medal' (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 9th December. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There will be spoilers. Future Reads:December: Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds trans. Ken Liu (594pages) January: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (139 pages) I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Serdar ist schon in der Jahresendentspannung, Florian noch im Arbeitsstress, aber beide finden sich zusammen in dem, was sie auszeichnet: der Kunst. Was heißt es, ein Künstler zu sein? Und was zeichnet Kunst aus? Fertigkeit, Intuition und Inszenierung sind dabei Begriffe, über die die beiden diskutieren. Und sie kommen zu dem Schluss: Kunst ist lebensnotwendig, eine emotionale Sache, aber auch ein Handwerk. Genau wie Sex. Über Franz Kafka gelingt es den beiden, von der Kunst zur Körperlichkeit und der Pornografisierung der Gesellschaft zu kommen - um am Ende doch wieder bei der Kunst zu landen. Released by rbb media.

paypal.me/LibroTobias Haruki Murakami es un escritor y traductor japonés, autor de novelas, relatos y ensayos. Sus libros han generado críticas positivas y obtenido numerosos premios, incluidos el Franz Kafka, el Mundial de Fantasía, el Jerusalén y el Hans Christian Andersen de Literatura. Drive My Car forma parte de la recopilación de relatos cortos titulada Hombres sin Mujeres (2014). Es un cuento de Haruki Murakami de poco menos de 40 páginas que narra la vida de Kafuku, un actor veterano que lidia con la pérdida de su esposa. Temas: • Drive my car – Eiko Ishibashi (de la Banda sonora de “Drive my car”) • Kafuku – Eiko Ishibashi (de la Banda sonora de “Drive my car”) Narración, edición y montaje: Asier Menéndez Marín Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of November's book, The Castle by Franz Kafka trans. J.A.Underwood published in 1926 (up to Chapter 14 ("Frieda's Reproach") if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - 25th November), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from page 146 - chapter 14 'Frieda's Reproach'). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for December is Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds trans. Ken Liu(594pages) (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: There will be spoilers. This episode will be available until $ThisMonth+3$ but all episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:December: Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds trans. Ken Liu(594pages) January: Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (139 pages) Links:Guardian Article on Wide Sargasso Sea: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jul/15/book-beach-wide-sargasso-sea-jean-rhysI'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Bible is the most important and influential work ever. And nothing has been more influential on the development of the English language over the last 500 years than the translation of the Bible into English. And whether from literary, political-institutional, cultural or religious perspectives, the Bible has been deeply formative in shaping the West as we know it. So how should we engage with this text? Some say we should heed its commands; others that we should try to understand it in the context of ancient history; still others say we should examine how it has influenced the world we live in. But probably the most underrated way to engage the Bible is just…to read it. So what would it look like to attune our ears to the Bible's literary character? To unpack this Ari spoke with the most influential living Biblical scholar, and author of a magisterial translation of the entire Hebrew Bible, Robert Alter. In this epic conversation they spoke about what makes translation different than other types of interpretation; Biblical terms for physical relations; the King James Version of 1611; various “untranslatable” phenomena; the Biblical concept of “soul”; Samuel and Saul; whether the Bible thinks political order is possible; reader questions (!); Rashi; rabbinic midrash; Franz Kafka and Jewish mysticism; Moby Dick; and much more! Good Faith Effort is a production of Bnai Zion and SoulShop.

Welcome to Season Two of Cocktail Party Takeaways, where we begin with Franz Kafka's masterpiece of yucky, The Metamorphosis. There are plenty of takeaways in this episode, including mini-lessons on existentialism, surrealism, Freudianism, and expressionism. I also share my dread fear of cockroaches, and I share some insights into why writers write. Don't worry, there's some sex and some Jesus too.

