# Elias Canetti

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kafka/a message with no content, guilt over nothing, the mystery of enjoyment

Join us for an episode on Franz Kafka. We talk about The Departure, The Trial, The Castle and An Imperial Message among others and also discuss women in Kafka, the political and social realities of the late Habsburg monarchy, bureaucracy, freedom, messages with no content, guilt over nothing, shame…

EP4. What stories to tell.

Stories shape how people see the world—and elected authoritarians know it. They use powerful narratives to frame themselves as saviors, simplify complex realities, and rally people around fear or pride. But stories can also strengthen democracy. In this episode of the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit Pod…

S7 Ep. 32: This Strange Eventful History: Claire Messud on Blurring Family History and Fiction

Author Claire Messud joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about how the lines between autobiography and fiction blur, and the ways that families—real and imagined—hide their true histories. Messud’s new novel, This Strange Eventful History, out Tuesday, draws on her own fa…

125 TEASER | Elias Canetti: Crowds and Power

In this episode, we talk about Elias Canetti’s 1960 book Crowds and Power. Equal parts political theory, poetic sociology, and speculative anthropology, this staggering work explores human social life through an increasingly elaborate series of reflections on the nature of crowds. The result is a f…

#26 A Sentimental Journey.

This an audio version narrated by the author of Post #26 of A Sentimental Journey posted on November 30, 2025. Book Seven. Morocco. Section 3. Elias Canetti. Illustration by Danny Hellman. Turfwall is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a fre…

A Cortège of Snails

This week, Peter Filkins, winner of the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize, joins us with chair of the judges Boyd Tonkin to talk about the mercurial genius of Elias Canetti; and a poem in praise of Tuesdays by Jamie McKendrick. 'The Book Against Death', by Elias Canetti, translated by Peter F…

Crowds & Power at Boarding School | Why We Joined In (And How to Forgive Ourselves) | Piers Cross

In this episode, I explore the powerful influence of crowds and group behaviour, particularly within boarding school environments. Why do people join in when someone is being shamed or targeted? Why does it happen so quickly — and often without conscious thought? Drawing on Elias Canetti’s Crowds a…

Lady Midday – The Deadliest Ghost Appears in the Brightest Light | The Real Myth Behind THE WITCHER: 4 Monsters explained

Geralt calls her a "Noonwraith." The Poles call her Południca. And in Lusatia she was feared as the Noon Woman — sickle in hand. In Part 1 of our new four-part series on the real myths behind the monsters of "The Witcher," we dig up where the deadliest ghost in Slavic legend truly comes from: a dem…

Blood Is Slower Than Ink

Arthur Reed Kimball, writing in The Atlantic in 1900, was concerned about the invasion of yellow journalism, a press turning increasingly toward sensationalized headlines and scandal for its own sake. I was interested because, you know, being on the target end of scandal wreaked immense havoc on my…

Nocturne II: The Crowd

The one about a dangerous crowd in Rio and a book that came back thirty years later. Dispatch 27 begins as an experiment: muted jazz, brain-wave tones, construction noise, and the narrator trying to write about Elias Canetti’s Crowds and Power. Almost immediately, the book opens onto a memory. Thir…