Monday, February 20, 2006
Podcast Rec
As I've started to listen to podcasts regularly some have turned out to be better than expected. Podcasts quickly reveal why the major media have job slots like producer and director. Podcasts are uneven in presentation — distractingly so.
One good podcast, now only a few lectures into the series, is called The Solomon Katz Distinguished Lectures in the Humanities. The podcast I just listened to was part of this series, a reading by Herbert Blau from his autobiography, a man deeply involved in modern theater.
Blau is pugnacious and bright — he reminds me of Mailer; Blau is of Mailer's generation. The autobiography from which he reads is filled with braggadocio and regret, with too much theory, and too much clearing of his throat, but he is in this podcast, a serious, interesting interpreter of his experience — a nuanced writer.
How can you miss — give it a listen…
Website: University of Washington-podcast website
Podcast URL:
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/media/uw-katz.xml