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Ancient Greek Theater was Nothing Like Our Own (Clip)
Episode 433
Why Dionysus May Be the Patron of Theater: A well-told story will shake you and has the power of psychological transformation. A death to your forme…
6 months ago
Von Schönwerth’s “The Red Silk Ribbon”
Episode 432
A fisherman employed by a Count that paid him well for how big his catches were suddenly stopped catching fish and was let go. Sat out on water, wee…
6 months, 1 week ago
Communism and Strong Men (Clip)
Episode 431
We talk of the danger of applying strict logic to every situation, without using discernment. But we live in a world with a lot of mystery to our br…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Von Schönwerth's "The King's Bodyguard"
Episode 430
The king appoints his handsomest soldier to be his bodyguard and sends him to a nobleman with a beautiful daughter. He tells the daughter not to spe…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Scorned Princess Also Acted Out of Personal Motives (Clip)
Episode 429
The Princess’s Personal Agenda in “Knapsack, Hat & Horn”
I view this as a cautionary tale: be respectful of someone with great power. This story a…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Dionysus: Death, Rebirth, Transformation
Episode 428
Ian and I discuss the Greek-Roman god Dionysus-Bacchus. He reads an Orphic poem and then I gloss various stories put together into a narrative in Ed…
7 months ago
The Strange Power of Losing Something Every Day (Anna Mayala Clip)
Episode 427
If you’re mindful, you’re better able to connect to and serve others. How does one get so? Getting back to what naturally arises.
(From a discu…
7 months, 1 week ago
Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood: Little John Lives with the Sheriff
Episode 426
The Sheriff, out hunting with the town notables, wishes John were with them. The bugle calls, and back at the castle, John awakens. He thinks of hi…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Marshall McLuhan & Technology
Episode 425
Ian and I discuss McLuhan’s difficult Playboy interview where he answers questions about his philosophy of technology. At the core of our concern is…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Nature, Including Human Nature, Inherently Good? (Clip) I
Episode 424
an: Rousseau seems to have an inherent faith in nature, in its goodness. If you believe in that, you have something to aim for, to return to that. …
7 months, 2 weeks ago