Books of All Time

18/07/2026

Poor guy just keeps wandering off and getting into mishaps.

13/07/2026

🎉NEW EPISODE! Our 50th show sees us heading back to Ancient Greece to get the skinny on Aristotle's guide to good living, the Nicomachean Ethics. Widely believed to be about achieving "happiness", it's more about how to flourish as a person (even if you're in a bad mood). Listen now wherever you get podcasts!

19/04/2026

second episode on The Book of Job looks at three reactions to the work.
😱William Blake’s illustrations for The Book of Job (1780—1823), which were produced in several media for various patrons
😱Franz Kafka’s The Trial (1925), which has a similar air of oppression and unattainable justice
😱Carl Jung’s Answer to Job (1952), in which the famed psychologist puts God on the couch

23/03/2026

NEW EPISODE! This week we take our last turn through the Hebrew Bible with a look at The Book of Job (c. 540-330 BCE). Part folktale, part dialogue, this story grapples with the problem of how bad things can happen to good people in a world that’s supposedly ruled by a just and caring God. Listen now wherever you get podcasts!

26/12/2025

NEW (GUEST) EPISODE! .judson visited the to discuss everyone’s favourite Egyptologist with host John Roderick. Listen now wherever pods are cast!

26/12/2025

Hey listeners! Rose Judson’s guest appearance on the Omnibus podcast is out today! Listen to her discuss E.A. Wallis Budge with host John Roderick now:

History Podcast · Updated weekly · Every week, Ken Jennings and John Roderick add a new entry to the OMNIBUS, an encyclopedic reference work of strange-but-true stories that they are compiling as a time capsule for future generations.