Episode 10: Violence according to Hannah Arendt and Frank Miller
Jake and Phil discuss Hannah Arendt's "Reflections on Violence" and Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns." Works referenced Hannah Arendt, “Reflections on Violence” https://www.nybooks.com/articl...
6 Joulu 20181h 23min
Episode 9: The Oulipo and the Naked City
Jake and Phil are joined by Olivia Garard (@teaandtactics) of The Strategy Bridge (https://thestrategybridge.org/editorial-team/2016/8/16/olivia-a-garard) to discuss Oulipo member Anne Garréta's "On B...
8 Marras 20181h 28min
Episode 8: Resentments, Justice, and the Sins of the Father
Jake and Phil overcome audio difficulties to discuss Jean Amery's "Resentments" and Andre Dubus II's short story "A Father's Story." Works cited: Jean Amery, At the Mind’s Limits https://rosswolfe.f...
10 Loka 20181h 28min
Episode 7: Patriotism and the Unknown Soldier
Jake and Phil discuss Alasdair MacIntyre's "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" and the story of the November 11, 1921 burial of the Unknown Soldier, as told by Jonathan Ebel in his book GI Messiahs Works refer...
10 Syys 20181h 39min
Episode 6: Revolution, Entropy, and Abstract Art
Jake and Phil side with the madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels and skeptics on this episode, discussing Yevgeny Zamyatin's “On Literature, Revolution, Entropy, and Other Matters,” alongside t...
7 Elo 20181h 20min
Episode 5: Everybody's Protest Novel and the Responsibilities of Art
Jake and Phil talk about the political and social obligations of art. To set the stage they discuss W.E.B. Du Bois' "Criteria for Negro Art" originally delivered as a speech to the 1926 Conference of ...
10 Heinä 20181h 29min
Episode 4: My Twisted World and Martin Scorcese's Taxi Driver
Special Guest: Harry Seigel.
12 Kesä 20181h 11min
Episode 3: Schiller's Aesthetic Letters and and Ian McEwan's The Use of Poetry
29 Touko 20181h 6min
