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Our World Of Faustian Bargains

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The Faust myth comes from a German folktale that's centuries old. But does a day of your life go by where you don't hear someone invoking the "I'd sell my soul for x" cliche?

Just look at coffee Twitter every morning.

This hour, for the first time ever, Colin is a guest on his own show, a show guest hosted by Mark Oppenheimer, a show that explores the story of Faust, from Goethe and Marlowe through Brexit and the American electorate.

GUESTS:

  • Jan Hagens - Senior research scholar in divinity and lecturer in comparative literature at Yale
  • Freya Mathews - Adjunct professor of environmental philosophy at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and the author of Ardea, a philosophical novella
  • Colin McEnroe - The host of, uh, this show, normally

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Mark Oppenheimer and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.

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