Love and Literature
Love? What is it exactly? How do we define it? Can we even define it? Where does it start? Where does it end? How does it feel? Is it possible to understand this feeling?Hello loves and welcome to The Love and Literature podcast.
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21) Chinese medicine and love, with Judy Young (opens the original)
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In today's episode, your host (Melinda Karaca) will speak with Judy Young. Young is an Australian-born performance artists based in Amsterdam. She has a Bachelor degree in Performance Studies from Curtin University, Australia and Kingston University, London. She currently studies TCM at Shenzhou University in Amsterdam (2025-2027). Additionally, she has founded Young Hoops in 2017 blending theatre, circus and poetic storytelling to create performances and immersive shows. Her artistic vision is
20) Love in the ancient times, with Thomas Palaima (opens the original)
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In today's episode, your host (Melinda Karaca) will speak with Thomas Palaima. Emeritus professor Thomas G. Palaima is a Mycenologist, the Robert Armstrong Centennial Professor and the founding director of the university's program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory. in the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin in the United States. His knowledge and expertise are broad and diverse including; written pieces on poetry, ancient classical texts, Bob Dylan's music and many other o
19) A movie of love, with Jeroen Kooijmans (opens the original)
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In today's episode, your host (Melinda Karaca) will speak with Jeroen Kooijmans. Jeroen Kooijmans (born 1967, Schijndel, The Netherlands) is a renowned artist and filmmaker whose work is at the intersection of art and cinema. With a passion for visual storytelling and a unique artistic vision, he has built a multifaceted career interweaving both visual art and film. In this episode, his latest film LOVE 22 LOVE is being discussed and explored as a navigation for love. I would like to thank all o
18) Love through archives, with Desta Haile (opens the original)
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In today's episode, your host (Melinda Karaca) will speak with Desta Haile. Bangkok-born British-Eritrean, Desta is a vocalist, educator, researcher, and Creative Director of Languages through Music. She has build cross-cultural, multilingual, creative learning experiences rooted in social justice, won prizes for her writing, started a business and beyond all is spreading her passion and love. In this episode, she explains how her journey of going through archives, which took longer than 10 year
17) Love is political, with Rupankar Dey (opens the original)
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In today's episode, your host (Melinda Karaca) will speak with Rupankar Dey. Rupankar Dey is a doctoral researcher whose qualitative work explores sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among people with diverse disabilities living in Uganda’s island communities, with case studies from Kalangala and Buvuma Islands on Lake Victoria. Drawing on in-depth interviews and lived experiences, his research examines how the unique spatial and socioeconomic realities of island life intersect with
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