Podcast Episodes

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

Season 12

“Doubling is kind of a big theme, and maybe it always is in spy literature, but maybe I think that that's why Viet chose to write a spy novel in a way and play with those sort of tropes because it's …

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

DON McKELLAR on The Sympathizer with Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., Park Chan-wook

Season 12

What are the stories we tell ourselves to justify our actions in times of war? How can the arts convey complexity and foster understanding?

Don McKellar is a highly accomplished writer, director, and …

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 Judeo-Christian idea is of Adam in the Garden of Eden, where he's given dominion over all things on the Earth, including plants and animals, and he is in a superior position, and the living worl…

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 can music help us expand our understanding of consciousness & AI? - Highlights - DUSTIN O’HALLORAN

Season 12

"I think it's really a crossroads between knowledge and wisdom. And I think that wisdom for me is so connected to nature and the information that we get from nature. We ultimately are part of the nat…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Consciousness, AI & Creativity with DUSTIN O’HALLORAN - Emmy Award-winning Composer

Season 12

What will happen when Artificial General Intelligence arrives? What is the nature of consciousness? How are music and creativity pathways for reconnecting us to our humanity and the natural world?

Dus…

Published on 1 year, 9 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 A…

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