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108: Carl Jung - Psychology & Alchemy, part 1
Season 5 Episode 21
The alchemists claimed that they explained "the obscure by the more obscure, the unknown by the more unknown", and accordingly, the secrets of the al…
1 year, 4 months ago
Untimely Reflections #32: Dr. Gregory Sadler - On Stoicism & Philosophy as a Guide to Life
Season 5 Episode 20
Very pleased to finally be joined by Gregory Sadler on the podcast! Greg is one of the more popular teachers of philosophy in the modern age, and giv…
1 year, 4 months ago
107: Søren Kierkegaard - Fear & Trembling
Season 5 Episode 19
Among the 19th century forerunners of existentialism are Friedrich Nietzsche and Søren Kierkegaard. While there is much that divides these two thinke…
1 year, 4 months ago
106: Emil Cioran - On the Heights of Despair
Season 5 Episode 18
Cioran is notorious as the depressive philosopher par excellence. While figures such as Schopenhauer, Ligotti and Benatar have advanced logical argum…
1 year, 4 months ago
Love Never Faileth (Redux)
Season 5 Episode 17
This is a revision and re-recording of Episode 04 of the podcast, "Love Never Faileth". I felt that it wasn't my best work in terms of execution, but…
1 year, 5 months ago
Anti-Christmas Special
Season 5 Episode 16
Is this an anti-Christian screed? Far from it. Today we take a deep dive into one of Nietzsche's core concepts from the Antichrist: the reversal of o…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Gay Science #9 (II.98-II.107)
Season 5 Episode 15
Finishing book 2 of TGS! This coming Tuesday, a Wandering Above a Sea of Fog episode, then a break for a week. Episode art: Priestess at Delphi by J…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Gay Science #8 (II.84 - II.97)
Season 5 Episode 14
Continuing with The Gay Science readthrough! More sections on art, the eternal war between prose and poetry, the Apollinian and Dionysian, and more. …
1 year, 6 months ago
Q&A #11
Season 5 Episode 13
Patrons: "Have you ever said Yes to a single joy?"
Salts: "Yes"
1 year, 6 months ago
The Gay Science #7 (II.76-II.83)
Season 5 Episode 12
"Many lies tell the poets" - Homer. Nietzschean exploration of art, of truth and appearance in the artistic world, the way that madness, art and ritu…
1 year, 6 months ago