All Episodes

The Joy of Resistance: Ep. 2 - You are Not A Resource

Taoism: Ep. 10 - Socrates was NOT a Taoist

What is an American? - Ep. 1

New Series! The Joy of Resistance: Ep. 1

Taoism: Ep. 9 - The Radical Epistemology of Taoism

A Special Topic on Thinking

Taoism: Ep. 8 - Harmony and Melody - Change and the Tao

A Special Topic on Teaching

Taoism: Ep. 7: The Tao Te Ching IS for You!

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 11 - The Other Humans

Taoism: Ep. 6 - Taoism and Calvinism

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 10 - It's Not Just You

Taoism: Ep. 5 - The Importance of Not Knowing

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 9 - The Aftermath

Taoism: Ep. 4 - Wu Wei - Misunderstanding Non-Action

Thames Water, Philosophy and Our Near Term Future

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 8 - Kindness

Taoism: Ep. 3 - The I Ching Nature and You

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 7 - The Human Experience is NOT for Sale

Taoism: Ep. 2 - The Path that is the Path

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 6 - Life is Not a Competition

Taoism: Ep. 1 - The Eternal Tao

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 5 - The External and The Internal

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Conclusion

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 4 - Discover Yourself

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Books 14, 15 & 16

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 3 - Be a Burden

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Books 11, 12 & 13

An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 2 - Make Something

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Books 8, 9 & 10

New Series! An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 1 - Go Outside

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Book 7

“How Things Mean” - Live Lecture From Maastricht, The Netherlands - 4.30 26

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Books 5 & 6

Values: Ep. 9 - Conclusion

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Book 4

Values: Ep. 8 - Money

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Book 3

Artificial (Intelligence) Mythology - Live Lecture From Maastricht, The Netherlands, 4.29.26

Values: Ep. 7 - Wisdom

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Book 2

Values: Ep. 6 - Heroism

Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Book 1

Values: Ep. 5 - Joy

This week! Two live lectures in Maastricht, the Netherlands

Short Q & A on "Values" Series

Values: Ep. 4 - Nobility

Reading The Bhagavad Gita - Intro

Addendum on "Beauty": Piet Oudolf and Georgia O’Keeffe

Values: Ep. 3 - Beauty

Is the US a Democracy?

Values: Ep. 2 - Health

The Power of Abstraction

Values: Ep. 1 - Introduction

Biography

Commodification vs Financialization

How to be Wrong and Why!

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 18 - Conclusion 2 "Us"

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 16: Conclusion

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 17 - Conclusion 1 "Cheerios"

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 15

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum - Keurig

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 16 - Reorientation

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 14 (Will To Power)

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 15 - Health?

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 13

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum - Elon Musk

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 14 - The Unaskable Question

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 12

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 13 - Employment

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 11

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 12 - Exiles

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 10

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum - Davos Summit

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 11 - Contempt and Scarcity

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 9

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 10 - Four Autopsies

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 8

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 9 - Governments (Part 2)

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 7

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum - Strikes at The Louvre

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 8 - Governments (Part 1)

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 6

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum on Landlords and Tenants

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 7 - Ethics

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum on Gaming

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 6 - Spotify and the Destruction of Culture

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 5

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 5 - We Know the Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing - and the Price of Nothing

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 4

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 4 - The End of History

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 3

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 3 - The "Logic" of Financialization

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 2

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q17: The Planet?

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 2 - Financialization

Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 1

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q16: Nihilism?

Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Ep. 1

Reading vs. TV

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q15: Truth?

Primates In Space: Primates Are Stressed (Conclusion) - Ep. 12

Narrativium

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q14: What is this science thing?

Primates In Space: Primates Go Wild - Ep. 11

Andre Gide and Marcel Proust

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q13: Enlightened?

Primates In Space: Primates Take Over - Ep. 10

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q12: What was reborn?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover The Printing Press- Ep. 9

America As Seen From France - A Follow Up On Consumerism

Baudrillard, the Simulacra and You

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q11: Why Golden?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover Iron - Ep. 8

America As Seen From France

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q10: So, About God...?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover God - Ep. 7

Ishiguro and McEwan

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q9: The New World?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover Writing - Ep. 6

Investment is not the Pope

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q8: Why is life so hard?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover Cities - Ep. 5

Your Philosophy is not Right (Neither is Mine)

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q7: Where is the universe?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover Agriculture - Ep. 4

Cultivating The Intellect

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q6: What can we learn from nature?

