Literature Professor Peter Sourian explains why an abusive teacher is not always the worst teacher. Read the full description.
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This piece was originally part of an episode of WXBC's This One Time series (http://www.loveandradio.com/tot). That episode was pretty poor as a whole, so we thought it was worth extricating this particular bright spot. It features one of Bard College lit professor Peter Sourian's favorite anecdotal lessons, set to Kim Hiorthoy's "Forskjellige Gode Ting." The recording quality isn't great, but the pacing of the music works well, and it still makes us smile to hear it again.
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Review of A Lesson from Sourian
A great little drop in story about what may or may not make a good teacher. As mentioned, the voice recording isn't spectacular, but Sourian's tone, his story and the music make up for that. If you're familiar with Nick and Adrianne's podcast, Love and Radio, then you know they have a way of choosing really stimulating, sonically interesting music, and using it well; and they've done so here too. It would certainly be good for your health to give it a listen.