#TART (The Atypical Reality Types) --- SynTalk

Is that you on stage? Is the table human? Is existence necessarily a part of (even, physical) reality? Is there only one thing (brahma)? Does poetry depict reality? How is literature different from paper? Are dance and music less reality bound? When does psychological realism begin? Is only the common (or the conventional) real? Are dreams real? Is something real only if it is either a cause or an effect? Are things dependently arisen? Could formalisms depict reality? Are n-branes things? What costumes do characters wear? How do we evoke something? Are we trapped in this saṃsāra? Does the ‘physical’ mean anything philosophically? Is it all empty at the end? Is vacuum emptiness? How is there action at a distance? Are all individuations illusory? How do theory, experiments, religious texts, & inter-subjectivity lead to reality? Are integer numbers real for crows? How do artists compete with the reality of camera? Why does Waiting for Godot need two characters? &, would you know what’s real if you were the only one left on Earth? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using ideas from theoretical physics (Prof. Debashis Ghoshal, JNU, New Delhi), philosophy (Dr. Justin P. Holder, Ashoka University, Delhi NCR) & theatre studies (Prof. Ananda Lal, ex Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Listen in…

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#TEOEE (The Echo Of Extreme Experiences) --- SynTalk

Who writes autobiographies? Is movement a choice for you? Do you plan to go back home? Have you had to leave ‘home’, forever, with fish still frying in the pan? Are you under chronic stress? Are viole...

16 Huhti 1h 19min

#TNATP (The Narrator And The Proscenium) --- SynTalk

Are you a narr-actor or a spect-actor? Are you best placed to narrate your own story? Why do those things not get talked about? Do narrations create selves? Can one perceive differently than one sees?...

11 Maalis 1h 13min

#TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk

How standard are you? What does it mean to be an Individual? Are you a Hutterite? Must charities be voluntary? What about orphans? Should the State tell us what to do? What might absence of State lead...

15 Helmi 1h 14min

#TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk

Has it always been the Anthropocene? Do you care about the ‘powerless’ Nicobar? How old is biodiversity? Why does anyone want to be a conservationist? What is the kind of variety that we wish to prese...

20 Joulu 20251h 24min

#TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk

Are our brains log-normal? Why is breathing rhythmic? Why is there a hum in the universe? Do our hearts beat chaotically? Are the (stock) markets random and ‘unbounded’? What is a market? How is Mercu...

6 Joulu 20251h 14min

#TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk

Are you a born criminal? Is genocide ever justified? Is meritocracy a ‘garbage’ concept? What are the entitlements that you have by virtue of being a human being? Do rights exist because the State exi...

6 Syys 20251h 15min

#TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk

How many meals do you have time for? Why do sweets make you happy? Does fruit sugar (fructose) need insulin? Why does sugar spike? Are oranges and grapes differently sweet? Has sugar always been a tra...

30 Elo 20251h 8min