Eternal Youth

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

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

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

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

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 NabokovCollected Poems by Vladimir NabokovVladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years by Brian Boyd

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

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 BarrettMusic: Paws by TimbahBibliography: The Austrians by Gordon Brook-SheperdBecoming Freud by Adam PhillipsFreud by Stefan ZweigFreud An Intellectual Biography by Joel WhitebookSigmund Freud by Matt FfytcheListen to Jumping Off Points here https://jumpingoffpoints.buzzsprout.com/Watch Timbah on Toast here https://www.youtube.com/@TimbahOnToastThank you to Barnaby Slater