T.S Eliot, Morgan Freeman And Remembering Things That Didn't Happen

About this episode

The episode discusses the Mandela effect, childhood memories, and features T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock'.

Did you ever think you did something awful as a child that didn't actually happen? Yeah, no, mad to think that's something common and not just you, don't you think? We talk about that today on the podcast after we share a poem that was Nelson Mandela's favourite poem. If you don't know what the Mandela effect is, get ready. We share the full version of T.S Eliot's masterpiece 'The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock as well today, which is as moving a dipiction of getting older as it gets really. ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Duggins, Leon Dunne

Topics covered

• memory
• childhood
• poetry
• aging
• Mandela effect

Keywords

• Mandela effect
• T.S. Eliot
• poetry
• childhood memories
• aging
• Nelson Mandela

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