Two Difficult Life LessonsHow the WISE Uncover WISDOM - Matthew KellyGet Matthew's 60 Second Wisdom delivered to your inbox: https://www.matthewkelly.com/subscribeVideo Transcript:“Two of life's most difficult lessons are learning to be still and quiet. How good are you at these?For centuries and millennia, the wise people of every culture under the sun have sought the counsel of silence. Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician, wrote: “Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.” Writing about the importance of silence and solitude, Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French philosopher, scientist, mathematician, and writer, wrote: “All of man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.” Franz Kafka, the Czech-Jewish novelist, philosopher, and poet, wrote: “You need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, simply wait. You need not even wait, just learn to become quiet, and still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”Learn to be quiet. Learn to be still. These are among the most valuable lessons in our journey.”If you have not read LIFE IS MESSY, order your copy today: https://amzn.to/2TTgZKn Subscribe to Matthew's YouTube Channel today! https://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewKellyAuthor/featured?sub_confirmation=1https://www.matthewkelly.comGet Matthew's 60 Second Wisdom delivered to your inbox: https://www.matthewkelly.com/subscribe The Best Version of Yourself and 60 Second Wisdom are registered trademarks.#MatthewKelly #BestVersionOfYourself #BestVersion #ThoughtLeader #holymoment #holymoments

Our guest on The XR MAG Show today is The CEO of Ovid Works, Creators of Interkosmos and Interkosmos 2000 for VR, Interkosmos is a challenging mini-adventure of astronomical proportions - in VR! Meet Jacek Debowski, an independent video game developer based in Warsaw, Poland. Ovid Works was founded in 2015 as a side project motivated by the team's love of games and literature. Through Metamorphosis, a game that was influenced by the writings of Franz Kafka, the development team aimed to enhance the relationship between interactive gameplay and traditional storytelling. The first game was the whimsical 2017 VR adventure Interkosmos, which put players in the cockpit of a Soviet space capsule plummeting toward earth. Our next game Metamorphosis was a first-person puzzle-platformer set in surrealist landscapes, where you'll play as a tiny bug. I'm glad Jacek Debowski, agreed to take some time out of their schedule to talk and share his experience on the XR Magazine show! In this episode, you will learn : What it takes to bring literature and games as part of new experiences The #1 mistake that we need to be aware of when creating XR experiences including games and apps How the workflow for a pc app looks in comparison with VR works What are some of the most technical difficulties when designing for XR Please let me know if you have any questions about this episode or what guests you would like me to bring next!

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the second half of October's book, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys published in 1966 (from page 77 if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that I take a book I've never read, split it in two and discuss each half on the second and last Fridays of the month. I'll do a first impressions summary alongside my thoughts and reactions and then raise any interesting ideas so far in the novel (be aware - there may be spoilers.) And then on the last Friday of the month, I'll discuss the second half of the book. We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for November is The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages) — we'll be reading up to Chapter 14 'Frieda's Reproach' (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside me). The first episode will be on 11th November. Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: It is assumed that you have read the first half of the novel so their may be spoilers up to 50%. I also read Jane Eyre in preparation for this podcast, and although I've tried to alert to any possible spoilers where possible, if you hate spoilers, my advice would be to read that book before listening. There are references to the following topics in the book: arson, mental illness, racism. I don't use any swear words in this podcast. The n-word is used widely throughout the novel and any quotations from the novel that contain this word have been replaced with the phrase “n-word”. Also, apologies for not pronouncing Jean correctly. If there is anything I have missed, do let me know. This podcast as always, is a learning process for me. I'm learning from the novels , and also learning how to communicate effectively the ideas in the novels. Thanks. All episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages) December: Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (trans. by Ken Liu) 642 pagesI'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Season 2 Episode 5 of The Art Career Podcast, Emily McElwreath interviews Eileen Myles prior to the release of Pathetic Literature, a global anthology of pieces from lesser-known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks to up-and-coming unpublished writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well-timed rehab to the word “pathetic”. During the interview the two discuss meditation, Marfa, cigarette smoking and the best city in the world, New York. The Art Career podcast is available on all podcast platforms. Eileen Myles (they/them) came to New York from Boston in 1974 to be a poet, subsequently novelist, public talker and art journalist. A Sagittarius, their 22 books include For Now, evolution, Afterglow, I Must Be Living Twice/new & selected poems, and Chelsea Girls. In 2019 they wrote and directed an 18-minute super 8 film, The Trip, a puppet road film. See it on youtube. Eileen is the recipient of a Guggenheim, a Warhol/Creative Capital Arts Writers grant, 4 Lambda Book Awards, the Shelley Prize, and a poetry award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. In 2016, they received a Creative Capital grant and the Clark Prize for excellence in art writing. In 2019 Myles received a poetry award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. In 2020 they got the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Publishing Triangle. They live in New York and Marfa, TX. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/TAC today and get 10% off your first month. theartcareer.com Follow us: @theartcareer Follow Eileen: @eileen.myles Podcast host: @emilymcelwreath_art Music: Chase Johnson Editing: Zach Worden

