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Taste and See (Episode 10)
Sight and Taste are linked to our expression and understanding of wisdom in the West. Dr. Fugikawa explores the limitations and nuances of these sens…
2 years, 11 months ago
Egregious (Episode 9)
The BetterPears Podcast returns this week with an historical announcement concerning our first BetterPears Course starting on May 30th in the Oklahom…
2 years, 11 months ago
Procreation (Episode 8)
The BetterPears Podcast returns after our mid-season hiatus as the road to the Season 1 finale approaches in May. Catch up on past episodes of Season…
3 years ago
Genesis (Episode 7)
Dr. Fugikawa offers a memorial dedication to his late uncle. The meaning of genesis is examined through the lens of pasta and paternity rituals.
To l…
3 years, 1 month ago
Community (Episode 6)
We desire communion. We desire community. We find undesirable the task of defining what we mean by communion or community. To learn more and sign up …
3 years, 1 month ago
Cyrus of Persia (Episode 5)
The curious case of Cyrus of Persia is examined. Dr. Fugikawa says a number of Greek words that all sound similar. The full text to read along is at …
3 years, 2 months ago
Anthropos (Episode 4)
The influence of Big Lexi is noted again in this analysis of the Greek word for human being. This episode is dedicated to Dr. Fugikawa's Boy Scout Sc…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Three “Pars” (Episode 3)
The first entry in a larger project on "deep etymology," The Three "Pars" analyzes the three Latin verbs sharing the same root to arrive at the essen…
3 years, 2 months ago
Classical Education (Episode 2)
Classical education bears the tension of an oxymoron. Education, a literal “leading out” recalls the “Allegory of the Cave” in Plato’s Republic in wh…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Teacher (Episode 1)
While faculties of higher education in the United States have for the last half-century eschewed an understanding of their role in loco parentis, hig…
3 years, 6 months ago