CultureCast

CultureCast

I am a philosopher with a doctorate and a writer living in Philadelphia. I want to dig deep in this podcast, going beyond the superficial level of daily events. Along with Thoreau, I want to search for the principle behind the myriad instances and applications. All news is gossip, ideas are what drive history.

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Walt Whitman, Minor Prophet: Founder of a Post-Christian Religious Myth

Walt Whitman, Minor Prophet: Founder of a Post-Christian Religious Myth

In this episode, I discuss Walt Whitman's for a post-Christian religion. Whitman was influenced by deism, which sought a rational religion that did not include elements of revelation. Whitman rejected...

19 Aug 202030min

The Endgame of the World Economic Forum For the Coronavirus: Untact

The Endgame of the World Economic Forum For the Coronavirus: Untact

In this episode, I discuss some of the grand ambitions of the World Economic Forum in the post-Covid world. I discuss how they are working to double down on social distancing, reinvent sexuality and m...

17 Aug 202030min

Why is the World So Screwed Up? The Gnomic Will!

Why is the World So Screwed Up? The Gnomic Will!

In this episode, I discuss a controversy in the sixth century Church over the nature of the will (or wills) of Christ. The Monothelite heresy claimed that Jesus, even though he had both a human and a ...

16 Aug 202021min

Are Christianity and Socialism Compatible?

Are Christianity and Socialism Compatible?

In this episode, I address the issue of the compatibility of socialism and Christianity. I argue that socialism does not cultivate compassion through forcible seizure of property, and it actually stem...

15 Aug 202034min

Ideas Behind RussiaGate

Ideas Behind RussiaGate

In this episode, I analyze the philosophical beliefs of key players in the RussiaGate story. I focus specifically on the ideology of Strobe Talbott who runs the Brookings Institution. Talbott is a fir...

11 Aug 202038min

Is God Living A Solipsistic Nightmare?

Is God Living A Solipsistic Nightmare?

In this podcast, I consider a bleak article by blogger Benjamin Cain, that can be found at http://the rabbitisin.com/the-nightmare-of-god-152c2cc8694b. In this article, Cain advances the thesis that G...

10 Aug 202028min

The Phenomenon of the Sublime

The Phenomenon of the Sublime

In this episode, I discuss the phenomenon of the sublime, a peak experience involving a pleasure because of terror at being overwhelmed. It can occur when overpowered by an experience of the awesomene...

9 Aug 202022min

Challenging the Umwelt

Challenging the Umwelt

This is an episode on how to break out the limited presuppositions and perspectives of our place in history. We each have an Umwelt that is an incomplete map of reality. You can find the article on wh...

7 Aug 202011min

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