Primates In Space: Primates Discover Art - Ep. 3

Death Of Our Narrative

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q5: Why was the past so great?

Primates In Space: Primates Make Tools - Ep. 2

Bergson's Day-Planner

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q4: How should we govern?

Primates In Space: Intro - Ep. 1

Exploitation

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q3: How should people live?

Plato's Symposium: The End - Ep. 14

Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q2: What the hell is going on?

Plato's Symposium: Tracking The Influence 2 - Ep. 13

Plato's Symposium: Q & A #2 - Ep. 12

The History of Philosophy in 16 Questions - Q1: What the hell happened?

Plato's Symposium: Tracking The Influence - Ep. 11

Plato's Symposium: Q & A #1 - Ep. 5

A Reflection on Taoism

Plato's Symposium: Enter Alcibiades - Ep. 10

The Transvaluation of All Values: Conclusion - Ep. 9

Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Diotima - Ep. 9

Techno Feudalism: A Follow Up

The Transvaluation of All Values: Weight, Weigher and Measure - Ep. 8

Plato's Symposium: Agathon and Socrates - Ep. 8

Techno Feudalism

The Transvaluation of All Values: West Africa 2 - Ep. 7

Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Aristophanes - Ep. 7

The Transvaluation of All Values: Can West Africa Save Us? - Ep. 6

Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Pausanias - Ep.6

The Transvaluation of All Values: Joy not Fear - Ep. 5

Plato's Symposium: The Speech of Phaedrus - Ep. 4

The Transvaluation of All Values: Play not Work - Ep. 4

Plato's Symposium: Socrates & Apollodorus - Ep. 3

Plato's Symposium: Introduction - Ep. 2

The Transvaluation of All Values: You are not a Slave- Ep. 3

Plato's Symposium: Introduction - Ep. 1

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? - Real Estate Special - Ep. 13

The Transvaluation of All Values: The Individual and The Community - Ep. 2

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 12

The Transvaluation of All Values: Scarcity and Abundance - Ep. 1

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 11

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Confucius in The Analects—Relative Wisdom - Ep. 13

How to get rich with philosophy. No, really.

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 10

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Searching for what you already have (Sufism) - Ep. 12

Why is Hinduism so difficult for the West?

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 9

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: (Zen Koan)The Sound of One Hand Clapping - Ep. 11

Your are not a digital nomad.

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 8

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Dharma (Guruspear) in the Mahabharata - Ep. 10

No, we're not becoming dumber.

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 7

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : Two Monks and a Woman - Ep. 9

No Left Wing! (The utter absence of a Liberal party in the USA)

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 6

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : Heidegger's Hammer - Ep. 8

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Conclusion

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 5

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : The Ox in the Alley from Chuang Tzu - Ep. 7

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 7

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 4

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: The Yaksha Prashna in the Mahabharata - Ep. 6

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 6

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 3

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Achilles in The Illiad - Ep. 5

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 5

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 2

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 4

Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 1

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Plutarch's Life of Theseus - Ep. 4

Major Thinkers - Ludwig Wittgenstein- Ep. 7

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 3

House of the Intellect (Conclusion) - Ep. 11

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Parable of the Talents - Ep. 3

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 2

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Socrates and Diotima - Ep. 2

House of the Intellect - Ep. 10

Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Zarathustra and the Snake - Ep. 1

Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 1

Q & A 2: House of the Intellect - Ep. 9

House of the Intellect - Ep. 8

Major Thinkers - Simone Weil- Ep. 6

Reading Jung's Redbook - Ep. 7 (Conclusion)

House of the Intellect - Ep. 7

Major Thinkers - Jacques Derrida- Ep. 5

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 20

Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 6

House of the Intellect - Ep. 6

Major Thinkers - Bertrand Russell - Ep. 4

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 19

Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 5

House of the Intellect - Ep. 5

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 18

Major Thinkers - Martin Heidegger - Ep. 3

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 17

Q & A: House of the Intellect - Ep. 4

Q & A: Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 4

Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 3

House of the Intellect - Ep. 3

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 16

Major Thinkers - Karl Marx - Ep. 2

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 15

Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 2

House of the Intellect - Ep. 2

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 14

Major Thinkers - Friedrich Nietzsche - Ep. 1

Reading Jung's The Red Book - Ep. 1

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 13

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 12

House of the Intellect - Ep. 1

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 11

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 10

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 9

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 8

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 7

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 6

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 5

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 4

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 3

A Cultural History of The United States - Ep. 2