When reading a crime novel, we usually learn the crime within the first few page turns; the trick is discovering the perpetrator. Perhaps this is what makes Franz Kafka's 1914 book The Trial so haunting—the crime itself is never revealed. Kafka was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1883 and died in 1924, never experiencing the Nazis or Hitler's totalitarian rise to power. Yet his book seems to prophesize the most dangerous aspects of unchecked bureaucracy, legal systems, and arbitrary power.  Columbia University Professor Mark Anderson discusses the legacy of Franz Kafka and how his brutal and terrifying novel helped birth the term “Kafkaesque.” Mark Anderson is the Director of Undergraduate Germanic Studies and a Professor of Germanic Languages at Columbia University. He is the author of books such as Kafka's Clothes and Reading Kafka: Prague, Politics and the Fin de Siecle. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

When reading a crime novel, we usually learn the crime within the first few page turns; the trick is discovering the perpetrator. Perhaps this is what makes Franz Kafka's 1914 book The Trial so haunting—the crime itself is never revealed. Kafka was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1883 and died in 1924, never experiencing the Nazis or Hitler's totalitarian rise to power. Yet his book seems to prophesize the most dangerous aspects of unchecked bureaucracy, legal systems, and arbitrary power.  Columbia University Professor Mark Anderson discusses the legacy of Franz Kafka and how his brutal and terrifying novel helped birth the term “Kafkaesque.” Mark Anderson is the Director of Undergraduate Germanic Studies and a Professor of Germanic Languages at Columbia University. He is the author of books such as Kafka's Clothes and Reading Kafka: Prague, Politics and the Fin de Siecle. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

When reading a crime novel, we usually learn the crime within the first few page turns; the trick is discovering the perpetrator. Perhaps this is what makes Franz Kafka's 1914 book The Trial so haunting—the crime itself is never revealed. Kafka was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1883 and died in 1924, never experiencing the Nazis or Hitler's totalitarian rise to power. Yet his book seems to prophesize the most dangerous aspects of unchecked bureaucracy, legal systems, and arbitrary power.  Columbia University Professor Mark Anderson discusses the legacy of Franz Kafka and how his brutal and terrifying novel helped birth the term “Kafkaesque.” Mark Anderson is the Director of Undergraduate Germanic Studies and a Professor of Germanic Languages at Columbia University. He is the author of books such as Kafka's Clothes and Reading Kafka: Prague, Politics and the Fin de Siecle. See more information on our website, WritLarge.fm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode we are discussing Franz Kafka's The Trial; written in 1914 but not published until 1925. This is an incredible and seminal work in modern literature and should be read by everyone. In this episode we talk about: - The style of a story that puts the audience in touch with the feelings of a character - If you don't know what you have done wrong than everything comes to mind and it is paralyzing and demoralizing - Bureaucracy as modern tyranny - The importance of trust in society - The bullet or the knife are never relative - Jostling and career maneuvering as the primary reason for people in these industries, not the betterment of the people they are "helping" - Irrelevancy is the bureaucrats kryptonite; and they will do anyting to avoid that - Why even have options? We really appreciate everyone who listens. Please feel free to support the show by giving a rating or review on whatever platform you listen to it.  Email: reallytruefiction@gmail.com Direct download: https://reallytruefiction.libsyn.com/  

