Episodes

  • Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Don't surrender the flame!

    Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Don't surrender the flame!
    May 16 2025

    How should we meet death? With rage! Or so says the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas! And he's not the only one! Find out more!

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    16 mins
  • Kafka's A Hunger Artist - The Death of Uncompromising Art!

    Kafka's A Hunger Artist - The Death of Uncompromising Art!
    May 16 2025

    What would Kafka think about our attention economy today? And what about the state of our art? Find out more!

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    15 mins
  • Naomi Klein - The Apocalypse, Mars, and the Bunker Nation!

    Naomi Klein - The Apocalypse, Mars, and the Bunker Nation!
    May 10 2025

    Naomi Klein, the Canadian author and social activist, argues for what she sees as the apocalyptic mindset of the far Right. Along with Klein, I offer up a few of my own concerns!

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    17 mins
  • Why We Can't Avoid Making JUDGMENTS—And Why That's a Great Thing!

    Why We Can't Avoid Making JUDGMENTS—And Why That's a Great Thing!
    May 9 2025

    So as we all know, there’s the popular or cliched idea that we should be “nonjudgmental”. But by and large, I don’t think that’s right!

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    14 mins
  • Adorno on Animals - "The degradation of a creature to the status of a mere thing"

    Adorno on Animals - "The degradation of a creature to the status of a mere thing"
    May 7 2025

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    The philosopher Theodor Adorno lays a powerful groundwork for thinking ethically about animals! Find out more!

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    15 mins
  • Humour as Social Critique - Let's keep LAUGHING at POWER!

    Humour as Social Critique - Let's keep LAUGHING at POWER!
    May 5 2025

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    Humour can have real revolutionary force! Ask the philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin. Let's keep laughing at the powerful. It will work!

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    16 mins
  • Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky - Some major DIFFERENCES!

    Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky - Some major DIFFERENCES!
    Apr 30 2025

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    These giants of literature, they're often viewed as similar from afar. But they're not. Especially when it comes to how they see the human soul and the road to salvation!

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    18 mins
  • Miles Davis - Why LESS IS MORE!

    Miles Davis - Why LESS IS MORE!
    Apr 30 2025

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    In our world of more and faster and louder, we might do well to remember that less is often more! Just ask Miles!

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    14 mins
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