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Episode 57: “The Seeker and the Sage” by Brigid Delaney + “The Pacific Tale” by Mandy Treagus
In “The Seeker and the Sage” a traumatised journalist is given a dream assignment - track down the mayor of a mysterious town whose citizens are the happiest people on Earth. She wants to learn how to live a good life but the town’s mayor wants to protect his dominion from the modern world. In what is an allegory for our times; Delaney poses the question: can the ancient philosophy of Stoicism help us create our own utopias in an increasingly troubled world?
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Short fiction set in the Pacific Islands was a popular genre in the early 20th century. Associate Professor Mandy…
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