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1.		Existentialism in Literature and Film Podcast by Hubert L. Dreyfus Available on: Podcast The course will be organized around various attempts to reinterpret the Judeo/Christian God, and to determine in what sense, if at all, such a God is still a living God.
2.		C.S. Lewis Literature Overview by Timothy B. Shutt Available on: Audio Download In this lecture professor Timothy Shutt provides an overview of the life and literature of C.S. Lewis. He mentions various viewpoints that people have had about Lewis and says why he thinks Lewis is more popular now than he was in his time.
3.		Introductions to World Literature by Peter Whitfield Available on: Audio Download Writer and cyclist Peter Whitfield discusses some of the gems of world literature. Do you want to know about Dante’s Divine Comedy or the novels of Jane Austen or Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick?
4.		Ancient Greek Drama by Peter Meineck Available on: Audio Download In this lecture professor Peter Meineck introduces Ancient Greek drama and explains why he feels it is still so popular and powerful today.
5.		Entitled Opinions from Stanford University by Robert Harrison Available on: Podcast Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) - hosted by Professor Robert Harrison - is a weekly literary talk show that ranges broadly on issues related to literature, ideas, and lived experience.
6.		Hamlet AudioLearn Available on: Audio Download ($15.99) From the symbolism of Yorick’s skull to the mystery of death, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
7.		Man, God, and Society in Western Literature Podcast by Hubert L. Dreyfus Available on: Podcast This course will compare and contrast the Greek, Medieval, and modern worlds, as reflected in their greatest literature...
8.		An Introduction to English Literature Available on: Audio Download ($7.99) Literature is the history of ideas. It is a reflection of thoughts, feelings and culture of a time and a place. What better place to start when learning about the world we live in?
9.		Shakespeare: The Seven Major Tragedies by Harold Bloom Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) Shakespeare's seven great tragedies contain unmistakable elements that set them apart from any other plays ever written. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare embodied in the character of Juliet the world's most impressive representation ever of a woman in love.
10.		Archaeology and the Iliad: The Trojan War in Homer and History by Eric H. Cline Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) The Trojan War, captured forever in Homer's epic poem the Iliad, resonates to the present day in the popular imagination, and this magnificent confrontation continues to exert a tremendous influence on modern audiences.
11.		Julius Caesar AudioLearn Available on: Audio Download ($15.99) From the Brutus to Octavius, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
12.		Literature of C.S. Lewis by Timothy B. Shutt Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) C. S. Lewis produced a body of work as diverse as it is beloved. He is known the world over for his cherished Chronicles of Narnia, but he is also the author of novels for adults, scholarly work, and the writings that rival his Narnia series in terms of continued popularity: his eloquent defences of Christianity.
13.		Classical Mythology: The Romans by Peter Meineck Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) Rome grew from a tiny community of small hill villages near the River Tiber in central Italy to one of the most powerful empires the world has seen. The Romans themselves believed that their great city was founded in the middle of the eighth century BCE.
14.		Literature in English Podcast by John Bishop Available on: Podcast Literature in English from the mid-19th through the 20th century.
15.		Romeo and Juliet by Harold Bloom Available on: Audio Download In this audio lecture provided as part of the Modern Scholar Series, noted author and literary critic Harold Bloom provides his unparalleled analysis of Shakespeare's tragic love story.
16.		Slate's Audio Book Club Podcast Available on: Podcast The Audio Book Club is a regular part of Slate's daily podcast feed, but we've also set up a separate solo feed for the book club.
17.		Climbing Parnassus by Tracy Lee Simmons Available on: Online Audio | Online Video The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
18.		Greek Drama: Tragedy and Comedy by Peter Meineck Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) The plays of one ancient city 2,500 years ago by just four playwrights have had a profound effect on the development of all subsequent Western drama, not only on the theatrical stage, but on opera, film, television, stand-up comedy, and dance…
19.		A Midsummer Night's Dream AudioLearn Available on: Audio Download ($15.99) | Audio CD From the Fairies to Hyppolyta, AudioLearn is your complete audio study guide to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
20.		The History of English Literature by Perry Keenlyside Available on: Audio Download ($23.18) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette English literature may very well be the greatest body of imaginative writing the world has yet seen...
21.		From Here to Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature by Michael Drout Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) Science fiction literature and films have contributed indelible images to the popular imagination, from H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds to Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles to the fiction of "cyberpunks."
22.		Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry by Karen Karbiener Available on: Audio Download ($34.95) In this course, Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry, we'll explore how Walt Whitman broke with the tyranny of European literary forms to establish a broad, new voice for American poetry.
23.		The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD | Audio Cassette Joseph Campbell transformed the way we view mythology...
24.		Sense and Sensuality by Ravi Zacharias Available on: Audio Download ($11.19) | Audio CD ($12.78) Why versus Why Not? Why did God place us in a world full of pleasures if we aren't meant to perue them all?
25.		New York Times Book Review Podcast by Sam Tanenhaus Available on: Podcast Sam Tanenhaus, editor of The New York Times Book Review, discusses this week's issue.