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104: Donna Tartt - The Secret History
Season 5 Episode 8
Donna Tartt's novel The Secret History is a loveletter to Greek tragedy, that begins with a dedication from Nietzsche and Plato. Central to the story…
1 year, 4 months ago
103: Euripedes - The Bacchae
Season 5 Episode 7
The Bacchae is a parennially popular Greek tragedy that portrays the coming of Dionysus to Greece. The Dionysian strikes Hellas like a wave of madnes…
1 year, 5 months ago
102: Michel Foucault - Madness & Civilization
Season 5 Episode 6
Michel Foucault is one of the most influential philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. He remains a controversial figure, but undoubtedly he had …
1 year, 5 months ago
101: Aeschylus - The Oresteia
Season 5 Episode 5
Aeschylus' Oresteia is the only extant trilogy of Greek drama. Alongside the Parthenon, the Oresteia is considered one of the two greatest 'monuments…
1 year, 5 months ago
100: Peter Sloterdijk - Nietzsche Apostle
Season 5 Episode 4
Welcome to the ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE of The Nietzsche Podcast. Today we're examining the speech of Peter Sloterdijk, given on the centennial of Nietz…
1 year, 5 months ago
99: Carl Jung - The Undiscovered Self
Season 5 Episode 3
In 1956, Jung wrote the essay entitled, "Past and Future" in German, but we know it in English as "The Undiscovered Self". Having witnessed the horro…
1 year, 6 months ago
98: Yukio Mishima - Sun & Steel
Season 5 Episode 2
Yukio Mishima (born Kimitake Hiraoka, 1925-1970) wrote dozens of stories, including famous works such as Confessions of a Mask, and Patriotism. He wa…
1 year, 6 months ago
97: Sophocles - Oedipus Rex & Oedipus at Colonus
Season 5 Episode 1
Welcome to season five of The Nietzsche Podcast! First of all, a warm thank you to all of my listeners and patrons who have helped to make this show …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Gay Science #5 (I.45 - I.56)
Season 4 Episode 41
Concluding with our readthrough of book I of The Gay Science! We'll return with book II in a short while. In the meantime, we're going back to regula…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Gay Science #4 (I.30 -I.44)
Season 4 Episode 40
Join me for the next installment of our readthrough of The Gay Science. Here, we cover a number of aphorisms concerning: fame and its effect on frien…
1 year, 7 months ago