Welcome to BookShook! This episode is all about the first half of October's book, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys published in 1966 (up to page 77 beginning "After I had waited half an hour" if you're reading alongside). The idea of the episode is that we'll split a book into two equal halves — a book that I and perhaps you have never read. In the first episode, published on the second Friday of the month, we'll discuss the first half. And then in the second episode (published on the last Friday of the month - $Part2EpisodeDate$ October), we'll look at the second half of the book (in this case from page 77). We'll see together how the novel concludes and decide whether it's a book we'd recommend to a friend - or not. Of course, you don't have to read the book, you can listen to it, or just follow along without doing either since I'll be summarising what happens (but be aware! - there will be spoilers). You can leave a comment or start a conversation at the BookShook YouTube channel (link below) or send an email to bookshook@yahoo.com. The book we'll be reading for November is The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages) (so get that ready if you're going to read alongside). Thanks for listening to BookShook! RogerContent Warning: It is assumed that you have read the first half of the novel so their may be spoilers up to 50%. I also read Jane Eyre in preparation for this podcast, and although I've tried to alert to any possible spoilers where possible, if you hate spoilers, my advice would be to read that book before listening. There are references to the following topics in the book: arson, mental illness, racism. I don't use any swear words in this podcast. The n-word is used widely throughout the novel and any quotations from the novel that contain this word have been replaced with the phrase “n-word”. If there is anything I have missed, do let me know. This podcast as always, is a learning process for me. I'm learning from the novels , and also learning how to communicate effectively the ideas in the novels. Thanks. All episodes can be listened and discussed at the BookShook YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-UchFXG7hqzGyGQ7l1YIpgFuture Reads:November: The Castle by Franz Kafka (280 pages) December: Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang (trans. by Ken Liu) 642 pagesJanuary: $ThisMonth+3Book+Author+PageCount$I'm delighted that this podcast has been voted in the Top 30 UK Books Podcasts at https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_book_podcasts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Days Left On Earth: 17510 Franz Kafka was one of the 20th century's great novelists. His short story ‘Before the law' gave me so much courage that I wanted to share it with you.For this episode, I will read this short story and then look at the reflection I wrote in my journal.What does Kafka's parable mean to me?The man wants to be handed the law on a plate. He is posturing to be let in but, deep down, does not have the spirit to make a move. To risk failure and open himself to bigger, meaner gatekeepers.  So he sits and waits - hoping for someone or something to gift him entry. All his attention is focused on the first challenge, and he can longer see the wood for the trees. He waits.When in truth - these obstacles in life are meant just for us. No one else. No one invites us in. There is never a perfect moment,They are our gatekeepers. And we must take action even when it scares us, or we will never know what's on the other side.My big gatekeeper was alcohol.For years I waited outside waiting to be welcomed in. I even wished a soft-rock bottom that did not hurt too much would force me past the gatekeeper.Back then, I did not have the courage to take action.Then after years of waiting, unlike the man, I forced my way past the gatekeeper and found my courage on the other side.Once inside, I found another bigger, scarier gatekeeper.I wanted to leave the broking world, but everyone thought it impossible. No one gets past the gatekeeper with the golden handcuffs.Until I did.The great insight is that your challenges are unique to you, but in taking action in the face of fear, you grow stronger and more resilient. Which builds the momentum to get past the next gatekeeper.One last thing.The gatekeepers are never-ending.Or, as Ryan Holiday says, “behind the mountains are more mountains.'Happiness is found trying to climb them.

In this latest edition of "shortcut to the classics," the boys review Czechvar Lager, then review The Metamorphosis. Special guest Longinus joins the show to contribute his literary expertise. After a very brief biography of Kafka, the boys review the characters, the basic plot, and the structure of the book, then delve into its possible meanings. Gregor, the main character, wakes up one morning as a bug, with predictable but rather amusing consequences for his job and his family. In some ways, the story sounds like something a 5th grader would dream up. But there are interesting layers of meaning in the text, and plenty to think about. Pigweed, Crowhill, and Longinus discuss a few possible interpretations of the story.

Gaurav Monga is a writer and teacher originally from New Delhi. He is the author of Tears for Rahul Dutta (Philistine Press, 2012), Family Matters (Eibonvale Press, 2019), Ruins (Desirepath Publishers, 2019), Costumes of the Living (Snuggly Books, 2020), My Father, The Watchmaker (Hawakal Publishers, 2020) and The English Teacher (Raphus Press, 2021). Gaurav's work has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including B O D Y, Fanzine, Juked, Tammy Journal, Spurl Editions, Queen Mob's Teahouse, Birkensnake amongst others. Gaurav teaches English, German, literature, epistemology and creative writing, and has taught at schools and universities in India, Nepal, Switzerland, Dubai and the Czech Republic. Gaurav taught himself German to read the works of Franz Kafka, and is currently translating selected works of Robert Walser, Peter Bichsel and Paul Leppin from German to English. He is a member of an international art and lifestyle movement called Neo-Decadence. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/zara-korutz/message

