In this episode, we conclude the discussion of Albert Camus' novel, The Plague. We are joined by a listener who goes by the handle @barttels2 on Twitter. We discuss reading the novel as a medical play as well as a moral one, and how Camus offer

Episode 8: Plague as Civic Education

Aug 31st, 2020 46m 22s

In this episode of Pandemic Dialogues, Trevor Shelley continues the conversation of Albert Camus's novel, The Plague. The catalyst for this project was the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic. In this conversation, Trevor and his colleagues,

Episode 7: Plague as political catastrophe

Aug 4th, 2020 41m 56s

In the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Trevor Shelley and Luke Perez of Arizona State University continue their discussion of Albert Camus's award-winning novel, The Plague. After a short summer break, Trevor and Luke return and discuss t

Episode 6: The plague has ended

Jun 4th, 2020 28m 36s

In the wake of the covid-19 global pandemic, Luke Perez and Trevor Shelley conclude their discussion of Albert Camus' Nobel Prize novel, The Plague. In this episode, they discuss the juxtaposition of jubilee that the plague has ended and reopen

Episode 5: Confronting the problem of evil

May 22nd, 2020 52m 37s

In the wake of the covid-19 crisis, Trevor Shelley and Luke Perez of Arizona State University discuss Albert Camus' Nobel Prize novel, The Plague. In this episode we discuss Part 4 of the novel: the characters confront the problem of evil as th

Episode 4: A darkness in men's hearts

May 13th, 2020 34m 55s

In light of the covid-19 pandemic, Trevor Shelley and Luke Perez of Arizona State University discuss Albert Camus's novel, The Plague. In this episode Luke and Trevor examine the short middle, third part of The Plague, at which point the summer

Episode 3: Oranian Morals and Civic Habits

Apr 28th, 2020 43m 16s

In the wake of the covid-19 global pandemic, Luke Perez and Trevor Shelley of Arizona State University discuss Albert Camus' novel, The Plague. In this episode, they continue their discussion of Part II. Issues of civic education, morality, and

Episode 2: A Community of Exiles?

Apr 20th, 2020 45m 48s

In response to the global pandemic of covid-19, Trevor Shelley and Luke Perez of Arizona State University embark on a reading of Albert Camus' novel, "The Plague," which tells the story of a fictional outbreak of bubonic plague in the North Afr

Episode 1: Proclaim a state of plague…close the town

Apr 10th, 2020 39m 57s

In response to the global pandemic of Covid-19, many people have turned to literature as a source of inspiration and reflection on pandemics and political life. In this new podcast, Trevor Shelly and Luke Perez of the School of Civic and Econom

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Episode 0 - Launching Pandemic Dialogues

Mar 30th, 2020 31m 12s

In response to the global pandemic of COVID-19, Arizona State University professors Trevor Shelley and Luke Perez begin a multi-part discussion of Albert Camus' Nobel Prize winning novel "The Plague." Written in the 1940s, Camus viewed medical

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