83: A Brief History of the Afterlife Four Ancient Egypt
Moving in a parallel direction to our last topic, we are going over the afterlife beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians this week, touching on mummification, the pyramid texts, the Egyptian Book of the Dea...
26 Aug 202550min
82: A Brief History of the Afterlife Three
It's part three of our foray into the history of the afterlife, this time with a focus on Ancient Mesopotamia and the legendary Epic of Gilgamesh. We go over the conception of the afterlife presented ...
19 Aug 202549min
81: A Brief History of the Afterlife Two
In the second installment of our afterlife miniseries we delve into the prehistoric realms, discussing the earliest evidence we have for some kind of a belief in the afterlife in prehistoric, neolithi...
12 Aug 202551min
80: A Brief History of the Afterlife One
This week we are deviating from our normal subject matter slightly in covering Albert Brooks's wonderful 1991 film Defending Your Life as a way of introducing the miniseries we'll be running for the n...
5 Aug 202553min
79: I Still Dream of Orgonon
This week we are discussing right-wing paranoia about weather control and how it is being used as a comforting belief that enables one to evade accepting the reality of human influenced climate change...
29 Jul 202547min
78: Islands in the Stream
This week we are discussing the recent furor over the Jeffrey Epstein case which has begun to surface divisions within the MAGA movement. We go over the actual history of the prosecutions of Epstein a...
22 Jul 202552min
77: How Many Ways To Get What You Want?
This week we are discussing the Biblical Antichrist. What does the New Testament have to say about this ominous figure? Why do some Christians maintain his return is a necessary precondition for the s...
15 Jul 202556min
76: I Won't Forget to Put Roses on Your Grave
This week we are discussing Edgar Wright's zombie comedy about the mundanity of day to day life under late capitalism, Shaun of the Dead. Featuring star turns for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the movie ...
8 Jul 202544min
