Old School with Shilo Brooks

As a former student of Shilo’s from over a decade ago, I was very excited to hear about this podcast and have been listening from near the start. I love this podcast. It’s so much fun every week. Some of the books (and guests) are truly surprising, and a lot of the interviews go in directions I never expected. Many of the themes and the books/authors are near to my heart.

This is the kind of podcast all can get value from. Full of insight and depth on a variety of issues.

My favorite podcast! Love the equanimity, the gentle pressing of guests on their more outlandish opinions, the mutual exploration of topics that matter to the guests and listeners. It continually affects my own reading list. I particularly enjoy the expression of mind relatively unadorned with political garbage from either pole.

Regarding the episode about Lolita—you are invoking the concept of Disordered Love when you refer to novel of awful human behavior.

I was looking forward to this pod, but In the Middlemarch episode, instead of a discussion, the guest can only manage to interject single syllable responses to Shilo’s manic, repetitive monologue about the book. No thanks.