Radio Pick: Samuel Johnson on On Point

TORONTO, ONTARIO - This week's radio pick was heard on WBUR's "On Point".

Generally speaking, radio shows on long-deceased authors do not interest me. However, a caller about 35 minutes into this 53-minute show described how he had acquired the giddiness about Samuel Johnson that author Jeffrey Meyers and analyst Jack Beatty had been expressing from the top of the show, and I suspect that most listeners will share that giddiness after hearing about Johnson's modern relevance. This show was a great example of how to make a literary figure accessible and interesting to a general audience.

Listen to streaming MP3 of On Point "Samuel Johnson at 300"