Well, I have joined the herd and started a podcast.
Of Knights and Pilgrims is an audio commentary on Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. If you read this blog, you probably already know that I’m a big fan of the book. Unfortunately for the world of podcast listeners, one of my coworkers is also a big fan, and lo! unto you a podcast was born.
Episodes will be posted every Wednesday starting next week (Feb. 5). The first two are introductions to the poem, and the rest will be our summary and analysis of each of the twelve cantos in Book I. If we’re feeling especially spry, we may sally forth into Book II this summer and publish new episodes in the fall.
If you’re new to Spenser, we highly recommend starting at the shallow end. Roy Maynard has a very accessible modernized version here, and Thomas Copeland’s audio recording is fantastic. With great works of literature, there are no such things as spoilers, so you might even try dipping your toes into a children’s version. (Project Gutenberg has some for free. Personally, I’m excited about this new prose edition, assuming it ever actually comes out.)
One last thing: podcasting is a cheap hobby, but it isn’t free. If you’d like to sponsor a future episode, drop some coins in my Ko-fi coffer.
Christian Leithart 