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The Canon Club

Ed West & Paul Morland

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The Canon Club is a show about the Western canon: the great cultural inheritance we're handed, across music, art, and literature. It was born of a blog by Ed West, in which he pined for a return to the schools of art and literary appreciation that were so famous in pre-WWI Vienna. An era when people took seriously their commitment to appreciating the art that had come before them: from Beowulf to The Divine Comedy, from Goya to Beethoven, from Brahms to Ibsen. This podcast is that latter-day ...
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Everything you wanted to know about western civilisation but were afraid to ask. We aim to provide compelling talks on the key works of the Western canon, to fill in our missing knowledge on subjects that might once have been passed down as the foundation of a common culture. This podcast is for recordings of our live talks, see our eventbrite page or twitter for future ones.
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! Join Emmi, JG, and Hannah as they discuss each new release in the vast world of Star Wars Canon literature. This podcast takes a close look at the plot points, character arcs, and the rich lore of each new Star Wars book about 2-4 weeks after they hit the shelves. We dig deep into each new Canon entry, so we recommend you read each book or comic before listening to our episode. Brew yourself a cup of caf, get cozy, and join the conversation with the Yo ...
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Born outside Milan in 1571, Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio trained in a local workshop and then launched himself as an artist in Rome in his early 20s. His striking and highly individual style won him wide acclaim and patronage from high levels in the Church and the aristocracy. But his quarrelsome personality and violence meant he was in and o…
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! In this episode, Emmi and Hannah break down their thoughts on The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless by George Mann, the second Young Adult book of The High Republic Phase III. We get into the mysteries surrounding the Nameless and the blight, the internal struggles of Reath as he tries to save the galaxy a…
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Paul Morland and Ed West are trying to get to grips with the Western canon. Like most of us, they feel under-read and incompetent in the presence of the great Western artistic inheritance. The stuff that shaped our civilisation. From Thomas Mann's Death In Venice, to Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. From Macbeth to A Doll's House, Goya to Goethe, Canterbur…
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! In this special episode, Emmi, JG, and Hannah break down their thoughts on Padawan's Pride by Bryan Q Miller, an Audible Original audiobook that was stealthily released on September 19th. We get into the intricacies of podracing, the long-lasting rifts of the Outer Rim and its myriad of crime families, and wh…
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! In this episode, Emmi, JG, and Hannah break down their thoughts on The High Republic: Beware the Nameless by Zoraida Cordova, the second middle grade novel of The High Republic Phase III. We get into the intense battles between the Jedi, the Nameless, and the Nihil, the struggle of these younglings to find th…
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Star Wars for slightly more mature readers continues this week as we finish off a big chunk of comics, and we start to meet some expanded universe characters who might stick around a little longer than Alex, Davis, and Jesse expect on the second part of this week's SWOCBC! To support the show and get all KINDS of extra content, including our bonus …
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The boys are back with a new installment of the SWOCBC where maybe Star Wars has finally started growing up with its audience? And maybe this new creative team means a fresh new vibe? Maybe? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they find out! Sign up for our Patreon at Patreon.com/SWOCBC to get access to our bonus series, Inside the Insider today!…
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! In this episode, Emmi, JG, and Hannah break down their thoughts on The Edge of Balance Vol. 3 by Shima Shinya & Daniel Jose Older, the fourth installment of The High Republic: Edge of Balance series. We get into the incredible horror themes of this manga, the ongoing internal struggle that Azlin Rell faces, a…
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How far away is too far away for it to cease being part of the galaxy far far away? Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they find the answer from an unexpected source: comic book legend ALAN MOORE himself, who apparently had a grand old time adding an extremely creepy metaphysical texture to the proto-legends metacanon! (official term pending) Yay! SWOC…
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Hi there! This fun surprise is just a sample of the type of stuff we do on our Patreon, watch this along with the 4K77 cut of the original Star Wars film, or any cut, really! Grab some popcorn! And if you want to see what we thought of The Star Wars Holiday Special, The Empire Strikes Back, and every other film we watch on the show, head over to Pa…
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It finally happened! An episode so chock full of Star Wars-y goodness, we split it in two! Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they read the comic book version of The Empire Strikes Back, and a bunch more comic book storylines that MAYYYYBE aren't quite as big-budget as the movie? And what do we think about the idea of a Pre-Legends Proto-Canon? Excitin…
