Jesan M. Sorrells
Host of the Leadership Lessons from the Great Books podcast!
Appears in 462 Episodes
Shorts #222 - 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...
Shorts #221 - 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...
Shorts #220 - 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...
Shorts #219 - 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...
Shorts #218 - 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...
Shorts #217 - 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...
Shorts #216 - 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...
The Third Man by Graham Greene w/Jesan Sorrells & Ryan J. Stout
The Third Man by Graham Greene---Exploring Graham Greene’s postwar classic, The Third Man, Jesan Sorrells and Ryan J. Stout unravel the psychology of unreliable narrat...
Shorts #215 - Leadership in Absurd Times
Leading in absurd times requires a commitment to objective truth.---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 10...
Oil! by Upton Sinclair w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells
Oil! by Upton Sinclair ---Exploring the first 100 pages of Oil! by Upton Sinclair, Jesan Sorrells and Tom Libby dive into the gritty realities of entrepreneurship, the...
Shorts #214 - The Social Reformer and the Demon in Democracy
God, save us from the tender mercies of the social reformer.---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Cl...
Stomping the Blues by Albert L. Murray w/Tom Libby & Jesan Sorrells
Stomping the Blues by Albert L. Murray---Exploring Albert Murray’s landmark book, Stomping the Blues, Jesan Sorrells and Tom Libby unpack the true roots of jazz and bl...
Shorts #213 - Chesterton's Lamppost and the Paradox of the Myth of Return
Leaders, we begin rebuilding Chesterton's Fence by restoring the fences in ourselves. ---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestr...
A Conflict of Visions: The Hidden Origins of Ideological Conflict by Thomas Sowell w/Jesan Sorrells & Ryan J. Stout
A Conflict of Visions: The Hidden Origins of Ideological Conflict by Thomas Sowell---Exploring Thomas Sowell’s A Conflict of Visions, Jesan Sorrells and Ryan J Stout b...
Shorts #212 - Jazz as the Soundtrack to a New Golden Age
Leaders, you might be listening to it, but can you hear it?---Opening theme composed by Felipe Sarro - Bach - Silotti - "Air" from Orchestra Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 Clo...
