Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBrain Thoughts: Norm MacDonald, Death, Humor, and Bond Villain Klaus Schwab
Wherein your MindMatters hosts share their brain thoughts on recent news and random things, like the death of Norm MacDonald, death itself, humor, Ni…
4 years, 9 months ago
How Did We Get Here? The Atrophy of Liberalism in the West, with Nicholas Capaldi
Today on MindMatters we interview renowned American philosopher Nicholas Capaldi, author of numerous books, including The Art of Deception and the de…
4 years, 9 months ago
The Rise of Homo Americanus with Zbigniew Janowski
Was the fall of Soviet communism 30 years ago a liberation, or just the replacement of one totalitarian ideology with another? Today on MindMatters w…
4 years, 9 months ago
Meaning All the Way Down: The Wonders and Mysteries of Language with Juliana Barembuem
Language. We use it to speak, obtain information and enrich our minds. We’re immersed in it every day and would find it nearly impossible to communic…
4 years, 10 months ago
Is Liberalism the New Totalitarianism? A Conversation with Ryszard Legutko
During the Cold War, the world's liberal democracies, like the USA, were widely perceived as the bastion of freedom, especially to those behind the I…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Postmodern Bible: An Interpretation for Everyone!
For some it is the holiest book, they only one you'll ever need. For others it is a tool of conquering. Some find in it the loftiest values, others o…
4 years, 10 months ago
Cliodynamics and the Secular Cycles of History
Does history really repeat? If so, how, and why? We discussed the "fourth turning" on a previous episode of MindMatters. According to Strauss and How…
4 years, 11 months ago
Finding Your Red Line: Lessons from Milgram and the Holocaust
As things continue to get worse culturally and politically, it pays to ask oneself how far one will go. What are the limits to my obedience to author…
4 years, 11 months ago
Arthur Versluis: The New Inquisitions vs the Mystical State
Arthur Versluis, professor of religious studies at Michigan State University, is the author of many books and an expert on Western mysticism and esot…
4 years, 11 months ago
Phillip Barlag: Murderers, Tyrants and Lunatics - A History of Rome at Its Worst
You thought the Targaryens were bad...
Extreme avarice. Fratricide. Megalomania. Debauchery. Genocide. At the height of its power and influence anci…
4 years, 11 months ago