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Masterpiece is a podcast about learning to live creatively. A space to slow down, reconnect with the artist inside, and create a life that feels beautiful to you. I’m Jessica Yolanda Kaye, and I’m an artist. Every Friday I share personal reflections and conversations with artists and creative thinkers who are learning to listen to their voice, trust it, and create a life that feels deeply their own.

In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed historian and classicist James Romm draws on personal letters of Plato to show how a philosopher helped topple the leading Greek power of the era: the opulent city of Syracuse. There, Plato encountered two authoritarian rulers, a father and son both named Dionysius, and tried to steer them toward philosophy. At the same time, he worked on his masterpiece, Republic, in which he conceived a ruler who unites perfect wisdom with absolute power.

Dive into Volume 2 of this delightful ten-volume collection, showcasing the wit and humor of Americas most beloved wordsmiths. Featuring a rich tapestry of amusing tales, clever observations, and charming anecdotes, this installment includes works from iconic writers like Ambrose Bierce, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte. Join Lynne Thompson as she guides you through these timeless pieces that continue to tickle our funny bones.

Dive into Volume 1 of a delightful ten-volume collection showcasing the sharp wit and humor of Americas literary giants. This captivating anthology features a selection of humorous tales, insightful observations, and charming anecdotes from beloved authors such as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin, and Washington Irving. Join narrator Lynne Thompson as she brings these timeless gems to life.

Contents: The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli, The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella, The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon, Utopia by Thomas More, Utilitarianism byJohn Stuart Mill, On Liberty by John Stuart Mill, An Answer to the Question What is Enlightenment by Immanuel Kant, The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, A Confession by Leo Tolstoy, Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton, The Madman, His Parables and Poems by Kahlil Gibran, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau.

Where we read the finest literature this modern world has to offer and discuss its impact on today’s society.

Dive into the intimate letters, autobiographic passages, and diary entries of some of the worlds most revered writers. Writers is the fourth volume of the 1913 series, Little Masterpieces of Autobiography, featuring the personal writings of literary giants such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Alfred Tennyson, and many more. Discover the internal world of these authors and how it shaped their celebrated works. Please note, the contents differ in the 1922 and 1926 revisions of this series, which only include four volumes. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer.

In Walden & Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau invites us into his world of quiet reflection and moral courage.

”Everything she explained was so accurate. Julie was able to help connect my past experiences, to my present circumstances through channelled messages.” ABOUT ME Hi, my name is Julie Zdravkovski and I’m a Transformative Medium. I offer you the insights, guidance and life-advice required to help you with the necessary shifts. As a natural-born medium I’ve been fortunate to be able to communicate with SPIRIT from an early age. So when I felt the call to shift into a new way of using my gifts to help others, I was moved from my core with such passion. This new approach helps you ...

In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter...

Many years before the current surge of interest in the Law of Attraction, author Prentice Mulford wrote what we talk about and think about is what we attract to ourselves in our lives. Prentice Mulford was instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford's book, Thoughts are Things, served as a guide to this new belief system and is still popular today. He explained how, for example, people who talk about suffering eventually bring suffering to themselves in some form.

Franz Kafka wurde 1883 in Prag geboren. Er starb 1924 in Klosterneuburg, Österreich. Die Erzählung "Die Verwandlung" (1912) zählt zu den bekanntesten Werken Kafkas und ist ein Meisterstück symbolisch-parabelhafter Erzählkunst. Der Autor vereint meisterhaft anschauliche Sprache mit spannender Handlung und bitter-süßer Ironie.

William Veres is in trouble. In 2018 he was arrested following the largest ever investigation by the Italian police’s art squad. They accuse him of running a pan-European art-smuggling ring with ties to the Sicilian mafia. He is alleged to have stolen $40 million worth of art and antiquities from Italy. Charged with 14 counts, including money laundering, forgery, wire fraud and conspiracy, he faces a jail term of up to 20 years. But he has a plan to get out of trouble. In this four-part podcast, host Simon Willis follows him as he puts that plan into action. It’s a story that takes ...