In Living Memory: Noam Chomsky
https://apnews.com/article/noam-chomsky-hospitalized-stroke-recovery-brazil-4fb6782abf6a7b6d0bbb30cefa05cede I learned yesterday that Noam Chomsky has had a massive stroke, one which has paralyzed th...
13 Kesä 202415min
500 Subscriber Special - Existentialism is a Humanism, Read by the Host
500 subscribers is a surprise and a delight. I started this thing just for myself and a small group of interested friends, and I'm really happy to see that 500 other fellow travelers are finding somet...
8 Kesä 20241h 15min
Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (4): Libation Bearers
Synopsis: Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon is in a real pickle. His mother has conspired with her new boy-toy/husband Aegisthus to murder Agamemnon, who is now dead and whose grave Orest...
4 Kesä 20241h 4min
Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (3): Clytemnestra
He had no way to flee or right his destiny- our never-ending, all embracing net, I cast it wide for the royal haul, I coil him round and round in the wealth, the robes of doom, and then I strike him o...
3 Kesä 20241h 12min
Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (2): Agamemnon
In this episode, Michael Davis discusses the first work in Aeschylus' trilogy, the Agamemnon. Short story short: Agamemnon wants to go do the Trojan War because his brother Menelaus got cucked by Pari...
3 Kesä 20241h 10min
Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (1): Why We Love Tragedy
Lectures by Michael Davis, Professor of Philosophy, delivered in the fall semester of 2018 at Sarah Lawrence College. Davis works primarily in Greek philosophy, in moral and political philosophy, and...
2 Kesä 20241h 16min
Michael Sugrue - Plato's Republic: The Complete Guide [Reupload]
I've taken a few of Professor Sugrue's lectures and stitched them together to make a complete, one-stop shopping guide to Plato's Republic that is pleasant to listen to, interesting, and intellectuall...
1 Kesä 20242h 16min
Chris Hedges - American Sadism
Advisory: This episode is INTENSE and it is not suitable for children. Discusses violence against women and children as well as warfare and torture. Chris Hedges is one of my living heroes; to the ext...
1 Kesä 202455min
