Ep. 19 - Nietzsche and His Madman

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05/21/20 • 89 min

In this episode we discuss the madness of Nietzsche’s madman. What’s the madman (Nietzsche?) mad about? Can this madness be overcome? Are we today still ill-equipped to register the death of God? Has the madman still “come too soon”? Hear what we think.

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Texts:

Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings (New York: Penguin, 2012), 9.

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, trans. Josefine Nauckhoff (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 119-120.

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Texts:

Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings (New York: Penguin, 2012), 9.

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, trans. Josefine Nauckhoff (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), 119-120.

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Ep. 18 - Thinking through Protests

In this episode we discuss protests. What function do they serve? Do they only ever express frustration or are they necessary and effective components of political transformation? How should we think about solidarity with those protesting for/against things that are not clearly related to our own interests? Hear what we think.

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Text:

Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Saying of Jesus, trans. Marvin Meyer (New York: HarperCollins, 1992), 29.

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Ep. 20 - Shooting the Shit: Shakespeare's Lear, Quarantine-TV, and Stoner Culture

In this second “shooting the shit” episode we discuss Shakespeare’s King Lear and wax Hegelian about the protagonist, consider how overloading on tv during quarantine has ruined tv, and opine about "stoner culture". Hear what we think.

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P.S. “Groundlings" were people who could only afford the 1 penny admission cost to stand on the ground floor of certain London theatres to see Shakespeare's plays.

Text:

William Shakespeare, King Lear (New York: Dover, 1994), 107.