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- Benjamin
Timestamps: 0:00 expressing my gratitude for you
3:31 how to find meaning in our lives?
20:44 advice on keeping a commonplace book?
27:00 your thoughts on French Literature?
32:37 your favourite films and shows?
40:42 entry recommendations for big classics?
45:20 your process for making connections?
51:30 a master plan behind the syllabus?
53:15 can you riff on Tolstoy’s sense of love?
58:35 how to love someone for who they are?
1:03:40 character names in Shakespeare?
1:06:05 three writers you would have coffee with?
1:07:48 what is your literary guilty pleasure?
1:09:00 what is the greatest decade ever for novels?
1:11:00 what podcasts do you enjoy listening to?
1:13:17 are you concerned about artificial intelligence?
1:19:30 a difficult dilemma: rereads or new reads?
1:22:10 what are your favourite Japanese works?
1:24:20 interest in a behind-the-scenes show
1:25:00 tell us more about Shakespeare’s audience?
1:30:59 supposedly great books that are overrated?
1:33:16 how to deal with feelings of overwhelm?
1:39:10 do books appeal to different temperaments?
1:41:47 your elevator pitch for getting into literature?
1:46:55 what are the essential book club lectures?
1:52:30 recommendations for book club newcomers
1:53:00 talking about the questions for the next show
