A Podcast of the Artist
What’s the true cost of great art? Faustian pacts with the devil are exciting, sure, but the grim reality of human degredation, pain and suffering is the source for so much of what we treasure today as the greatest books of all time. Join us as we explore the broken authors that wrote our favourite novels. Murder, mental illness, neglect, alcohol and drug abuse all wait within so tread carefully!
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Saturday Apr 05, 2025
Saturday Apr 05, 2025
As the greatest poet of his age Lord Byron held the world in thrall with his art, but it was his personal life that truly made him the legend he is today... for better or worse (definitely worse!). Like an oldern day Russell Brand only with more talent, hear all about the man who wrote some of the greatest poetry ever whilst being exiled from his home country for too much shagging.
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Niccolo Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat and author who wrote the worlds most famous and contentious political treatise, The Prince. What many might not know about his legacy is that this most provocative of all novels was written under the duress of torture. Great art comes from great suffering, join us to find out more.