Podcast Episodes

There’s another side to every war. Satire, War & Hollywood - Co-creator DON McKELLAR on The Sympathizer

Season 12

"I think the reason for success of the novel The Sympathizer was the very unique voice in the book. It's told in first person with this kind of raconteur who's very intelligent. It's satiric. It tack…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Do good deeds offset bad deeds? How do our families shape who we become?- Highlights - DAN FUTTERMAN & ADAM RAPP

Season 12

"You can't choose your family. You know, I hear that all the time. I'm always amazed when I see families that stick together and wind up being friends at the second, third, fourth decades of their li…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Exploring American Rust: Broken Justice w/ DAN FUTTERMAN & ADAM RAPP - Award-winning Screenwriters/EPs

Season 12

What role do the families we’re born into or the traumas we experience shape the people we become? Do good deeds offset bad deeds? How can the arts increase our capacity for empathy, understanding, a…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

How has travel contributed to the ecological degradation of the planet? - Highlights - MICHAEL CRONIN

Season 12

“The idea of a kind of inert world that is simply there for our pleasure, enjoyment, and exploitation has proved to be catastrophically mistaken because we see it with flooding, we see it with forest…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Eco-Travel: Journeying in the Age of the Anthropocene w/ MICHAEL CRONIN - Author, Prof. of Culture, Literature & Translation

Season 12

How has tourism and writing about travel contributed to the ecological degradation of the planet?How does language influence perception and our relationship to the more-than-human world?

Michael Croni…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

How to Live a Good a Life - Stoic Wisdom & the Founding Fathers - Highlights - JEFFREY ROSEN

Season 12

"That idea of planting seeds for future generations came from the Tusculan Disputations. There’s something especially empowering about Cicero. And it's very striking that Thomas Jefferson and John Ad…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The Pursuit of Happiness - JEFFREY ROSEN - President & CEO of the National Constitution Center

Season 12

What is the true meaning of the pursuit of happiness? What can we learn from the Founding Fathers about achieving harmony, balance, tranquility, self-mastery, and pursuing the public good?

Jeffrey Ros…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

What can turtles teach us about time, patience & wisdom? - Highlights - SY MONTGOMERY & MATT PATTERSON

Season 12

"The other big hard problem in philosophy is time. And I felt, you know, who better to lead me in this exploration than turtles, who live in some cases for centuries, who've been around...they arose …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Of Time and Turtles - Author SY MONTGOMERY & Illustrator MATT PATTERSON

Season 12

What can turtles teach us about time, patience, and wisdom? What can we learn about the mysteries of consciousness by observing animals? How can we open our senses and embrace the interconnectedness …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The Transformative Power of Writing with ANDRE DUBUS III - Highlights

Season 12

"All creative writing is that act of reaching for the pieces to put it back together again. And with the memoir, the essay, it's human memory. Your memory for your own existence. With fiction, it’s a…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago