Podcast Episodes

Episode 174: Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" (Part One)

On the foundational, 1776 text of modern economics. How does the division of labor and our instinct to exchange lead to the growth of wealth? Is the …

8 years, 11 months ago

Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part Two)

We go further into "Philosophy of Native Science" by Gregory Cajete and "What Coyote and Thales Can Teach Us: An Outline of American Indian Epistemol…

8 years, 11 months ago

Episode 173: Relating to American Indian Philosophy (Part One)

What is wisdom? We discuss articles by Brian Burkhart, Gregory Cajete, and Anne Waters, plus Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt (1932) and some tradit…

9 years ago

Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part Two)

Continuing with Drew Pinsky on "Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-organization" by Peter Fonagy and two articles by Allan Schore…

9 years ago

Episode 172: Mind, Self, and Affect with Guest Dr. Drew (Part One)

Radio legend Dr. Drew Pinsky talks with us about "Attachment and Reflective Function: Their Role in Self-Organization" by Peter Fonagy and two articl…

9 years ago

Episode 171: Buddhism vs. Evolution with Guest Robert Wright (Part Two)

Continuing on Why Buddhism Is True. We discuss the "no self" doctrine as articulated in Buddha's Second Discourse and the modularity-of-mind theory t…

9 years ago

Episode 171: Buddhism vs. Evolution with Guest Robert Wright (Part One)

Bob joins the PEL four to discuss his new book Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment.

Bob applies his expe…

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 170 Second Opinions: Leftists on "Society of the Spectacle"

Mark and Seth ask Doug Lain (Zero Squared), Brett O'Shea (Revolutionary Left Radio), and C. Derick Varn (Symptomatic Redness) what they think of Debo…

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 170: Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Part Two)

More on the 1967 Situtationist book. Do we buy Debord's critique? Is any merely partial critique (i.e. no revolution) just more spectacle? Is technol…

9 years, 1 month ago

Episode 170: Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Part One)

What is culture? In modern capitalism, Debord's 1967 book describes it as all about the economy. It's not just our jobs that keep us trapped, but our…

9 years, 1 month ago