With its stellar ensemble of narrators, this surreal short story collection creates an immersive listening experience. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's contributor Kendra Winchester discuss K-Ming Chang's collection of short stories, narrated by Catherine Ho, Natalie Naudus, Elaine Wang, Nancy Wu, and Annie Q. The narrators make each story shine, performing works featuring a chorus of dead cousins, a woman trying to survive a catastrophic flood, and the delight of two girls falling in love. The stories revel in the unexpected, delightfully surprising listeners at every turn. Together, the narrators make the perfect cast for the audiobook. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Random House Audio. Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Listen to AudioFile's fourth season of Audiobook Break, featuring the Japanese American Civil Liberties Collection. Support for AudioFile's Behind the Mic comes from Naxos AudioBooks. This week is Banned Books Week. Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is an extraordinary tale of imagination. A disturbing allegory about a young man who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect, The Metamorphosis was banned by the Soviet Union for being decadent and despairing. AudioFile said: ‘This unforgettable audio movie is vivid and disturbing, shot through with black humour.' Listen to Martin Jarvis's Earphones Award-winning performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this episode in our Patreon-exclusive series on Franz Kafka's The Trial, we're joined by Martin Kessler to discuss unfinished masterpieces, over-finished masterpieces, post-humous puzzles, re-edits, rejiggerings, and all manner of ways in which the “completeness” of a masterpiece can remain unresolved. Naturally, Kafka's work leads the way in the discussion, but quickly turns to artworks ranging from the various film versions of Don Quixote to Bizet's Carmen to Blade Runner, The Confessions of Felix Krull, Zulawski's On the Silver Globe, German's It's Hard to be a God, Billy Budd and The Good Soldier Schweik. Support our Patreon:
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In einer Septembernacht im Jahr 1912 gelang Franz Kafka, was er lange nicht zu hoffen wagte: Er schrieb wie besessen und im Morgengrauen war die Erzählung "Das Urteil" fertig, die ihn zum Schriftsteller machte. Auf wenigen Seiten ist alles versammelt, was Kafka ausmacht: Die Widersprüche, die klare Sprache, der subtile Wahnsinn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Autorin: Monika Buschey Von Monika Buschey.

Albert Einstein said that "compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe." Compounding is so powerful because it allows Malcolm Gladwell's concept of "tipping" to occur. Franz Kafka tipped on September 22, 1912, when he wrote his breakthrough story "The Judgment." Isaiah's prophecy that Israel would "tip," or in Hebrew, "lihafech," is playing out today right before our eyes.

I welcome Etty Yaniv to the podcast this week! Etty lives and works in Brooklyn but is from Tel Aviv. She makes small paintings, drawings and sculptures, but also creates room-sized installations of swirling vortexes of plastic and found materials. She is the founder of Art Spiel, an online arts magazine, that interviews under-represented artists doing rigorous work and also offers reviews of exhibitions at non-profit and artist-run spaces. A new installment of Glue Tawk™ is forthcoming too, for those who love glue. Etty can be found online here: ettyyanivstudio.com (web) @etty.yaniv (Instagram) Art Spiel can be found here: artspiel.org (web) @artspiel (instagram) German & Yiddish definition of Spiel or Shpiel: שפּיל, shpil, 'play' or German: Spiel, 'play' Catch Etty's work in person at her current exhibitions: -"Detachments" curated by Dasha Bazanova at space 776 at LES, NYC (through Oct 5, 2022) -"Fire and Water" - 2 person show w/ Christina Massey, curated by Carol Salmanson, at Hudson Guild Art Gallery in Chelsea NYC (through Nov 2, 2022) -"Appendices" at Nancy Dryfoos Gallery at Kean University, Union, NJ (through December 7, 2022) -“Tides and Currents” curated by Jeanne Ciravolo at AVS gallery UCONN, Groton, CT (through Oct 16 2022) -"Etty Yaniv: Inversion at Palazzo Mora in Venice" 2022 Venice Biennale. Palazzo Mora in Venice, Italy (through Nov 27, 2022) - Art Fuse Review -"Kameyama Triennial," Kameyama, Japan, curated by William Norton and Kei Kihara (Oct 30 - November 19, 2022) -Etty will be an artist-in-residence at the Golden Foundation Artist Residency this October as well! Glue Tawk™: Etty uses Golden's Matte and Gloss Mediums! Artist shoutouts: Paul Klee late drawings, Joanne Ungar, Christina Massey, Carol Salmanson Recommended Writers/Poets: Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, W. G. Selbald, Franz Kafka, Virgina Woolf, Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska, Olga Tokarczuk Thank you, Etty! Pep Talks on IG: @peptalksforartists Amy's website: https://www.amytalluto.com/ Amy on IG: @talluts / Open Studio info: Sept 18-19 at Underdonk, Bushwick, 1-6pm Donate to the Peps: Buy Me a Coffee or https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support. All music tracks and SFX are licensed from Soundstripe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/peptalksforartistspod/support

