Crime and Punishment (Part 1)

Crime and Punishment (Part 1)

From Becoming The Main Character by Jameson Olsen

January 16, 2026 · 3h 10m

About this episode

The episode dives deep into Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', focusing on the character Raskolnikov and the themes of morality and crime.

"Would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?" The Russians are coming...Fyodor Dostoevsky's unique brand of psychological thriller has reached BTMC, and I was delighted to dive deep into the intellectual madness of the deeply flawed main character, Raskolnikov. We've never covered a book like this before. This story was too big for one episode. So, jump in the deep end with part one, and come back soon for part 2. Sign up for 'BTMC: Protagonist Edition', where you get EXTENDED VERSIONS of the episodes to take you even deeper into the story with more scenes, more lessons, and more of everything that makes the show what it is, as well as access to all of the Character Analysis episodes. Sign up link below: --------------------------- Get BTMC: PROTAGONIST EDITION: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://becomingmain.supercast.com/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- GET THE FREE NEWSLETTER: "THE SCHOOL OF PROTAGONISM" Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://substack.com/@schoolofprotagonism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW BTMC FOR MORE GREAT CONTENT: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/becomingmain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X…

People in this episode

Host: Jameson Olsen

Topics covered

  • psychological thriller
  • literature analysis
  • Dostoevsky
  • character study
  • morality
  • good deeds vs crime

Keywords

  • Crime and Punishment
  • Dostoevsky
  • Raskolnikov
  • psychological thriller
  • morality
  • good deeds
  • literature

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Books & works: Crime and Punishment

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