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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| 49. Jonathan Haidt: The Scholar According 2 Hot Literati | 12 Sep 2024 | 00:30:21 | |
On tech, social media, Gen Z, and his latest book, The Anxious Generation. | |||
| 48. Be still my tin heart! | 10 Sep 2024 | 00:29:25 | |
On The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen. | |||
| 39. To be Human is to Try | 31 Jul 2024 | 00:18:17 | |
On tech, social discomfort, and one dumb decision. | |||
| 38. Stevie from Laams on "The More Ya Know" | 21 Jul 2024 | 00:01:36 | |
| 37. A man's thoughts on Sex and the City S1EP1 | 23 Jun 2024 | 00:05:19 | |
| 36. Is your Personal Brand a Prison? | 02 May 2024 | 00:12:37 | |
On branding yourself as an artist, and a revisit to the idea of generalists (like Leonardo Davinci). | |||
| 35. Stop sending me ARC copies | 24 Apr 2024 | 00:10:13 | |
On the state of the publishing industry and its breakdown of labor. | |||
| 34. Who am I if You want Me? | 15 Apr 2024 | 00:15:01 | |
On the dissociation inherent in being desired with mentions of Nancy Friday, Anais Nin, and Kafka. | |||
| 33. Stop Looking for Artistic Validation | 12 Apr 2024 | 00:13:34 | |
On art competitions and awards and why they don't really matter. | |||
| 32. Aren't we all Alice (by Victoria) | 09 Apr 2024 | 00:32:57 | |
Victoria extends her series Wayward Wonderland, discussing her experience in college and the ways that facets of her identity affect it. HOTLITERATI.COM | |||
| 31. How to Talk about Art | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:11:12 | |
On Robert Henri, artistic authority, and the cultivation of personal taste. | |||
| 30. Followers, Subscribers, Lovers, Friends | 23 Mar 2024 | 00:25:43 | |
On social media and the thinning of relationships. | |||
| 47. Is Journaling Art? | 07 Sep 2024 | 00:08:02 | |
On journaling, writing, memory, and life. | |||
| 29. "Celebrity" is Devolving (& bad for art) | 03 Mar 2024 | 00:34:11 | |
On celebrity culture, mass media, art, and society. | |||
| 28. A Psychological Guide to Dating (men) as Women | 15 Feb 2024 | 00:27:17 | |
On dating men as a woman (without losing yourself). hotliterati.com | |||
| 27. Loneliness, Finding Yourself, & Nin (again) | 01 Feb 2024 | 00:18:56 | |
On Anais Nin, break ups, and self compassion. hotliterati.com | |||
| 26. On Dating, Dissociation, & Anais Nin | 21 Jan 2024 | 00:23:09 | |
On Anais Nin, feminine dissociation, and finding yourself. | |||
| 25. The Paradox of Social Media Activism | 14 Nov 2023 | 00:21:02 | |
On the contradictions and impact of activism on social media alone. | |||
| 24. My favorite book, the human condition, and math | 06 Nov 2023 | 00:25:53 | |
Discussing We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. hotliterati.com | |||
| 23. Collective Unconscious + Healing | 31 Oct 2023 | 00:18:42 | |
On Carl Jung's collective unconscious and spiritual healing as a society. hotliterati.com | |||
| 22. Internet Malice/Faulkner's Coffin | 23 Oct 2023 | 00:14:49 | |
On social media hate, parasocial projection, & As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. hotliterati.com | |||
| 21. Using books to combat depression and monotony | 02 Oct 2023 | 00:11:22 | |
On books, Schopenhauer, existential angst, and mental health. hotliterati.com | |||
| 20. Of course we're F*cking Anxious (social media and Gen Z) | 24 Sep 2023 | 00:17:50 | |
On the social media/gen z question. hotliterati.com | |||
| 46. Real Writers Party ( by Anderson II) | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:24:25 | |
On Art, Anais Nin, partying, living, and love. Hosted by Anderson II. | |||
| 19. Justice for the Manic Pixie Dream Girl | 17 Sep 2023 | 00:20:56 | |
Discussing the archetype in Breakfast at Tiffany's, Blonde (2023), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and more | |||
| 18. Feminine Insanity, Marriage, & Kate Chopin | 12 Sep 2023 | 00:33:49 | |
new site! HotLiterati.com the collection that I read is The Awakening and Selected Stories (Random House 2020 edition) by Kate Chopin | |||
| 17. I'm never 100% I'm not a Robot | 03 Sep 2023 | 00:20:24 | |
On Ex Machina, and societal dissonance. hotliterati.com | |||
| 16. Why The Bell Jar is so relatable (except for the racist parts) | 26 Aug 2023 | 00:44:50 | |
tw: mentions of suicide On The Bell Jar, sad girl culture, and feminine societal dissonance. hotliterati.com | |||
| 15. The reason I didn't dye my hair post-breakup | 16 Jul 2023 | 00:11:17 | |
Essay on break ups, hair, and race. hotliterati.com | |||
| 14. How to Live a Real Life | 22 Jun 2023 | 00:08:28 | |
Essay on existential angst, the commodification of people, and the absurdity of society. hotliterati.com | |||
| 13. A little Chocolate Before the Big Sleep | 13 Jun 2023 | 00:09:28 | |
Essay on break ups and existential angst. hotliterati.com | |||
| 12. How Faulkner & Babitz got me through a breakup | 07 Apr 2023 | 00:31:47 | |
