Robert Harrison‘s radio show Entitled Opinions has devoted fans all over the world – from Australia to China, Mexico to Russia. One blogger called the intellectually powered interviews, initially broadcast from Stanford’s radio station KZSU (90.1 FM) and available for free download on iTunes. It’s been called “one of the most fascinating, engaging podcasts in any possible universe.” You can explore the range of his interviews over at his new website here: https://entitled-opinions.com/
“Entitled Opinions” was born before “podcast” was even a word. iTunes was born only three months earlier. It found an international audience quickly. Now the program has come of age – it’s twenty years old.
The Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature, who is also an acclaimed author and regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, has recorded more than 300 conversations since 2005, featuring some of our era’s leading figures in literature, philosophy, science, and cultural history, including Richard Rorty, René Girard, Peter Sloterdijk, Shirley Hazzard, Orhan Pamuk, Colm Tóibin, Marilynne Robinson, Paul Ehrlich, Michel Serres, Hayden White, and Abraham Verghese.
To celebrate, he’s recorded a retrospective podcast with Christy Wampole, one of his former students who was there with him from the beginning. She is now assistant professor of French at Princeton University.
You can listen to it below: