Podcast Episodes

PREMIUM-Ep 201 Marcus Aurelius's "Meditations" (Part Three)

Mark and Seth get further into the specifics of Marcus's metaphysics and how this is supposed to relate to behavior. Can his directives really come s…

7 years, 11 months ago

Episode 201: Marcus Aurelius's Stoicism with Ryan Holiday (Part Two)

More on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (ca. 180 CE) plus Ryan's The Daily Stoic (2016).

We talk Stoicism as "pre-mourning," love of fate, the div…

7 years, 11 months ago

Episode 201: Marcus Aurelius's Stoicism with Ryan Holiday (Part One)

On The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (ca. 180 C.E.) plus Ryan's The Daily Stoic (2016).

What does Stoicism look like in practice, in both ancient an…

7 years, 11 months ago

Episode 200: Kant/Mendelssohn/Foucault on Enlightenment (Part Two)

Continuing on "What Is Enlightenment" by Immanuel Kant (1784), "On Enlightening the Mind" by Moses Mendelssohn (1784), and "What Is Enlightenment" by…

7 years, 11 months ago

Episode 200: Kant/Mendelssohn/Foucault on Enlightenment (Part One)

On "What Is Enlightenment" by Immanuel Kant (1784), "On Enlightening the Mind" by Moses Mendelssohn (1784), and "What Is Enlightenment" by Michael Fo…

8 years ago

Bonus: (sub)Text#4: Freud's "Mourning and Melancholia" (Part One)

Wes Alwan is joined by Tracy Morgan and Louis Scuderi to discuss Freud's classic 1917 essay.

Note: Part two will NOT be appearing on this feed. Becom…

8 years ago

Episode 199: Elizabeth Anderson on Equality (Part Three: Discussion)

Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan continue to discuss "What Is the Point of Equality?" (1999) and how it lays foundations for Private Government (2017). Wha…

8 years ago

Episode 199: Guest Elizabeth Anderson on Private Government (Part Two)

Continuing on Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (2017) and "What Is the Point of Equality?" (1999).

Should the amount of respect that …

8 years ago

Episode 199: Guest Elizabeth Anderson on Private Government (Part One)

The U. of Michigan prof joins us to discuss Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (2017) and "What Is the…

8 years ago

PREMIUM-Ep 198 Plato's "Parmenides" (Part Three)

Mark and Seth continue our conversation from ep. 198 by going through the arguments in the second half of the dialogue.

This puzzling section is larg…

8 years ago