The Hero Emerges, Standing in the Midst of Chaos, and the Origin of Jake Jetpulse | Led Bradshaw #35
Who needs a hero? We all do. In times of great anxiety, depression, and cynicism, the hero reminds us of what is good in the world and what is worth fighting for. This week on The Neutral Ground Podca...
8 Mar 20221h 5min
Moby-Dick's Captain Ahab, and a Warning We Need for Today | Dr. Joe Meyer #34
Captain Ahab is not crazy; he's mad. That's not the same thing. In this episode of the Neutral Ground Podcast, we're going to take a look at chapter 132 of Herman Melville's classic Moby-Dick. We'll b...
4 Mar 202257min
Salvation for the monstrous and the horror of being | Dr. Jon Greenaway #33
Is there salvation for the monstrous? This is just one of the important questions we explore in this episode of the Neutral Ground Podcast with my guest Dr. Jonathan Greenaway. We talk about some fami...
22 Feb 202253min
The Business of Acting, Danger of Weapons on a Set, and Crafting a Laugh | Valorie Hubbard #32
All the world is a stage this week on The Neutral Ground Podcast. My guest is actress Valorie Hubbard. Valorie has a whole host of credits: Castle, Marvel's Agent’s of S.H.I.E.L.D; How I Met Your Moth...
15 Feb 20221h 8min
Imitating Violence, Rene Girard's Reading of Nietzsche | Dr. Duane Armitage #31
In this week's episode of The Neutral Ground Podcast, we discuss Dr. Duane Armitage's book: Philosophy's Violent Sacred. In the book, Armitage explores French philosopher Rene Girard's reading of reli...
10 Feb 202252min
Paradise Lost Book 4 Satan's Soliloquy Analysis | Dr. Joe Meyer #30
In this extemporaneous reading of Satan's soliloquy from Book 4 of John Milton's Paradise Lost, we take a look at some of the more intriguing lines that show just how much Satan suffers under the weig...
1 Feb 202245min
The Neuroscience behind our Need for Narrative | Dr. Angus Fletcher #29
My guest this week is Dr. Angus Fletcher. Dr. Fletcher is Professor at Ohio State University in the Project Narrative program. He has appeared on numerous podcasts, including Jordan B. Peterson and Th...
25 Jan 202253min
Harvey Korman, the actor, the comedian, the loving father | Christopher Korman #28
The great actor/comedian Harvey Korman made a countless number of people laugh, cry, and cheer with the work that he did in movies like Blazing Saddles, History of the World: Part 1, and television sh...
20 Jan 20221h 13min
