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Christmas Special 2025
Season 6 Episode 12
CONTRIBUTORS:Andrei Georgescu (Artexius)Website: https://andreigeorgescu.ca/
Weltgeist
Craig (Acid Horizon/Lepht Hand)Website: https://www.acidhorizonp…
2 months, 1 week ago
127: Where is the Dao?
Season 6 Episode 11
Introducing "dao" as a concept in Chinese philosophy. We'll explore the the social & historical context of the Spring and Autumn period. We'll follow…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
126: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Season 6 Episode 10
Goethe's novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, was Napoleon Bonaparte's favorite novel. In recent years it has become the subject of memes, and the "s…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin #1 : Imperiopathosis & the Political Stress Index
Season 6 Episode 9
The first of a series of lectures examining Turchin's work in Ages of Discord, a structural-demographic analysis of American history.
Topics in this e…
3 months ago
Untimely Reflections #39: Weltgeist - Schopenhauer on History, Love, Life & Death
Season 6 Episode 8
Weltgeist's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WeltgeistYT
In Untimely Reflections #39, we discuss Schopenhauer's view of history, love of fate, and th…
3 months, 1 week ago
125: Reviewing John Kaag's Hiking with Nietzsche
Season 6 Episode 7
My review of Kaag's book about Nietzsche, the Swiss Alps, and the many other philosophers who have spent time in Sils Maria. Overall a good experienc…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Untimely Reflections #38: Jimmy Burke - Will to Joy
Season 6 Episode 6
The Will to Joy podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0iWF6YMMEriFZ0cE0xhnFN?si=e7ee705bb1814f89
Jimmy's linktree: https://linktr.ee/willtojoy
Jimmy B…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
124: Pierre Klossowski's Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle, pt 3 - The Most Beautiful Inventions of the Sick
Season 6 Episode 5
Our series on Pierre Klossowski concludes with a look at some of the later chapters concerning Nietzsche's state of mind leading up to his breakdown …
4 months ago
123: Rust Cohle & The Flat Circle - Philosophy of True Detective
Season 6 Episode 4
"Time is a flat circle." This famous quote from the series immediately calls to mind Nietzsche's Eternal Return, but it's an unusual connection to sa…
4 months ago
Confucius: On Name & Actuality
Season 6 Episode 3
The Rectification of Names is a Confucian reinterpretation of the function of language. Confucius is usually portrayed as a stuffy moralist, but ther…
4 months, 1 week ago