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Films - Star Wars 11.06.2021 37:46 ↓

Star Wars is a science fiction movie from 1977. In this episode, we discuss Zoroastrianism, fairy tales, the Tao, and the character of Odysseus. 

Paintings - Van Gogh's Starry Night 29.05.2021 28:05 ↓

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter who was born in 1853 and died in 1890.  In 1889, plagued by depression and illness, Van Gogh committed himself to a mental asylum in France. It’s there, in his lucid periods, where he painted, among other masterpieces, Starry Night.

Paintings - Frida Kahlo 22.05.2021 27:02 ↓

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who has become one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. 

Paintings - Munch's The Scream 15.05.2021 30:01 ↓

The Scream is a painting by the Norwegian Edvard Munch. It's a forerunner of the Expressionist movement. 

Paintings - Picasso's The Young Ladies of Avignon 08.05.2021 31:28 ↓

Created in 1907, The Young Ladies of Avignon is the single most important turning point in the evolution of modern art.

Paintings - The Lascaux Cave Paintings 01.05.2021 27:29 ↓

The Lascaux Cave Paintings belong to the Paleolithic Age and are some of the oldest paintings in the world. 

Authenticity - Camus' The Stranger 24.04.2021 28:39 ↓

Season 5  Authenticity - The Stranger is about a young man who commits a murder without motive or explanation.

Carl Jung and Rollo May on the power of words and symbols! 19.04.2021 10:22 ↓

Oh my, how much of our horizon do we lose when we impoverish our language! 

Authenticity - Alice Munro 17.04.2021 25:28 ↓

Season 5  Authenticity - Alice Munro is a Canadian short story writer. 

Authenticity - Salinger's Catcher in the Rye 11.04.2021 31:48 ↓

Season 5  Authenticity - Catcher in the Rye is about a young adolescent seeking authenticity.

An ode to Dogs! 04.04.2021 10:00 ↓

For you dog lovers! 

Authenticity - Joyce's Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man 03.04.2021 26:20 ↓

Season 5  Authenticity - Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man is about a young man who leaves his religion and his family to try to become an artist.

Authenticity - Bob Dylan 28.03.2021 27:00 ↓

Season 5  Authenticity - Bob Dylan is an American singer song-writer born in 1941.

Authenticity - Kafka's Metamorphosis 20.03.2021 26:37 ↓

Season 5  Authenticity - The Metamorphosis is about a traveling salesman who wakes up as an insect. 

Morality - Rousseau's Emile 15.03.2021 26:06 ↓

Season 4  Morality - Rousseau's Emile is about the education of a small child in nature.

Morality - Conrad's Heart of Darkness 06.03.2021 28:40 ↓

Season 4  Morality - In the Heart of Darkness the central character Marlow tells the story of his journey up the Congo River where he meets Kurtz, an ivory trader.

Morality - Gide's The Immoralist 28.02.2021 28:12 ↓

Gide's The Immoralist describes a confessional account of a man seeking the truth about his own nature.

Morality - Sophocles' Oedipus Rex 20.02.2021 29:57 ↓

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is a Greek tragedy about Oedipus, who is fated to kill his father and marry his mother.

Morality - The Story of Abraham and Isaac 13.02.2021 27:29 ↓

The story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis is about God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac.

Morality - Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment 06.02.2021 29:31 ↓

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It's about a man who commits a murder and has to deal with his guilt.

Happiness - John Keats 30.01.2021 31:09 ↓

John Keats is a Romantic poet. In this episode, we discuss a letter he wrote in 1817 where he talked about something he called "Negative Capability".