Episodes

  • Walter Terence Stace - Mysticism, Ethics, and Religion
    Dec 13 2024

    Join us this week as we take a hard right turn on our subject matter with a chapter from Walter Terence Stace's Mysticism and Philosophy. Our main goal throughout the episode is to interrogate the term mysticism to come to an agreement on the concept's delineations. Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • George Bataille — Rotten Sun
    Nov 29 2024

    This week we're delving into two short works by George Bataille— "Rotten Sun" and "The Sacred Conspiracy". We also discuss Max Weber's concept of Disenchantment and possible avenues to reenchant the world.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Felix Guattari — Everybody Wants to be a Fascist
    Nov 22 2024

    It's a timely episode! We're talking about this week's election results through Guattari's eyes. Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Jean-Paul Sartre - Being and Nothingness III: Temporality
    Nov 8 2024

    We're talking time! You know, past, present, future...etc...

    Overall, we admit that discussing the phenomenology of time is complicated, thorny, and even (at times) ungraspable. That said, we hope listeners will come away with a solid understanding of Sartre's key ideas. Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Felix Guattari — Becoming Woman
    Oct 25 2024

    We love reading Guattari! This week, we examine two short essays: Becoming Woman and I Have Even Met Happy Drag Queens. We talk about Guattari's seminal concept of Becoming a Woman and trans liberation. Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Jacques Lacan - Resistance is not Censorship
    Oct 18 2024

    What is resistance? Well, it has something to do with the ego....whatever stops analysis! Yeah, that's it! Okay, then what's censorship? It's a blockage on the thingy! But the other thing? Yes?

    Don't worry! Hopefully, by the end of this episode, you will have a firm grasp on Lacan's eminently playful (and tragic) distinction.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty - Phenomenology of Perception, Part One
    Oct 4 2024

    This week we continue our reading of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception. We're talking about optical illusions and the place of phenomenological discourse. Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Gaston Bachelard - Poetics of Space: The House. From Cellar to Garret. The Significance of the Hut
    Sep 27 2024

    It's fall! And to kick-start fall we're looking at the coziest philosopher there is: Gaston Bachelard. We discuss topoanalysis, huts, and the oneiric house. Enjoy!

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    1 hr and 11 mins