PODCAST · arts
Ragtime
by Benjamin Martin
Exploring the underpinnings of Art and Culture.
Episodes
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Inevitable AI? It Strikes a Chord
How the so-called unprecedented situation regarding AI is in fact not so unprecedented as it might seem: the advent of 12-tone music provides a near- perfect parallel.
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From Dawning till Musk
From Dawning till Musk: Dismantling in three stages Musk's argument that one ought not attack AI when it "believes that it has feelings".
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So What's Your Disorder? On the Perils of Modern Psychiatry
So What's Your Disorder? Examining the perilous consequences of modern psychiatry and how it ultimately increases demand for tyrannical dictatorships.
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It's Not About AI
Inquiry into the underlying motivations of proponents of an AI-dominated future.
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No Criticism, No Culture
Brief inquiry into the considerable societal consequences of disallowing free criticism.
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The Endless Square
Furthering the analogy between the Necker cube and Quantum Mechanics via a simple thought experiment involving the collapse of three-dimensioned space.
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Unsettling Cube: Superposition, QM, and the Necker Cube
A short introduction pertaining to Superposition in Quantum Mechanics using the so-called 'Necker' Cube.
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Immunotopia: Picturing Thirty Years On From Covid
Immunotopia: A thought-experiment opting from a thirty-years' perspective on one of the most devastating events in human history: the Covid era.
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Battle Scars: A Reality of Zionism
A brief episode on the inescapable historic reality of Zionism and its ramifications.
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Ragtime S2#3: The Science
Ragtime S2 Episode 3: The Science. A short 9’ episode which examines the true meaning - albeit rarely understood - of moral relativism, leading to an argument featuring a brief tour through the evolution of Western ideas philosophic, scientific, good as well as bad, based upon the quintessential...
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Ragtime S2 #2: The Path of Least Resistance: Reflections on the Kristian Winther Interview
A brief, experimental episode which examines and critiques certain points raised in the previous interview with Kristian Winther.
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Ragtime S2 #1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful?
Ragtime Series 2 Episode#1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful? Featuring virtuoso violinist, deep thinker and maverick artist Kristian Winther. 0:00. Intro: On a mushroom cloud 0:45. Introducing Kristian Winther 1:08. EXCERPT: Vanessa Mae playing Bach 1:51. Art and mass consumerism 5:23. Celebrating...
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Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence
Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence. A brief homage to Charlie Kirk, assassinated for opposing cult ideology.
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Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament
Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament. Examining the shattering relevance of Walter Benjamin's most prescient essay.
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Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man
Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man: outlining the attributes of a most dangerous type of character, the 'mass-man', through the prism of Kierkegaard and Jung.
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Ragtime #6 - Streets of Consciousness
Ragtime #6 - Streets of Consciousness: Few might imagine that a most celebrated street musician is in fact a brilliant academic intellect, composer, painter, poet, as well as a highly credentialed philosopher with extensive training in both Eastern and Western medicine. Melvyn Cann is a genuine...
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Ragtime#5 - A Slippery Battlefield
Host Benjamin Martin on how a lack of grassroots artistic initiative results in a vacuum that is filled by a veneer culture.
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Ragtime#4: Loose Canon
The sprawling, thought-provoking, and highly entertaining fourth episode of Ragtime with the brilliant Peter de Jager and renowned scholar and performer Peter Tregear. 0’00 - Intro 3’29 - EXCERPT: Faust Symphony (Liszt) 5’34 - Is there an evolving principle at work leading to serialism? 17’12 -...
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Ragtime#2 - The Unknown
Very short episode narrated by Ragtime host Benjamin Martin on the importance of remaining in touch with the unknown.
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Ragtime#1 - About the Same Thing
Ragtime’s Pilot episode featuring preeminent musicians David Berlin, Fabian Russell and Joe Chindamo, discussing a wide range of subject-matter addressing the underpinnings of Art, culture, and society. 0’00 Intro 2’22 What might be some quintessential aspects of leadership? 16’04 Ought art…
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Ragtime#3: Agent of History
Agent of History: exploring the musical and societal ramifications of Schoenberg’s twelve-tone method, as well as examining elements which presaged serialism. With brilliant musical mind and celebrated pianist-composer Peter de Jager. 0’00 - Intro 3’48 - EXCERPT: Schoenberg Erwartung 5’26 - Why…
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Exploring the underpinnings of Art and Culture.
HOSTED BY
Benjamin Martin
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Exploring the underpinnings of Art and Culture.
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