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Pill Pod 27 - BURNOUT SOCIETY by Byung-Chul Han *UNLOCKED*
Episode 139
It's been a while since we released an exclusive episode, but I thought this that this episode is as pertinent as it ever was, so enjoy this release …
3 years, 3 months ago
Pill Pod 105 - AI, Transhumanism & Silicon Valley Singularity Cults
Episode 138
After our episode claiming that ChatGPT would destroy university education as it currently exists, we had to de-mythologize the dumb philosophy statu…
3 years, 3 months ago
Pill Pod 104 - AI & the New Crisis of Humanities Education
Episode 137
Not with a whimper, but with a bang: it's time for another crisis of the Humanities. Students, then teachers, then administrators will realize that …
3 years, 3 months ago
Pill Pod 103 - Feminist Fight Night: Nussbaum vs. Butler (preview)
Episode 136
What was a niche, inter-feminist fight in the 90s proves to be prophetically relevant this week. Pills and Victor narrate Martha Nussbaum coming at J…
3 years, 3 months ago
Pill Pod 101 - Democracy 101(preview)
Episode 135
We glance at Ranciere's Hatred of Democracy which suggests that hatred, not equality, is the animus of so-called democracies, and then debate whether…
3 years, 3 months ago
PILL POD 100
Episode 134
It's a "party" for our 100th episode! Thanks for everyone who helped us reach this milestone by listening, guesting, supporting us on patreon, or wha…
3 years, 4 months ago
Pill Pod 99 - Edward Bernays (preview)
Episode 133
Today we read Freud's nephew, the "Father of PR," Edward Bernays' book "Propaganda" and compare his theory and practice to other opinions on the purp…
3 years, 5 months ago
Pill Pod 98 - Ricky Rorty: Derrida vs. Habermas
Episode 132
This resembles one of our FIGHT NIGHT episodes, except the whole of it is mediated by another philosopher, Richard Rorty. We give a bit of background…
3 years, 5 months ago
Pill Pod 95 - Materialist Theogany ft. Diego Ruzzarin
Episode 131
We covered this from every perspective we could get to, featuring some Spinoza, Marx, Benjamin, and corn among other references. Please enjoy us bump…
3 years, 5 months ago
Pill Pod 94 - Kafka Metamorphosis
Episode 130
Find the whole text here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5200 Find LitVic on Twitter! @HoratioVictor Always looking for more suggestions for the l…
3 years, 6 months ago