Major Thinkers - Friedrich Nietzsche - Ep. 1
MAJOR THINKERS - NIETZSCHE - EP. 1 An intellectual biography of Nietzsche kicks off this series discussing the life and philosophy of a series of major thinkers. I explore some of the key ideas and in...
17 Jan 20251h 11min
Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 1
A work that I think embodies, quite consciously on the part of Jung, many of the contradictions, challenges, and paradoxes of the modern mind trying to come to grips with a world that simply does not ...
15 Jan 202528min
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 13
ADDENDUM - CALVINISTIC MATERIALISM VS. NIHILISTIC MATERIALISMDoes America practice a particular type of Nihilism? A follow up to clarify the notion of why Nihilism - the belief that there is no order ...
15 Jan 202515min
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 12
Q & A #6 - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION: 1935 - 1949Wes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture VI: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATIONSign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answered by Wes! Plu...
13 Jan 20251h 2min
House of the Intellect - Ep. 1
INTELLECTUAL HOMELESSNESS:This series will explore the contemporary state of the world of arts and ideas and how we can begin to build lives centered around culture and philosophy. We are often misled...
13 Jan 202543min
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 11
LECTURE 6 - THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION - 1935 - 1949The twin catastrophes of the Great Depression and World War II utterly transformed America. In just 20 years, the structure of government, focus of th...
11 Jan 202554min
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 10
Q & A #5 - AMERICAN CALVINISMWes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lecture V: American CalvinismSign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answered by Wes! Plus, gain access to course m...
9 Jan 202552min
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 9
LECTURE 5 - AMERICAN CALVINISMIn this lecture I explore the deep and abiding influence of Calvinism on the American cultural outlook. Whether Christian or not, Americans believe in purity, the central...
2 Jan 202551min
