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The Origins of the Syrian Crisis - Roy Casagranda

In this talk Professor Roy breaks down:

Where ISIS really comes from How the Syrian Civil War began Which countries benefited and which suffered …

1 year, 8 months ago

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Philosophy at the Graveyard Shift

Hey everybody - this is a personal episode, I saw that there are a few people listening now and I wanted to say a few things about what I have learne…

1 year, 8 months ago

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The James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Debate

In 1965, James Baldwin debated William F. Buckley on the following topic: "Has the American Dream been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro?…

1 year, 9 months ago

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The Crusades [Complete] - Roy Casagranda

Happy Father's Day everyone, for your listening enjoyment I hereby present Roy Casagranda's Crusades series, Episodes 1-4, remastered (as best I can)…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy: Euminedes [Complete]

ATHENA:

Nothing that strikes a note of brutal conquest. Only peace-

blessings, rising up from the earth and the heaving sea,

and down the vaulting sk…

1 year, 9 months ago

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In Living Memory: Noam Chomsky

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I learned yesterday that Noam Chomsky h…

1 year, 9 months ago

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500 Subscriber Special - Existentialism is a Humanism, Read by the Host

500 subscribers is a surprise and a delight. I started this thing just for myself and a small group of interested friends, and I'm really happy to se…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (4): Libation Bearers

Synopsis: Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon is in a real pickle. His mother has conspired with her new boy-toy/husband Aegisthus to murd…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (3): Clytemnestra

He had no way to flee or right his destiny-

our never-ending, all embracing net, I cast it

wide for the royal haul, I coil him round and round

in the…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Michael Davis - The Philosophy of Tragedy (2): Agamemnon

In this episode, Michael Davis discusses the first work in Aeschylus' trilogy, the Agamemnon. Short story short: Agamemnon wants to go do the Trojan …

1 year, 9 months ago

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