#TNATP (The Narrator And The Proscenium) --- SynTalk
Are you a narr-actor or a spect-actor? Are you best placed to narrate your own story? Why do those things not get talked about? Do narrations create selves? Can one perceive differently than one sees?...
11 Mars 1h 13min
#TTEHOW (The To-Each-Her-Own World) --- SynTalk
How standard are you? What does it mean to be an Individual? Are you a Hutterite? Must charities be voluntary? What about orphans? Should the State tell us what to do? What might absence of State lead...
15 Feb 1h 14min
#TPLOD (The Plunge Lines Of Diversity) --- SynTalk
Has it always been the Anthropocene? Do you care about the ‘powerless’ Nicobar? How old is biodiversity? Why does anyone want to be a conservationist? What is the kind of variety that we wish to prese...
20 Dec 20251h 24min
#TRAP (The Rhythms And Perturbations) --- SynTalk
Are our brains log-normal? Why is breathing rhythmic? Why is there a hum in the universe? Do our hearts beat chaotically? Are the (stock) markets random and ‘unbounded’? What is a market? How is Mercu...
6 Dec 20251h 14min
#TEOR (The Effects Of Rights) --- SynTalk
Are you a born criminal? Is genocide ever justified? Is meritocracy a ‘garbage’ concept? What are the entitlements that you have by virtue of being a human being? Do rights exist because the State exi...
6 Sep 20251h 15min
#TEST (The Entangled Sweet Tooth) --- SynTalk
How many meals do you have time for? Why do sweets make you happy? Does fruit sugar (fructose) need insulin? Why does sugar spike? Are oranges and grapes differently sweet? Has sugar always been a tra...
30 Aug 20251h 8min
#TGIP (The Goddesses In Particular) --- SynTalk
How do you look at women? Do Goddesses follow Gods? Is the ultimate Reality an ‘It’? What’s the relationship between matter and energy? Are dualities necessarily conflictual? Is Eve inferior to Adam? ...
4 Jan 20251h 17min
#TDAG (The Dead And Gone) --- SynTalk
Do you have neanderthal DNA? Is your body your identity? What makes the knowledge of death possible when no one alive has experienced it first hand? How does dying feel? What are your schemas for unde...
26 Okt 20241h 16min
