Ok, major sexual content warning on this one. And if that’s not going to get you to listen, we don’t know what will. We’re discussing the metaphysical ramifications of a floating, glowing, sentient jar of semen which must mean that we’ve made it to Act 2 of Goethe’s Faust Part 2. Come for the university humor (literally: Mephistopholes takes a whole scene out just to prank on a grad student), stay for the attempts (on the part of Goethe, not us) to conjure a realm of guilt-free pornography. And you thought the first act was weird…

The Canon Ball is a member of the Agora podcast network. Check out some more shows on the network like Sam Hume’s Pax Britannica. It’s a narrative history podcast on the British empire, with the first season being an exploration of early English colonization and the upcoming second season centering on the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. And if after all this Walpurgisnacht stuff you’re still feeling itchy for witches, Sam also does the History of Witchcraft which covers the witch hysteria of the early modern period as well as an assortment of other spooky stuff all in an educational vein. If you’re online check us out at thecanonballpodcast.wordpress.com, find us on Facebook @TheCanonBallPodcast, and on Twitter @CanonBallPod.

One last note: if you’re in the New York area and need reading and writing tutoring, or are interested in online tutoring, let us know. Claude has a tutoring business on the side and two kids, so he’s always looking for a few more clients. If you need some help, send an email to claudemoinc@gmail.com. We can also produce literary lectures on demand. I’m not entirely certain what situations would call for that, but for some quality literary infotainment hit us up!

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