Episodes

  • Love's Resurgence - Part 3 - Love as an Activity!
    Jul 13 2024

    This is Part 3 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously.

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    32 mins
  • Love's Resurgence - Part 2 - Love as Expansion!
    Jul 12 2024

    This is Part 2 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously.

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    50 mins
  • Love's Resurgence - Part 1 - The Fall of Eros!
    Jul 12 2024

    This is Part 1 of a 3 Part series on love! It should be listened to in sequence! In it, I explore the state of love today and what, if anything, we might learn from some of the great writers, poets and philosophers who take love very seriously.

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    53 mins
  • Orwell's 1984 - The abuse of language and history!
    Jun 28 2024

    George Orwell's 1984 warns against the dangers of a totalitarian society! Take away our language and our history and it's all over! Find out more!

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    22 mins
  • Nietzsche on why art is crucially important for us!
    Jun 28 2024

    For Nietzsche there's no such thing as art for art's sake! No, art has indispensable practical value for our existence! Find out more!

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    10 mins
  • Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea - Beyond the customary fishing grounds!
    Jun 14 2024

    Exploring the themes of skill and heroism in Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize novel!

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    20 mins
  • Socrates - The Man of Mystery!
    May 22 2024

    Socrates influenced many of his contemporaries, but the strange thing is they all went on to develop very different outlooks! What does that say about Socrates? I speculate!

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    19 mins
  • The Ethics of Lawns!
    May 6 2024

    Why do we cultivate lawns? Should we have them? Let's explore!

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    11 mins