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Paul Yoon Reads "The New Coast" 09.11.2025 ↓

Paul Yoon reads his story “The New Coast,” from the November 17, 2025, issue of th...

Nathan Blum Reads "Outcomes" 26.10.2025 ↓

Nathan Blum reads his story “Outcomes” from the November 3, 2025, issue of the mag...

Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Intimacy” 12.10.2025 ↓

Ayşegül Savaş reads her story “Intimacy” from the October 20, 2025, issue of the m...

Catherine Lacey Reads “Coconut Flan” 05.10.2025 ↓

Catherine Lacey reads her story “Coconut Flan” from the October 13, 2025, issue of...

Episode #237 ... The Stoics Are Wrong - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer 30.09.2025 ↓

Today we talk about two famous critiques of Stoicism. One by Friedrich Nietzsche who thought the Sto...

David Wright Faladé Reads “Amarillo Boulevard” 28.09.2025 ↓

David Wright Faladé reads his story “Amarillo Boulevard,” from the October 6, 2025...

Miriam Toews Reads “Something Has Come to Light” 17.08.2025 ↓

Miriam Toews reads her story “Something Has Come to Light,” from the August 25, 20...

Mona Awad Reads “The Chartreuse” 20.07.2025 ↓

Mona Awad reads her story “The Chartreuse,” from the July 28, 2025, issue of the m...

Episode #231 ... The Late Work of Wittgenstein - Language Games 28.06.2025 ↓

Today we talk about the late work of Wittgenstein in Philosophical Investigations. We talk about the...

Han Ong Reads “Happy Days” 22.06.2025 ↓

Han Ong reads his story “Happy Days,” from the June 30, 2025, issue of the magazin...

Jim Shepard Reads “The Queen of Bad Influences” 08.06.2025 ↓

Jim Shepard reads his story “The Queen of Bad Influences,” from the June 16, 2025,...

Louise Erdrich Reads “Love of My Days” 01.06.2025 ↓

Louise Erdrich reads her story “Love of My Days,” from the June 2, 2025, issue of ...

Lillian Fishman Reads “Travesty” 04.05.2025 ↓

Lillian Fishman reads her story, “Travesty,” from the May 12 & 19, 2025, issue...

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Nocturnal Creatures” 27.04.2025 ↓

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh reads his story “Nocturnal Creatures,” from the May 5, 2025, is...

Adam Levin Reads “Jenny Annie Fanny Addie” 13.04.2025 ↓

Adam Levin reads his story “Jenny Annie Fanny Addie,” from the April 21, 2025, iss...

David Bezmozgis Reads “From, To” 06.04.2025 ↓

David Bezmozgis reads his story “From, To,” from the April 14, 2025, issue of the ...

Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Marseille” 30.03.2025 ↓

Ayşegül Savaş reads her story “Marseille,” from the April 7, 2025, issue of the ma...

Bryan Washington Reads “Hatagaya Lore” 23.03.2025 ↓

Bryan Washington reads his story “Hatagaya Lore,” from the March 31, 2025, issue o...

Joyce Carol Oates Reads “The Frenzy” 16.03.2025 ↓

Joyce Carol Oates reads her story “The Frenzy,” from the March 24, 2025, issue of ...

Yiyun Li Reads “Techniques and Idiosyncrasies” 09.03.2025 ↓

Yiyun Li reads her story, “Techniques and Idiosyncrasies,” from the March 17, 2025...

Daisy Hildyard Reads “Revision” 15.12.2024 ↓

Daisy Hildyard reads her story “Revision,” from the December 23, 2024, issue of th...

David Szalay Reads “Plaster” 01.12.2024 ↓

David Szalay reads “Plaster,” from the December 9, 2024, issue of the magazine. Sz...

Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger) 21.10.2024 ↓

Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object framing in p...

Joshua Cohen Reads “My Camp” 13.10.2024 ↓

Joshua Cohen reads his story “My Camp,” from the October 21st, 2024, issue of the ...

Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2) 30.09.2024 ↓

Today we begin by talking about Nietzsche's concept of life-affirmation. Contrasting it with the ren...