Recessional
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Recessional by Rudyard Kipling comes up on The Rest Is History and The Joe Rogan Experience, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
Recessional by Rudyard Kipling appears 2 times across 2 podcast episodes on 2 shows, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“the famous verse in it far called our navies melt away on dune and headland sinks, the fire low, all our pomp of yesterday is one with Nineveh and tire judge of the nation.”
Why people keep bringing this up
The host discusses Rudyard Kipling's poem 'Recessional' as a significant literary response to the British Empire's Jubilee. They highlight how the poem serves as a cautionary reminder of the impermanence of power, contrasting the celebratory mood of the time.
Recessional by Rudyard Kipling most often appears in conversations about Imperial mood and warning.
Recent linked podcasts include The Rest Is History and The Joe Rogan Experience, giving you a quick path from the book back to the shows where it actually came up.
The host discusses Rudyard Kipling's poem 'Recessional' as a significant literary response to the British Empire's Jubilee. They highlight how the poem serves as a cautionary reminder of the impermanence of power, contrasting the celebratory mood of the time.
Recent show rotation: The Rest Is History and The Joe Rogan Experience.
Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 30:18 in the episode where we captured it.
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Which episode mentioned Recessional?
190. Jubilees on The Rest Is History is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned Recessional by Rudyard Kipling. Other indexed episodes include #1801 - David Mamet on The Joe Rogan Experience. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 30:18.
Which podcast mentioned Recessional?
The Rest Is History and The Joe Rogan Experience are the main indexed podcasts currently tied to Recessional by Rudyard Kipling.
Who mentioned Recessional on podcasts?
PodcastMentions ties Recessional by Rudyard Kipling to The Rest Is History and The Joe Rogan Experience, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.
Why do podcast guests bring up Recessional?
The host discusses Rudyard Kipling's poem 'Recessional' as a significant literary response to the British Empire's Jubilee. They highlight how the poem serves as a cautionary reminder of the impermanence of power, contrasting the celebratory mood of the time. It most often appears in conversations about Imperial mood and warning.
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“The poem that he writes isn't at all what people have been expecting because it's called recessional.”
“It's, uh, called Recessional. Yeah, Reccessional, yeah. And wh-what is, what was the My good friend, the Rudyard Kipling, he said, 'It's a poem said that at writing at the height of, uh, British power...'”