Episode One: Who Are We?
A young Thoreau pursues a career as an author. Disheartened, he retreats to a cabin in the woods to live simply, deliberately—and write.
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Monday, March 30, 2026 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Episode Two: Being Alive
Thoreau lives at Walden Pond for two years, where he writes two books, travels to Maine, and gets arrested in an act of civil disobedience.
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Monday, March 30, 2026 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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Episode Three: Several More Lives to Live
After Walden, Thoreau works as a surveyor, scientist, and abolitionist, and travels to Cape Cod and Maine as a lifelong illness catches up with him.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm