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141: Be Sure To Scour Your Shire
Looking into The Lord of the Rings and comparing the books to the movies, Artemus exposes how the movies were a fine adaptation but failed us as a society. In relation to Tolkien's essay, On Fairy St…
Published on 10 hours ago
140: Tolkien About Fairies
While J.R.R. Tolkien was creating Middle Earth, he literally defined the genre of Fantasy in a 1939 lecture, "On Fairy Stories." This week, Artemus breaks down that lecture, taking Bartleby on a tour…
Published on 1 week ago
139: The Tarot's Journey
This week, we look at the origins of the Tarot and the Major Arcana, examining the relationships between these archetypes. Artemus guides us through a tour of the cards and explores their relationshi…
Published on 2 weeks ago
138: Into the Plexiverse
What is reality made of? Taking a page from Carl Jung, we examine the space in between the collective unconscious and that thing we call the synchronicity. It’s a celestial dream space, where reality…
Published on 3 weeks ago
137: Something In the Way
Why do we procrastinate? What are the invisible barriers that keep us from getting it done? Bartleby and Artemus manage to unpack the topic at the very last moment and teach us the value of getting i…
Published on 4 weeks ago
136: The Love We All Deserve
Do we deserve this? What does the word “deserve” even mean? Breaking it all down,Bartleby and Artemus discover that it is a circular loop of self-entitlement and self-deprecation. In another amazing …
Published on 1 month ago
135: Mankind and a Kind Superman
As Superman's popularity rises in the zeitgeist, Bartleby and Artemus examine what this says about humanity. Our favorite pair of socks dive into some deep questions about Neitzche's Übermensch and t…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
134: Apex Comedian
What does survival mean to animals and is it any different for the human animals? Inspired by the stand up comedy of David Drake, our favorite pair of socks examine human nature, yet again. Also, we …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
133: Sailing the Seven Cees of Education
With education standards on the decline, we ask ourselves, what is the cause of this decline, what are its effects, and what can be done about it? Our favorite pair of socks have several suggestions,…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
132: The Zombies In Our Heads
As bombs fly overhead in the Middle East, Bartleby and Artemus look back on the wisdom Delores O'Riordan left us and how relevant her message still is. With Israel and Iran embroiled at war, we ask o…
Published on 2 months ago