{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fislandidylls.com%2Fepisodes%2F26-stevenson-and-the-short-story-T8JpnlI5","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"26 - Stevenson and the Short Story","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/03579ff7-84a8-4a58-9408-8d985126857d/2fddb402-d566-4a31-83b1-e51b14a35069/islandidylls_coverart_1400x1400.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/35ba3df3-b1c2-4fbe-ad93-c94d15dcedb9\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"26 - Stevenson and the Short Story\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Can you know Truth, with a capital T? Is uncertainty a necessary condition of our existence? After studying the canon of Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry argues the famous writer would have said “no” to the first question and “yes” to the second. \n\nGood writing is not escapism, it’s engagement with life’s deepest questions. \n\nBut how do we know Stevenson is right? And can we privilege his materialistic worldview over and against, say, the theistic worldview of the Shema? “Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might?” This is one of the “small” questions tackled in this episode!\n\nEpisode 26 dives into the history of the short story, the role Robert Louis Stevenson played, and how modernism changed how so many people read and understand life. \n\nHeads up, in episode 27 we’ll be talking about Truman Capote and his short story, “A Christmas Memory.”"}