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! In this episode, Emmi, JG, and Hannah break down their thoughts on Temptation of the Force by Tessa Gratton, the second adult novel of The High Republic Phase III. We dive into the romance between Avar and Elzar, the ongoing war between the Nihil and the Republic, and what all of this means as we get closer a…
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Welcome to the Youtini Canon Book Club! Join Emmi, JG, and Hannah as they discuss each new release in the vast world of Star Wars Canon literature. This podcast takes a close look at the plot points, character arcs, and the rich lore of each new Star Wars book and trade paperback comic about 2-4 weeks after they hit the shelves. We dig deep into ea…
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Restructured, relaid, and recolored, join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they tackle some of the wildest and most interesting Star Wars storytelling we've seen so far! But is this the dawn of a new era, or just another evolutionary dead end? Found out in this very episode! Get access to reading guides, discussions, and our side show Inside the Insider, …
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What goes around comes around as Alex, Davis, and Jesse hitch up for one last ride around the ranch as Brian Daley gives us the last in his iconic trilogy starring everyone's favorite youngish supermarket pulp smuggler and his big space ape pal! It's Han Solo and the Lost Legacy on SWOCBC!Door Star Wars: Old Canon Book Club
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This is the recording of our second event, where Paul Pay spoke on Richard Wagner. Paul Lay is Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas, and the author of Providence Lost: the Rise and Fall of Cromwell’s Protectorate (Head of Zeus).The musical accompaniment Paul selected for the talk is Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung.…
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The inaugural Canon Club event took place in London at the Sekforde on Wednesday 11th October, where Jaspreet Singh Boparai spoke on Paradise Lost and Dr Johnson's "Life of Milton".The talk transcript is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eK1pUNKFY7-SHSRZqVUGZLTVrvdGJtyV/editJaspreet trained as a classicist and historian of art, and speciali…
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We're back with a big chunky boy filled with some of the most recognizable names in the Marvel stable, a cyborg bounty hunter with more self hate than Darth Vader, and, you know, three hours of good meaty book club discussion with Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they dig into Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years Vol. 2!…
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This is the recording of our third event: Professor Douglas Hedley speaking on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet, literary critic, philosopher, theologian and one of the founders of the Romantic Movement. Douglas Hedley is Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Fellow of Clare College at the University of Cambridge.…
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You've read the book, now watch the film! It's the second half of a double dose of Empire-y goodness, now with Irvin Kershner in the mix, and a movie that looks like it was made by someone with some years under their belt! But is this REALLY one of the greatest films of ALL TIME? And what does it have to say about Star Wars as a whole? Join Alex, D…
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As the Star Wars Universe congeals further and further, new energy gets breathed into the material when the Marvel Comics writers and artists take a stab at the world's greatest space opera! Join Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they discuss this modern collection of absolutely ancient Star Wars comics!Door Star Wars: Old Canon Book Club
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Before Star Wars was a worldwide hit, George Lucas inked a deal with his ghostwriter for a print-only back up sequel, just in case the movie was a flop! Alex, Davis, and Jesse read Splinter of the Mind's Eye, a strange book that occupies a space between canon and an alternate universe!Door Star Wars: Old Canon Book Club
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The movie that started it all...but for the first time in a long time, we're watching it through the lens of someone seeing it for the first time. Is it possible to capture the feeling people in 1977 felt when there had never been anything like this before? Alex, Davis, and Jesse continue their march through old Star Wars canon with an original cut…
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It's all begins here. Join, Alex, Davis, and Jesse as they dip their first baby toe into reading every piece of Star Wars Legends canon in order with the novelization of Star Wars that was released even before the original film! What strange and interesting differences they've discovered!Door Star Wars: Old Canon Book Club
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On April 15, 2014, outside of the movies and TV show, Disney rebooted the Star Wars universe, wiping out almost 40 years of characters, continuity, and culture. Now, internet microphone talkers Jesse Cox, Michael Davis, and Alex Faciane step back across the ages to re-experience that other galaxy, frozen in time far far away, just like they did bac…
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