Teaser: Moby-Dick with Will Menaker

Episode 21 January 16, 2024 00:03:27
Teaser: Moby-Dick with Will Menaker
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Teaser: Moby-Dick with Will Menaker

Jan 16 2024 | 00:03:27

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Show Notes

Chapo Trap House co-host Will Menaker joins us to talk about Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. Recorded amid a marathon reading of Melville's masterwork, we discuss the book's prophetic vision of America and the popular culture that it spawned. Will reads from his favorite section of the novel and gives a pitch for why it should be read today.

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