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Becoming Human — 58 episodes

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Plato's Philebus, Taoism, & Why the Good is a Challenging Idea

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A Conversation with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior: Why Does Reading Shape the Modern World?

3

Mary Magdalene: Philosopher and Symbol of Love

4

Is America the Embodiment of Modern Philosophy? | Spirit News, Ep. 4

5

Nietzsche on Russia, Europe, and the Munich Security Conference | Spirit News, Ep. 3

6

Spirit News: The Death of Legacy Media, Walking Monks, & Kierkegaard Makes the Evening Edition | Ep 2

7

Merlin Enthralled, AI, & Richard Wilbur: Time & Eternity, Ep.1 :

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Spirit News: Nietzsche on Davos, Feast Day of Thomas Aquinas, and a Hegelian Perspective on News

9

Gregory Shaw: Is Platonism the Answer to our existential crisis? | A Becoming Human Conversation

10

Mothering As A Subversive Activity: Hester Prynne | The Scarlet Letter, Chp 7-8, Ep. 6

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A Woman's Choice: Agency and Meaning in The Scarlet Letter, Chap. 4-6 | Ep. 5

12

Who Was John the Baptist? | A Conversation with Dr. James F. McGrath

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Fear and Trembling: Self-Knowledge Begins in Recognition, Ch. 3 The Scarlet Letter, Ep. 4

14

The Witch, the Gossips, & the Madonna: Chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter

15

Halloween, Hawthorne, and the Supernatural: Introduction & Ch. 1 The Scarlet Letter, Ep. 2

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How the Scarlet Letter Tells Us Who We Are: A Poetry Peddler Conversation, Ep. 1

17

Why Ignorance Rules the World: Socrates, Euthyphro, and the Search for Knowledge, Ep.1

18

Christian Wiman on AI, Conciousness, and the Power of Life (part 2), Poetry Peddler Ep.2

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Christian Wiman on the Wonder of the Unknown in Love and Poetry, Poetry Peddler Ep. 1

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Becoming Human Today: Reasons for Hope

21

Who is The Poetry Peddler? An Interview with Alexandra Barylski

22

D.W. Pasulka, Christopher Bledsoe, and the Study of Religion

23

How a Celebrity Philosopher Changed History & Why He Was Forgotten: Emily Herring on Henri Bergson

24

Kabbalistic Wisdom and the Modern Self-Help Movement: A Conversation with Reb Adam

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The Age of Spiritual Awakening: Rabbi Simon Jacobson in Conversation | Explorations

26

Education for the AI Age: Why Can't People Read and Does it Matter? | Explorations

27

Can We Change Our Fate? An Existential Vision for Immortality | Explorations

28

Can We Have Infinite Energy? Can the Tao Make Us Immortal? | Tao Te Ching, Ep. 4

29

Do Humans Really Exist? Do We Live in a Simulation? | Explorations

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Can Philosophy Make You Powerful? A Vision of Human Enhancement, Philosophy of Angels Ep. 5

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How Do We Know What is Good?, Tao Series Ep. 3

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Why Stories Are Greater Then Ideas: Was JRR Tolkien a Great Philosopher?, Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 4

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The Philosophy of UAP in Scientific and Historical Context, Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 3

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The Exile and Return of the Light: Hanukkah, Christmas, and the Super Human, Apocalypse Ep. 2

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Is the Greatest Good Achieved by Struggle or Flow?. Tao Ep. 2

36

Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 1: The Messengers

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What is the Way and How do I Find it? Tao Te Ching, Ep. 1

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Philosophy, Roomba, and Taco Carts: A Conversation with Chef Arturo Franco Camacho, Explorations, Ep. 5

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Scientific Facts and How They Grow: Science as Self-Subverting Tradition

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Things Ancient and New: The Logic of Scientific Discovery in Thomas Kuhn

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Can Science Be Complete? Thomas Kuhn, Progress, and the Eschatology of Science

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What is a Paradigm? Normal Science and Pseudo-Science

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The Revolution is History: Kuhn and the History of Science

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Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: An Introduction

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How to Become an Individual: The Eternal in Kierkegaard

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October 7: Why Antisemitism is a Global Philosophical Problem and an Existential Crisis

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Existential Ontology, Consumer Capitalism, & The Religious Stage | The Poet of Existence, Ep. 7

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Kierkegaard's Theory of Stages: Fear and Trembling & The Ethical Stage | The Poet of Existence, Ep. 6

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Kierkegaard's Theory of Stages: The Aesthetic Stage | The Poet of Existence, Ep. 5

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Kierkegaard and the Irony of Existence: From Existentialism to Modernism | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 4

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Kierkegaard and Existentialism: A Spiritual Revolution | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 3

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The Genius of Kierkegaard | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 2

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Why Does Kierkegaard Matter? | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 1

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Makoto Fujimura on Art and Faith: Explorations, Ep. 4

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Are We Alone? Harvard's Avi Loeb on ET, Astrophysics, and the Future of Humanity: Explorations, Ep. 3

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The Modern Crisis of Choice | Explorations: Ep. 2

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The Revolution of the Electric Word | Explorations: Ep. 1

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Ep. 1: Religious Atheists: Philosophy's Untold Story