Episode #229 - Kafka and Totalitarianism (Arendt, Adorno)
Today we talk about Kafka's book The Castle and how the symbolism is interpreted by two...
31:23
Episode #228 ... Albert Camus - Kafka and The Fall
Today we talk about Camus' book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger...
30:45
Episode #227 ... Albert Camus - On Exile
Today we talk about the concept of exile from the work of Camus. We focus on a couple stories...
36:21
Episode #226 - Albert Camus - The Rebel
Today we talk about Camus’ concept of rebellion and how it offers a powerful alternative to...
34:50
Episode #225 ... Albert Camus - The Plague
We look at Albert Camus' The Plague. We talk about a common misreading from the Myth of Sisyphus....
32:52
Episode #224 ... Albert Camus - The Stranger
Today we talk about the book The Stranger by Albert Camus. We talk about why Camus saw himself as...
29:58
Episode #223 ... Religion and the duck-rabbit - Kyoto School pt. 3
Today we talk about the relationship between philosophy and religion. We talk about the...
34:48
Episode #222 ... Dostoevsky - Love in The Brothers Karamazov
Today we talk about the philosophical themes around love in The Brothers Karamazov. We talk about...
40:44
Episode #221 ... Dostoevsky - The Idiot
Today we talk about the book The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about the curse of...
38:13
Episode #220 ... Dostoevsky - Demons
Today we discuss the philosophical themes of the book Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about...
39:43
Episode #219 ... Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
Today we talk about the philosophical themes that Dostoevsky had in mind when writing Crime and...
32:19
Episode #218 ... Dostoevsky - Notes From Underground
Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Notes From...
35:42
Episode #217 ... Religion and Nothingness - Kyoto School pt. 2 - Nishitani
Today we talk about expanding our view of what a religious quest includes. The limits of...
47:08
Episode #216 ... The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism - Kyoto School pt. 1 - Nishitani
Today we look at the work of Keiji Nishitani. We examine Nihilism in a deeper way than we've ever...
35:33
Episode #215 ... How Mysticism is missing in our modern lives. (Critchley, Heidegger)
Today we talk about whether it's possible to achieve not just freedom of the will, but freedom...
31:16
Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger)
Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object framing...
37:54
Episode #213 ... Deleuze Interprets Nietzsche (Difference, Joy, Affirmation)
Today we talk about Deleuze's interpretation of Nietzsche's work. We talk about difference taken...
37:03
Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2)
Today we begin by talking about Nietzsche's concept of life-affirmation. Contrasting it with the...
38:29
Episode #211 ... Nietzsche returns with a hammer!
Today we talk about Nietzsche's views on the decay of western society. We talk about his problems...
40:32
Episode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education)
We talk about Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His critique of the banking model of...
38:42
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