El escritor rumano Mircea Cărtărescu (Bucarest, 1956) es cofrade del mismo culto pagano que Franz Kafka, quien en sus diarios sentenció: “No soy otra cosa que literatura, y no puedo ni quiero ser otra cosa”. Cărtărescu habita laberintos de palabras, respira metáforas librescas y horada túneles entre hojas amarillentas. De esas atmósferas se nutre la nostalgia y el impulso erótico del penúltimo habitante de Bucarest, cuya pluma inventa utopías y engendra ruinas por igual. Cuento, novela, ensayo o poesía; Borges, Proust, Bach u Odiseo, todo se entrelaza y se desvanece en la cabeza del hermano que murió en la infancia, en las frenéticas alucinaciones de niños corriendo con máscaras por calles desoladas de algún paraje poscomunista, en los frescos de iglesias ortodoxas derruidas o en los resplandores del ocaso entre las patas de un grillo topo. Para Cărtărescu todo es posibilidad, porque todo está por escribirse… “… Como si los puentes se derribaran a mi paso. … Como si las estrellas explotaran después de caer dormido. … Como si nuestra memoria fuera un osario. … Como si nuestra mente fuera una campana resquebrajada”. Estas ruinas que ves son las de Mínimo Necesario. José Terán: creador de Cultura Mínima, lector y escritor de tiempo completo, licenciado en Ciencia Política por el ITAM y estudiante temporal de Lengua y Literatura Alemanas en la UNAM. Alfonso Gómez Arciniega: director de Conversaciones Necesarias, maestro en Ciencia Política y candidato a doctor en Filosofía política por la Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, licenciado en Relaciones Internacionales por el ITAM y estudiante temporal de Lengua y Literatura Alemanas en la UNAM. Lee el pequeño tratado "De ruinas" acá: https://minimonecesario.com.mx/de-ruinas/ *Fe de erratas: La consagración de la primavera es una obra musical del compositor ruso Igor Stravinsky, no de Dmitri Shostakovich. #Mircea Cărtărescu #LiteraturaRumana #Nostalgia #Solenoide #Ruinas #Impedimenta --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/minimonecesario/support

When a listener dedicates a podcast commission to his late wife, you treat it with respect. When the movie is about death and the afterlife, you add a degree of reverence. When one of your podcast hosts is dealing with a recent loss, you take the whole thing personally. And when Albert Brooks is the romantic lead, you have to throw all of that out the window. "Defending You Life" is a 1991 romantic comedy destined for a good shatting, and it treated the Shat Crew to some lively discussion of past lives, simpler times, biggest fears, and crimes against Meryl Streep. The podcast also took us to places we never imagined we'd go: highlighting the difference between Albert Brooks and Larry David, worshipping Rip Torn and earnestly drawing parallels between purgatory's legal proceedings and Franz Kafka.  SUBSCRIBE Android: https://shatpod.com/android Apple: https://shatpod.com/apple All: https://shatpod.com/subscribe CONTACT Email: hosts@shatpod.com Website: https://shatpod.com/movies Leave a Voicemail: Web: https://shatpod.com/voicemail Leave a Voicemail: Call: (914) 719-7428 SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate or Commission: https://shatpod.com/support Shop Merchandise: https://shatpod.com/shop Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite

In The Last White Man, Mohsin Hamid takes a page out of Franz Kafka's book when his own main character wakes up one day looking completely differently. Reset talks to the critically-acclaimed author about how his latest work explores race and belonging.

