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Major Thinkers - Simone Weil- Ep. 6
Season 4 Episode 6
Largely forgotten today, she was an influential thinker and, perhaps, mystic who lived a life of ethical commitment in an extraordinarily difficult p…
1 year, 8 months ago
Reading Jung's Redbook - Ep. 7 (Conclusion)
Season 3 Episode 7
CONCLUSION:
I conclude the series with the end of the first book of the Red Book. In the last section we see Jung sliding back and forth between vario…
1 year, 8 months ago
House of the Intellect - Ep. 7
Season 2 Episode 7
TECHNOLOGY AND DATA:
Neither Barzun nor myself are opposed to technology or data per se - it is the way our culture tries to isolate technology from t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Major Thinkers - Jacques Derrida- Ep. 5
Season 4 Episode 5
One of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the late 20th century, Derrida specialized in trying to unmoor our sense of certainty a…
1 year, 8 months ago
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 20
Season 1 Episode 20
Q & A #9 - CONCLUSION
Wes and Jeremy take questions from listeners on Lectures IX and X: Conclusion Parts 1 and 2
Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your…
1 year, 8 months ago
Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 6
Season 3 Episode 6
BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG
Here Jung moves beyond simply rejecting the Right and Wrong and tries to create an ethos of ambiguity. Focusing on a dream invo…
1 year, 8 months ago
House of the Intellect - Ep. 6
Season 2 Episode 6
ROB US OF WHAT WE LOVE:
In this episode I discuss the ways in which our culture and mental habits combine to rob us of the experiences we would love t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Major Thinkers - Bertrand Russell - Ep. 4
Season 4 Episode 4
Bertrand Russell was a famous and influential thinker. He became a popular philosopher after his groundbreaking attempt to found mathematics on a pre…
1 year, 8 months ago
A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 19
Season 1 Episode 19
LECTURE 10 - CONCLUSION 2 of 2 (HOW DOES THE WORLD SEE THE USA?)
Given Americans' central position in global trade, politics and culture, I explore ho…
1 year, 8 months ago
Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 5
Season 3 Episode 5
INTO THE DESERT
The power of Jung’s approach becomes a little more clear as we move into these later chapters. Jung is quite explicitly at war with hi…
1 year, 8 months ago