Professor Read takes a close look at Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. What warning was Huxley giving us in the novel? Why would he write this twisted book? And what knowledge do we gain from it? Join Professor Read as he discusses these questions and more. ---- For this episode, the following sources were used: Huxley, Aldous, and Christopher Hitchens. Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited Notes. Harper Perennial, 2005. ; Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Harper Perennial, 2006. ; Karolides, Nicholas J., et al. 120 Banned Books: Censorship Histories of World Literature. Checkmark Books, 2011. ; Shakespeare, William, and Jonathan Bate. Complete Works: the RSC Shakespeare. Macmillan, 2007.

Episode 2: Great Expectations

Often times many of us get discouraged when it comes to reading books. They're just too hard or too boring. And that's what many want us to think. Professor Read is here to drop literary knowledge to open our mind to the untapped power of books--power those in the know don't want us to know. Books hold more than just a story within their covers. They hold life lessons. Pain. Passion. Warnings. And the keys to unlock our mind.