Dostoevsky - Notes From Underground episode of the podcast dropped last night. Such a privilege to make these podcasts for all of you. Seriously, thanks. 🙏 Description: We talk about contemplative inertia, the “stone wall” of rationality, utopian socialism, the tension between

Another year of the podcast in the books. Seriously, thank you everyone for making it possible in all the ways you support. New episode dropped last night #219 on the philosophical themes of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.  We talk about Russian Nihilism and its consequences.

First episode of the year. It’s on Dostoevsky’s book Demons. It’s out on all the platforms. Hope you enjoy it and have a great week, my friends. :) Today we discuss the philosophical themes of the book Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We talk about western liberalism, the lack of

Brand new episode of the podcast just dropped. Of the five great novels from Dostoevsky this is number four: The Idiot. Hope you love it and have a great week. :) In the episode: we talk about the curse of sainthood. The connection between beauty and morality via his

Last night an episode of Philosophize This! was released on love in The Brothers Karamazov. We talk about Dostoevsky’s existential, tragic form of Christianity. Family as a microcosm of society. Active love as an experiential framing. The Grand Inquisitor. Hope you enjoy it and

New podcast released last night! We talk about the relationship between philosophy and religion. We talk about the duck-rabbit as a metaphor that may have something useful to teach us about the way we experience reality. We talk about the enormous difficulty of fully addressing

Hope you enjoy the new Camus episode dropped yesterday. We talk about the book The Stranger. We talk about why Camus saw himself as an artist and not a philosopher. We talk about happiness. The absurd and it’s full implications. The Mediterranean lifestyle. The sun as a symbol of

Released another episode on Camus five minutes ago. Episode #225 on his book The Plague. We talk about a common misreading from the Myth of Sisyphus. We talk about different cycles of his work from his earlier individual confrontation with the absurd to a more community focus. We

Albert Camus. New episode just released, #226, on his long essay called The Rebel. Hope you have a great week, my friends. :) Today we talk about Camus’ concept of rebellion and how it offers a powerful alternative to abstract ideologies. We talk about solidarity as the

Hope you’re having a great week! Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism soon on the podcast?

New podcast just released. #227 on Camus and a deeper look at exile. Thanks for all the great energy you all bring here. Hope you have a great week. Here’s a description of the episode for anyone interested: Today we talk about the concept of exile from the work of Camus. We

“The highest level of abstraction in any field is going to be philosophy. If you’re somebody well educated in a field, at the top of your field, in order to make progress in that field, you have to subvert the existing set of protocols and assumptions, axiomatically, that are

New episode of the podcast just dropped on Camus and Kafka! #228. We talk about Camus’ book The Fall and what the main character represents in his larger project. We also talk about someone Camus deeply admired, Franz Kafka, and how to think of the images he created in his work.

Just released a new podcast on Kafka. Episode #229. I hope you love it. We talk about Kafka’s book The Castle and how the symbolism is interpreted by two powerhouse philosophers: Theodore Adorno and Hannah Arendt. :) #philosophy #arendt #adorno #kafka

Episode #231 … The Late Work of Wittgenstein - Language Games just released. Hope you love it, my friends, and have a fantastic week. :) Today we talk about the late work of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. We talk about the meaning of words. Augustine’s theory.

Friedrich Nietzsche and Paul Rée posing in front of Lou Salomé holding a whip... (1882) Lucerne, Switzerland

At 89 years old, Bertrand Russell was arrested for protesting against nuclear weapons. He was charged with breach of the peace and sentenced to a week in Brixton Prison. The court offered to let him go if he promised to be on his best behavior. Russell refused, saying, “No, I

New podcast released yesterday on Byung-Chul Han. It’s about his book The Crisis of Narration. We talk about the history of storytelling. Walter Benjamins distinction between a Paris fire and a revolution in Madrid. The effects of social media on memory. Story telling vs story

New podcast just dropped on Dostoevsky and Bataille. Episode 233. We talk about two different theories for why we ritualize self-destructive behavior. We check out a lesser-known work from Dostoevsky called The Gambler. We consider how much we can hold people morally accountable