Questions For When You Are Gone with Rabbi Steve Leder     “If you are afraid of dying it's not your day. Anxiety is for the living. So if you are worried and anxious about dying, you're not dying, which means you have time to let death teach you about living and loving your life.” – Rabbi Steve Leder   “Most people die exactly the way they live.” – Rabbi Steve Leder   “The meaning of life is that it stops.” German author Franz Kafka (1883-1924)       Episode Summary:   What can death teach you about how to live your life?   Today we talk with Rabbi Steve Leder, currently serving as the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, a prestigious synagogue in Los Angeles with three campuses and 2,700 families.     He has been a regular contributor and guest on the Today Show, writes regularly for TIME, Foxnews.com, Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper, contributed a chapter to “Charles Barkley's book Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man?', and has published essays in Town and Country, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today.  Newsweek Magazine twice named him one of the ten most influential rabbis in America.   Most important to Steve is being Betsy's husband and Aaron and Hannah's dad.  He is also a Jew who likes to fish.  Go figure.   After undergraduate study at Northwestern University and Trinity College, Oxford University, Rabbi Leder received a Master's Degree in Hebrew Letters in 1986 and Rabbinical Ordination in 1987 from Hebrew Union College.    His book “More Beautiful Than Before; How Suffering Transforms Us”, published in 2017, reached #4 on Amazon's overall best sellers list in its first week.  It remains a best seller in several categories and has been translated into Korean and Chinese.    His book “The Beauty of What Remains; How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift” was published by Penguin Random House in January, 2021.  Publisher's weekly called it “…elegant and compassionate” and it quickly became a national best seller.    Rabbi Leder's newest book “For You When I Am Gone; Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story”, also published by Penguin Random House, launches on June 7, 2022       Rabbi Leder has served literally thousands of people and their families around their deaths. Listen in to hear how death can be your most profound teacher.     Topics We Discuss:   [4:19] Steve Leder's contrasting experiences of death through two lenses: first as Rabbi Steve Leder, and secondly as a son whose father died.   [7:30] The dichotomies or dualities that permeate life.   [12:05]  The tremendous internal conflict working around a woman with ALS at the end days of her life who was ready to die.   [20:57] Rabbi Leder observes the actively dying are not afraid, in a place of acceptance, and at peace.   [27:27] How answering Rabbi's 12 questions in his book “For You When I Am Gone; Twelve Essential Questions to Tell a Life Story” will help you align with your truth. Instead of leaving your loved ones a dry document in legalese.   [34:31] Why Rabbi Leder says, “Most people die exactly the way they live”.   [41:50] Learning via the negative. Death as a teacher.   [46:32] The pursuit of happiness. Sacrifice as a means of drawing closer to god, and drawing loved ones closer. Finding moments that connect us to the divine. In giving we receive.   [5405] What Rabbi Leder believes what happens when we die.     FOLLOW RABBI STEVE LEDER:   Rabbi Leder's books are available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.   Find him on Instagram.   Or at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles.     SUPPORT DR. AMY ROBBINS:   If you're enjoying the podcast and finding value in guest interviews, ghost stories, and the content I share, please consider supporting the show by becoming a Patreon member for as little as $5 a month at Patreon.com/DrAmyRobbins   As a member you'll get more say in the content we cover and exclusive access to behind-the-scenes goodness!   Stay Connected with Dr. Amy Robbins:   Instagram YouTube Website Facebook  

Here is a story for those times when you only have a few minutes for a story. While not long itself, this incredibly Kafkaesque parable may leave you pondering its meaning long after you have listened to "Before the Law." Bohemian author Franz Kafka is considered one of the greats. Few storytellers have had their names turned into adjectives. Orwellian, maybe Hitchcockian come to mind. But the best known of these is Kafkaesque, whose meaning is elusive, like that of many Kafka stories. I have my own somewhat religious interpretation of “Before the Law.” I will leave it to you to ponder your own.