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Cryptosophy
by Doyle M. B. Baxter & Max A. Creager
Welcome to Cryptosophy! This podcast is hosted by Max and Doyle. On this podcast, we are searching for hidden wisdom in the literature of the Western tradition and from interviews of specialists from diverse backgrounds.
Episodes
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Cryptosophy #13 - Litany Against Fear
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Cryptosophy #12 - Advent & The True Meaning of Christmas
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Great Works #11 - Plato's Euthyphro
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Great Works #10 - George Orwell's Animal Farm
Great Works #10 - Orwell’s Animal Farm. In this episode, Max and I restart the Great Works series of the Cryptosophy podcast three years after our inaugural Great Works discussion on Homer’s Iliad. 🔗 ALL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/cryptosophy 🎙 Spotify:...
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ANNOUNCEMENT! Spotify Exclusive | Cryptosophy Radio Hour
Hi everybody, Max and I are excited to announce a new series called the Cryptosophy Radio Hour! This will be a net new series that we'll run in addition to the Cryptosophy series, The Specialists, and The Great Works. During this series, we'll spend about one hour listening to some great music…
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Cryptosophy #11 - The Madmen & The Death of God
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Cryptosophy #10 - What is Spiritual Exercise?
Welcome to Cryptosophy #10 - What is Spiritual Exercise? Enter the Dialogue. In this episode, Max and I discuss the nature of spiritual exercise and attempt to give it a rigorous definition. We speak a little bit about Exodus 90, a spiritual exercise that both of us are currently undertaking. The...
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Cryptosophy #9 - The Matrix of Our Own Creation
Welcome to Cryptosophy #9! The third episode of 2021 and the first in which Max and Doyle engage in a search for hidden wisdom. In this episode, we discuss the potential evils and threats of hyperscale clouds and social media. In particular, we dive into Parler's de-platforming and the potential...
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Cryptosophy #8 - The Second Coming and Political Eschaton
Join Doyle and Noah Antony Widoff on a conversation from astrology to Communism to the end of history and the ethics of hope. With a simple belated Merry Christmas text as the jumping off point, Doyle and Noah dive deeply into theological and philosophical positions that undergird the very fabric...
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The Specialists #5 - Assistant College Baseball Coach
In this Episode Max explores the hidden wisdom contained in the world of Junior College Baseball. The interviewee, Jp Fasone, fell in love with baseball as a player, and continues to live out this passion through coaching. This episode steps into the world of a tiny junior college baseball…
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Cryptosophy #7 - The Spiritual Fate of the West & Christianity
In this episode, Doyle welcomes guest Harrison to discuss the spiritual fate of the West and Christianity. The discussion will consider the current disorder of Western institutions namely the Academy, the Church, and the State--Trump's recent declaration of a State of Emergency will serve as the...
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The Specialists #4 - Nursing PhD
In this episode, Max explores the hidden wisdom of the most under appreciated medical profession: nursing.
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Cryptosophy #6 - Tomfoolery Again
Max and Doyle and the free-form riff. Cheers!
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Cryptosophy #5 - Sheer Tomfoolery
Max and Doyle experiment with freeform podcasting, hoping to hone the craft of discussion on air. We discuss everything from Europe mass immigration problem, to the Intellectual Dark Web, bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the #MeToo movement. Thanks for tuning into another episode of...
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Cryptosophy #4 - Disagreements
In today's episode of Cryptosophy, Max and Doyle duke it out in an attempt to find some hidden wisdom from debate.
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The Specialists #3 - Emergency Medical Technician
Max interviews Nick on his experience as an EMT. They discuss dealing with gore, mental health patients, desensitization, death, and a variety of other topics.
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The Specialists #2 - Growing Up in the Middle East
In this Episode Max interviews Amin Salah on his experience of growing up in the Middle East and Moving to the United States.
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The Specialists #1 - Nursing
Max and Tony discuss a variety of topics around nursing.
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Cryptosophy #3 - A Tribute to Jordan Peterson
In this episode of Cryptosophy, Max and Doyle engage Peterson's thoughts and his dramatic effect on their lives. On the docket includes Peterson's use of the archetypes, the epistemological debate between Peterson and Sam Harris, and the ethical framework Peterson's philosophy of "cleaning your...
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Cryptosophy #2 - Doyle Baxter
In this episode, Max interviews Doyle about his life, philosophical education, outlook on politics, religion, contemporary music, and everything in between. Doyle urges all listeners to be contrarian, attempt to synthesize seemingly contradictory worldviews, and to live life to the fullest.
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Cryptosophy #1 - Max Creager
In this podcast, Doyle interviews Max, inquiring about his life and trying to learn as much as he can from him. At Cryptosophy, we believe that all persons are sources of hidden wisdom if only you have the patience to ask the most important questions and really listen to them. Max shared details…
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Great Works #9 - Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics is a deep psychological account of the role of emotion, virtue, and society in the pursuit of the good life. In this podcast, Max and Doyle reflect on Aristotle's virtue ethics and discuss how it contrasts with the popular morality of today's world. Of all the text…
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Great Works #8 - Plato's Republic 6-10
In this episode, Max and Doyle are joined by Nate, a self-proclaimed Platonist, to dive deep into the last half of the Republic. The messianic power of philosophy to save and direct us is a key take away from the text and this discussion.
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Great Works #7 - Plato's Republic 1-5
Plato's Republic is often one of the first texts of philosophy that novices encounter. Unfortunately, sometimes first-time readers miss the point. The secret of the Republic is the narrative arc beginning with the first word of the dialogue. In this episode, Doyle and Max are joined by JP for a...
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Great Works #6 - Plato's Symposium
What is love? The various speeches in this dialogue attempt to answer this question, culminating in Diotima's claim that love is the desire to eternally contemplate and behold the form of beauty. Socrates then teaches his friends that philosophy supplies the means to do so. In this episode of...
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Great Works #5 - Sophocles' Theban Plays
Oedipus Rex is upheld by Aristotle as the archetype of Greek tragedy. In this episode, Max and Doyle reflect on the three surviving Theban plays by Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
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Great Works #4 - Aeschylus' Oresteia
In this episode, Max and Doyle reflect on the first of the three great tragedians: Aeschylus. The Oresteia is the only surviving complete trilogy of 5th-century Greek tragedy. The trilogy is composed of the Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the Eumenides. We reflect on the nature of sin and...
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Great Works #3 - Hesiod's Theogony & Works and Days
Doyle and Max going deep on the metaphysical and psychological significance of Hesiod's account of creation. We also did a bit of compare/contrast with the myth of creation in Genesis.
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Great Works #2 - Homer's Iliad 13-24
Finishing up our discussion of Homer's Iliad.
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Great Works #1 - Homer's Iliad 1-12
The first episode of Cryptosophy! Max and Doyle sketch their project--working through the Great Books of the Western tradition, starting with Homer's Iliad.
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Welcome to Cryptosophy! This podcast is hosted by Max and Doyle. On this podcast, we are searching for hidden wisdom in the literature of the Western tradition and from interviews of specialists from diverse backgrounds.
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Doyle M. B. Baxter & Max A. Creager
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