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Ep. 366: Edith Stein on Empathy (Part One)
On The Problem of Empathy (1917). What is empathy, and what is its significance?
Stein pictures empathy as a dynamic process that involves what Schel…
1 year, 5 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #195: Mike White's Lotus
We discuss the HBO dramedy about rich people having existential crises at a luxury resort in light of its third season. What exactly made this latest…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part Two)
We conclude our treatment of Max Scheler's The Nature of Sympathy (1922), getting further into the Part II of the book about love and hatred and grap…
1 year, 5 months ago
NEM#230: Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500) Waxes Poetic
Dean has released about 20 albums, starting with three '88-'90 with Galaxie 500, then he started fresh in New York as Luna, releasing seven albums an…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 365: Scheler on Love (Part One)
On The Nature of Sympathy (1922), Part II: "Love and Hatred." What is love, and how does it relate to ethics and to sympathy?
For Scheler, love is a …
1 year, 5 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #194: Adolescence Wrecks Us
We watched the 4-part British crime series that's become #1 in 80 countries, breaking Netflix's records for an original series. And man, was it a bum…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Three)
Mark, Wes, and Dylan reconvened for one more hour on Part I, "Fellow Feeling" (ch. 3-4) in The Nature of Sympathy (1913/1922).
We continue to try to …
1 year, 6 months ago
Philosophy vs. Improv #91: Community Breakdown (or Breakdance?) w/ Nick Armstrong
Mark and Bill are joined by the actor/improviser who directs Camp Improv Utopia and is involved in managing improv spaces such as Denver's Rise Comed…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 364: Max Scheler on Sympathy (Part Two)
Continuing on The Nature of Sympathy (1913/1922), Part I: "Fellow Feeling," Ch. 1-4. We look more closely at the text, getting further into how fello…
1 year, 6 months ago
Pretty Much Pop #193: Severance: Mystery Box in Progress
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn and Al here discuss the sci-fi/office dramedy in light of its second season. We might normally wait until the end of the sho…
1 year, 6 months ago