The Marx Brothers w/ James Matthew Wilson

By Thomas Mirus and James Majewski ( bio - articles - email ) | Feb 18, 2025 | In Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast

Listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS feed | YouTube Channel

This is a listener-supported podcast! Thanks for your help!

Poet and philosopher James Matthew Wilson joins the podcast to discuss two films by the Marx Brothers (Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera). Wilson also reads one of his poems featuring allusions to the Marx Brothers, and talks about the letters written between Groucho Marx and T.S. Eliot.

James Matthew Wilson, The Strangeness of the Good https://angelicopress.com/products/the-strangeness-of-the-good

Music is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com

Criteria is hosted by Thomas V. Mirus and James T. Majewski.

Thomas is President of Trinity Communications, Director of Podcasts for CatholicCulture.org and hosts the Catholic Culture Podcast. See full bio.

James is Vice President of Trinity Communications and Director of Customer Relations for CatholicCulture.org as well as the host and narrator for Catholic Culture Audiobooks. See full bio.

Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in.

All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!

There are no comments yet for this item.