B. K. Neifert: Recent Episodes
B. K. Neifert
A podcast focused on the humanities.
I do mostly literary criticism, to help readers and students get what they're reading. I find one of the biggest barriers to enjoying books is a lack of context, so I give a quick summary of books' context to help the reader have a rich understanding of what they've read.
If you're interested in my work, you can purchase a copy of one of my books by following this link:
https://www.amazon.com/author/broomcrownnewpeace
Thank you.
An argument that Tolkien's Fall of Arthur is complete, and is in the tradition of a Canterbury Tale. Trying to coin it as something like, The Author's Tale.
An Analysis of one of my favorite Psalms in the Bible. Psalm 2, which is a clear prophesy of Jesus, some 1,000 years before He was Made Manifest in the Flesh.
A Long Time Waiting, this Book Anyone Can Read in Under 3 Hours.
Also, sorry for the clicks later on. I was getting nervous--as I see parallels to today--so I was hopping my leg as I spoke and it was hitting my desk.
Evidence for the Exodus.
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/josephus/apion-1.html
Amenophis is another name for Amenhotep III.
https://jbqnew.jewishbible.org/assets/Uploads/454/jbq_454_FriedmanAmenhotepzz.pdf
https://www.galaxie.com/article/bspade07-2-02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqIz9vjjtDs
Also, there are chariots, animal and human carcasses found off the Coast of Newiebu Beach, which have been excavated by three separate research teams.
A Comparison and Contrast between The Owl by Brothers Grimm, and God Can Never Die by Hans Christian Andersen.
An analysis of Judges 19-21. That's about all that can be said about those chapters. It's a controversial one, because many people misunderstand its purpose. Which I will now tell.
A long video today, going over a chapter in the Bible I've been reading over and over again lately.
I say it's on display in a British Museum, but it's actually in their storage catalog. I'm also sorry about the over usage of tautologies in this one. It's just a book written to evade meaning.
An analysis of Lamia.
As a further note, this poem would influence Richard Dawkin's book title "Unweaving the Rainbow." And would also influence Edgar Allen Poe to write his Sonnet on Science.
And for those of you who are squeamish about the topic of rape being thrown around so lightly, that's unfortunately a part of Greek and Roman culture, and a part of their religion. And Keats was trying to make an authentic episode for Metamorphoses, which I think he accomplished. But, this is why I prefer Christianity, as the Ten Commandments seem more palpable to a rational creature.
But, let's meditate on the fact that in Ovid's days, rape was acceptable in the circumstance that the rape was perpetrated by someone of a higher class. And let's understand that Hume's moral argument is woefully inadequate for that reason, and that's one of the reasons we need God's Law.
An excurses on Washington's Farewell Address.
As a note, the sentence where I claimed Washington said the worse form of tyranny would be one self imposed by the people oppressing one another, was falsely attributed to the quote at the end. However, the 9th Amendment was written specifically for that purpose, also, to prevent such a thing from happening, specifically in the case of encroachment on Freedom of Speech by Private Interests.
An Exposit on the fact that sometimes the bad guy wins, and what lesson we ought to take from that.
An art that requires humility, and the admission that you might be wrong or not totally right. That's why.
Basically, to recap, I do these books to provide context, so you can fully understand the work you're reading. I do not do these, as a means to tell you what the book means, but rather, to help you draw a deeper meaning from the books. You cannot sum everything up in a book in seven minutes. But, you can get a context for a book in seven minutes, that helps you understand what that book you're reading means, and why it's important.
The scoop on Shakespeare.
Correction: I said Quartet and Sextet. I meant Quarto and Sexto.
A brief outlook on the conflicts that Christianity has initiated and were religiously motivated.
One of maybe a dozen perfect stories. There's Sir Gawain, the Gospel, Lion King and Rocky/Creed I think. Very few stories of this quality.
I explicitly told myself I wasn't going to do this next, but an overwhelming urge came over me. I think it's important, and is kind of a subtle criticism of Jordan Peterson's one point of disagreement with me, that suffering can contain meaning. I find that to be hellish.
An analysis of T. S. Eliot, with some mention of his work Ash Wednesday, and a brief excurses on Modernism.
This episode is dedicated to my best friend Travis and his wife Jess.
An analysis of the Hobbit.
An analysis of three short stories by Philip K. Dick.
The Golden Man
Tony and the Beetles
To Serve the Masters
The twenty most formative books I've read with regard to my own writing, and why. In order:
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A History of Civilization, by Fernand Braudel
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Why I Write, by George Orwell
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Horace's Odes and Epodes
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Beowulf, Seamus Heaney's Translation
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Conquistador, by Buddy Levy
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Bulfinch's Mythology
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The Communist Manifesto
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True Believer, by Eric Hoffer
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Discourses on Livy, Machiavelli
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La Rochefoucauld's Maxims and Self Reflections
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A Treasury of Irish Literature, Barnes and Noble Leather Bound Edition
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John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
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War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy the Constance Garnet Translation
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Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
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The Abolition of Man, by C. S. Lewis
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Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
Top 5 Influences
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The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Plato's Symposium
*. Freud's Psychology of Psychoanalysis
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William Wordsworth
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The Bible
This is an analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's body of work, including The Hobbit, The Lord of the RIngs Trilogy and The Silmarilion.
An excurses on "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, specifically with regard to tone and how it's used to understand a text.
An excursus on Fahrenheit 451.
Sorry for some of the bad edits. I wanted to make sure my message was clear.
An introduction to my podcast on philosophy, literary theory, political science, psychology, sociology and much more.