In 1925, Frantz Fanon regrets joining the fight against facism. Music by Timbah.

Frantz Fanon wants to dance

In 1945, Margaret Thatcher watches her hero go down in flames. Music by Timbah

Margaret Thatcher tastes defeat

In 1943, James Baldwin buries is father and meets his hero. Music by Timbah Bibliography: Native Son by Richard Wright Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin Talking at the Gates a Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell

James Baldwin buries his father

Did Lyndon Johnson really care about civil rights or was he motivated by party unity and cold political calculation? Music by Timbah Bibliography: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro

Lyndon Johnson and the janitor 

In 1926 Hannah Arendt says goodbye to the most exciting philosopher in Germany. Music by Timbah.

Hannah Arendt and the little magician

In 1925 Ayn Rand plots her escape from Leningrad while Stalin and Trotsky plot against each other. Music by Timbah

Ayn Rand and the supercommunist 

In 1919, the 20-year-old Vladimir Nabokov has fled from revolutionary Petrograd and decamped to the Crimea where he writes poetry, catalogues butterflies, plays chess and waits for Lenin's Red Army to arrive. Bibliography: Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov Collected Poems by Vladimir Nabokov Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years by Brian Boyd

Vladimir Nabokov and the revolution 

In 1923, there is no such thing as George Orwell, but a policeman called Eric Blair is collecting stories. Music: Paws by Timbah Bibliography: Shooting an Elephant by Geroge OrwellBurmese Days by Geroge Orwell1984 by Geroge OrwellOrwell: The New Life by DJ Taylor

George Orwell the cop

In 1874 the Austrian economy was on its keens and a young Sigmund Freud met Franz Brentano, "an ideal human being". Written and read by Nicholas Barrett Music: Paws by Timbah Bibliography: <ul><li>The Austrians by Gordon Brook-Sheperd</li><li>Becoming Freud by Adam Phillips</li><li>Freud by Stefan Zweig</li><li>Freud An Intellectual Biography by Joel Whitebook</li><li>Sigmund Freud by Matt Ffytche</li></ul> Listen to Jumping Off Points here https://jumpingoffpoints.buzzsprout.com/ Watch Timbah on Toast here https://www.youtube.com/@TimbahOnToast Thank you to Barnaby Slater

Sigmund Freud and the long depression 

'To understand a man, we must look at the world when they were 20'

To understand a person you have to know what was happening in the world when they were twenty.

Eternal Youth

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