Jesan M. Sorrells
Host of the Leadership Lessons from the Great Books podcast!
Appears in 470 Episodes
The Challenge of Human Change
Books overcome the challenges of human change.---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Closing theme co...
RE-BROADCAST - The Gulag Archipelago/One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn w/Jesan Sorrells
The Gulag Archipelago/One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn---Exploring Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the...
Resacralizing the Profane World
Leaders, it's time to start performing the long, hard work of resacralizing the Western world. ---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from...
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion w/ Nicky Billou & Jesan Sorrells
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion ---Exploring Joan Didion's classic Slouching Towards Bethlehem, hosts delve into the unraveling of American culture, the ev...
Books Smuggle Ideas Across Time
Books smuggle ideas across time. ---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Closing theme composed by Bri...
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells---Delving into Joan Didion’s A Book of Common Prayer, Jesan Sorrells and guest Tom Libby analyze th...
Solipsism at the Center of the Modern Mind
Leaders, the scourge of our time, is one Joan Didion spotted, because it lay deep within herself. ---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" f...
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells---Explore how Eudora Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter delves into themes of grief, regional identit...
Leadership Values
Leaders, we are in the midst of a cultural transition as we head into a generational Spring.---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Or...
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky w/Hana Kabele Gala & Jesan Sorrells
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky---Exploring Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground, hosts unpack the dangers of self-deception and the challenge of li...
Witnessing What You Don't Understand
Leaders, can I get a witness?---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Closing theme composed by Brian S...
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov w/Claire Chandler & Jesan Sorrells
Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov ---Exploring the surreal world of Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading, Jesan Sorrells and Claire Chandler analyz...
The Problem of Recosmologizing the Rational World
Leaders, Dostoyevsky had some ideas about how to navigate the prison known as the Land of Nod.---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from ...
East of Eden by John Steinbeck w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells
East of Eden by John Steinbeck ---Exploring John Steinbeck’s magnum opus, East of Eden, Jesan Sorrells and Tom Libby break down how the novel’s multi-generational narr...
The Myth of the City
Leaders, the myth of the city is almost as old as the city itself. ---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV ...
Mash Up Episode ft. 12 Rules For Leaders Deep Dive - Leadership Models from Sun-Tzu to Albert Murray w/David Baumrucker & Jesan Sorrells
Mash Up Episode ft. 12 Rules For Leaders Deep Dive - Leadership Models from Sun-Tzu to Albert Murray w/David Baumrucker & Jesan Sorrells---Explore the gap between lead...
The Twilight of the Novel
The death of the novel isn't exaggerated, but the death of the book is. ---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3,...
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton w/Neal Kalechofsky & Jesan Sorrells
The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton ---This episode dives into G.K. Chesterton’s novel The Man Who Was Thursday, exploring its psychedelic narrative twists, l...
The Timshol, the Turpitude, and the Underground
Will our egos rule over us, or will we master them?---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Closing the...
The Need for Hope
This one is going to be a little more spiritual than perhaps you might be used to from me.---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orch...
