THIS WEEK'S SHOW: October 1, 2026
"A juvenility of moral imagination that is at the core of this."
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, 2014
"Admit that you are wrong!" cried Varya. "Own up!"
We're reading and gabbing about a Chekhov story called "The Teacher of Literature," published in 1894; Chekhov was 34 years old. It's a story about a young man in love,...
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, 2014
"The poor wretch sank into silence, merely moving his lips as though whispering to himself..."
We’re Reading Chekhov stories again with a crew of actors, school teachers, and friends, learning as we go, sipping wine and nibbling cheese and nuts. The story this time is...
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, 2014
"Dear Grandad Konstantin Makarich, I am writing a letter to you..."
“Reading Chekhov” is the name of this game – a podcast experiment and safe indoor sport with, by all accounts, the greatest short-story writer of them all, the medical doctor...