On William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom, Bell Hook's All About Love, Rene Girard's Deceit, Desire and the Novel, & Eve Babitz's L.A. Woman. hotliterati.com Music is Steven-OBrien.net! THE NEXT HINT: is at mercer books There are only 4 of them inside of these books: 1. The Brothers K by David James Duncan 2. Arcadia by Jim Crace 3. The Secret of the Gondola by David Alan Brown 4. Pushkin House by Andrei Bitov (translated by Susan Brownsberger) | |||
| 11. James Baldwin and The Fire This Time | 07 Apr 2023 | 00:16:54 | |
On James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and relevant themes for today's America. Music at beginning/end is prelude by steven-obrien.net | |||
| 11. My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Sad Girls, and Gen Z | 15 Dec 2022 | 00:16:53 | |
On My Year of Rest and Relaxation and why Gen Z identifies with it so heavily. Music at beginning/end is prelude by steven-obrien.net | |||
| 45. As told by the Interns: (re)Cognition Summer | 04 Sep 2024 | 00:28:02 | |
A recap of summer 2024, by our interns. hotliterati.com THANK YOU | |||
| 10. My Eating Disorder and the book that Helped my Recovery | 13 Nov 2022 | 00:37:21 | |
TW: mention of eating disorders On eating disorder recovery, helpful resources, and Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings. Accounts referenced in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/dietitiandeanna/channel/ https://www.instagram.com/no.food.rules/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/diet.culture.rebel/?hl=en | |||
| 8. Do I have Girl Interrupted Syndrome? | 30 Oct 2022 | 00:32:16 | |
TW: mention of suicide + eating disorders On Girl Interrupted - book, film, and cultural interpretation. hotliterati.com | |||
| 7. Vonnegut & the meaning(s) of life | 18 Oct 2022 | 00:26:29 | |
Hi Hot Literati!❤️🔥📚 In this episode, Hailey discusses the big questions of life in accordance with The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. Thank you for listening. Happy to have you here, Hailey🫶🏽 JOIN HOT LITERATI OCTOBER BOOK CLUB: 1) Acquire Rattlebone by Maxine Clair via library, used book store, online book store (Mcnally Editions is where I got mine), etc. 2) Sign up for Sunroom!! It's a platform for private content where I'll be posting the reading schedule, question prompts, my own thoughts, and chatting 1 on 1 with Hot Literati participants. It is $10* a month, but I assure you it will be worth it ( + I really appreciate the support and am so thrilled to be hosting this as my first book club!!). SIGN UP HERE -> https://api.sunroom.so/creator/6a55561a-9c88-4ed6-a0ae-7494e1c6feff To join the Hot Literati community, follow our social media channels. https://beacons.ai/hotliterati To follow Hailey https://beacons.ai/haileycolborn | |||
| 6. Death to the perfect woman | 09 Oct 2022 | 00:26:00 | |
On the myth of perfect womanhood through Cleo from 5 to 7 by Agnès Varda. hotliterati.com | |||
| 5. We shouldn't have to earn love | 03 Oct 2022 | 00:28:07 | |
On love as defined in Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan. hotliterati.com | |||
| 4. 20 BOOKS in 2022 (& which ones you should read) | 25 Sep 2022 | 00:11:29 | |
20 books and book reviews in 2022. hotliterati.com | |||
| 3. How Dostoevsky got me out of a cult | 19 Sep 2022 | 00:32:44 | |
On finding a personal connection to God through Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The translation referenced in this episode is the Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translation. | |||
| 2. Being a (GIRLY) girl sucks | 11 Sep 2022 | 00:31:48 | |
Alternative title: Cinderella Ate Me. On Peggy Orenstein's book Cinderella Ate My Daughter and the trials of girly girl culture. | |||
| 1. Why I Read Books | 05 Sep 2022 | 00:06:54 | |
On my relationship to literature. hotliterati.com | |||
| 44. On The Art Spirit by Robert Henri | 04 Sep 2024 | 00:44:04 | |
A reflection on art making and spirituality, in conversation with Robert Henri. hotliterati.com this was originally paywalled but... oh well... it's the internet | |||
| 43. What, why Art, & my 1st Publicly Available Piece of Fiction | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:20:24 | |
hotliterati.com Purchase a copy of Musca here: https://04e678-7.myshopify.com/products/musca | |||
| 42. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown | 27 Aug 2024 | 01:05:20 | |
Masha Kurbatova in Conversation with Miles Calderon on the art of being a Clown. Read her piece on Miles here: https://www.hotliterati.com/post/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-clown | |||
| 41. Literary, but Hardcore | 24 Aug 2024 | 00:25:52 | |
hotliterati.com | |||
| 40. Talking to my Ex about Dostoevsky Nietzsche, and God | 31 Jul 2024 | 00:46:32 | |
Watch the video for more: https://youtu.be/xQKTdw4jXnQ | |||
| 52. How to Flirt with Yourself | 12 Oct 2024 | 00:14:31 | |
On self talk, media, and working toward love. | |||