Episodes

  • Selfies and Existentialism!
    Nov 19 2024

    Selfie-ism permeates our world culture! Do we have cause for concern? What would the existentialists think?

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    16 mins
  • What the heck happened to integrity and character?!
    Nov 14 2024

    What's going on? Why don't we care about character anymore? This is very troubling.

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    19 mins
  • Marinetti and Futurism - Welcome to the machine!
    Nov 8 2024

    The Italian futurist Marinetti called for the absolute glorification of everything new and modern, a worship of everything machine! What resonance all this has today!

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    21 mins
  • The lost art of reading! And why reading makes us truly happy!
    Oct 30 2024

    Reading has become nearly obsolete in our age of momentary gratification. This is a great loss as reading engenders all sorts of important qualities that benefit us!

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    23 mins
  • The problem with lying and liars!
    Oct 20 2024

    Lying seems to be on the rise, especially in the political world! I don't think we realize how dangerous and how morally problematic it is!

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    17 mins
  • Why the existentialists hate the bourgeois!
    Oct 14 2024

    The French existentialists have a problem with bourgeois morality and relationships! What's their beef all about? Find out more!

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    15 mins
  • Aristotle, Leisure and AI - Outsourcing our humanity!
    Oct 5 2024

    For Aristotle, leisure is the most important human activity. Unfortunately we're contracting out our leisure activities to AI, and with it, our humanity!

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    19 mins
  • Freud, the Uncanny and AI!
    Sep 30 2024

    Why do we feel so disturbed by dolls and robots that are human-like? Why do we really fear AI? Freud has an answer!

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    16 mins