Episodes

  • 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
  • Can you be GOOD without GOD?
    Sep 22 2024

    Dostoevsky said that if God is dead, then everything is permitted. In other words, morality depends on religion. Is that true? I don't think so!

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    21 mins
  • Horace and Carpe Diem - What this famous phrase REALLY means!
    Sep 13 2024

    Carpe Diem is usually translated as seize the day. But that's not quite accurate, and it's a reflection of our times! Sit back and enjoy, like a good Epicurean!

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    15 mins
  • The Presocratic philosophers - From myth to matter!
    Sep 8 2024

    The Presocratics, the first philosophers and scientists, rejected traditional mythological explanations in favour of rational ones! Huge turning point! Find out more!

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    17 mins