Plato's Symposium: Agathon and Socrates - Ep. 8
The final set-up for Socrates’ speech establishes both the importance of one who knows above generally accepted wisdom as well as the complete dismissal of the mythological concepts as presented so fa...
14 Juli 202544min
Techno Feudalism
Jean-Francois Lyotard, Gilles Deleuze, Foucault, Baudrillard all discussed major aspects of what is today often called Techno-Feudalism. While some of the modern conceptions are certainly apt and insi...
11 Juli 202540min
The Transvaluation of All Values: West Africa 2 - Ep. 7
A further exploration of the ways in which a willingness to open ourselves to the cultural influence of West Africa could potentially really help transform our lives for the better.Sign-up for Wes’s P...
9 Juli 202557min
Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Aristophanes - Ep. 7
While these speeches seem very different - and they are on the surface - they actually articulate a similar outlook expressed in very different terms. The idea of love driving us towards a unity with ...
7 Juli 202540min
The Transvaluation of All Values: Can West Africa Save Us? - Ep. 6
If you feel your current values are failing then one needs to search for new values. One readily available set of values is provided by the influence of West Africa that still exists in the United Sta...
2 Juli 202549min
Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Pausanias - Ep.6
So much for Phaedrus. Plato quickly moves to present core elements of his world view while undercutting the simple love for the gods. Again, everything is political, philosophical and very critical of...
30 Juni 202546min
The Transvaluation of All Values: Joy not Fear - Ep. 5
Shockingly, people are immersed in a series of internal narratives that impose a sense of threat and fear as a core element of existence. Embracing Joy, like Play, fundamentally alters our experience ...
26 Juni 202557min
Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Phaedrus - Ep. 4
The first speech comes from Phaedrus. He is sincere and well intentioned but delivers a seemingly very limited take on the nature of Love. As ever, there is a level of philosophy, politics and religio...
23 Juni 202533min
