191 Episodes

  1. #111 - Guest Interview with Environmental Philosopher Guillermo Zapata: Reading Indigenous Philosophers on Confronting the Sixth Mass Extinction, Building Community, and Overcoming Corporate Power

    Published: 9/11/2024
  2. #110 - Why Did Someone Think This Was a Good Destination? Roy Casagranda on Modernity, Drug Dealer Empires, Neocolonialism, and the Cold War (4/4 Part Series)

    Published: 9/9/2024
  3. #109 - Love and the Search for God: Thomas Merton on Rilke, Monastic versus Lay Living, and Finding God

    Published: 9/7/2024
  4. #108 - The Philosophy of Simone Weil: Sister Ann Astell on Loving Attention, Interfaith Dialogue, Vatican 2, and Christian Mysticism

    Published: 9/6/2024
  5. #107 - A Medicine More Fit for Humanity: Iain McGilchrist on Anti-Materialism, the Divided Brain, and How Art and Literature Can Improve Medicine

    Published: 9/6/2024
  6. #106 (LABOR DAY SPECIAL) - Why I Am Still A Communist: Slavoj Zizek on Stalin's Terror, the Consequences of Neoliberalism, and the Refugee Crisis

    Published: 9/2/2024
  7. #105 - The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza: J. Thomas Cook on Pantheism, the Geometric Method, and Life as a Jewish Heretic

    Published: 9/2/2024
  8. #104 - The Philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard: George Connell on Infinite Resignation, the Knight of Faith, and the Path to the Spiritual Life

    Published: 9/1/2024
  9. #103 - The Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas: Kenneth L. Schmitz on Scholasticism, the Proof of God's Existence, and the Beatific Vision

    Published: 8/30/2024
  10. #102 - The Philosophy of David Hume: Nicholas Capaldi on the Fact/Value Distinction, the Problem of Induction, and Natural Religion

    Published: 8/23/2024
  11. #101 - Apartheid South Africa: Roy Casagranda on Dutch and British Colonialism, the African National Congress, and Turning Point of the Freedom Struggle

    Published: 8/20/2024
  12. #100 - A Complete Guide to Plato's Dialogues: Michael Sugrue on Plato's Literary Style, the Visibility of Reason, and the Emergence of Justice and Wisdom [REUPLOAD]

    Published: 8/20/2024
  13. #99 - Power and Ideology at the New School: Noam Chomsky on Internationalism, Media Bias, and US Global Aggression

    Published: 8/19/2024
  14. #98 - Nonviolent Communication: Marshall Rosenberg on Resolving Conflict, Negotiating Compassionately, and Creating Peace

    Published: 8/18/2024
  15. #97 - The Sword & the Dollar, The US Role in Central America: Michael Parenti on Banana Republics, Anti-Hispanic Racism, and Liberation Theology

    Published: 8/15/2024
  16. #96 - Hegel, the Phenomenology of Spirit, and the Meaning of History: Michael Sugrue

    Published: 8/14/2024
  17. #95 - Activism in the US, Past, Present, and Future: Roy Casagranda on Occupy Wall Street, the Arab Spring, and Civil Disobedience

    Published: 8/12/2024
  18. #94 - David Graeber: Debt, a Five-Thousand Year History

    Published: 8/12/2024
  19. #93- Chaotic Emergence & Strange Attractors: Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham (Trialogue 7-10)

    Published: 8/11/2024
  20. #92- Fractal History and the Imagination: Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Ralph Abraham (Trialogue 4-6)

    Published: 8/10/2024

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Curated lectures, interviews, and talks with philosophers, social scientists, and historians together in one place. Each week, we explore brand new research in history, economics, psychology, political science, philosophy, indigenous studies, and human rights while presenting the work of canonical scholars in a way that is accessible to newcomers while retaining interest for students and specialists. If you are an author in nonfiction or a scholar in the humanities/social sciences and are interested in being interviewed for the show please email me at [email protected] or @Bluesky.