Eardstepa's Courses

Wordsworth and the shift to the Romantic period 04.04.2021 18:52 ↓

This episode talks about Wordsworth and the style shift of the Romantics.

Descarte's Cogito 30.03.2021 25:11 ↓

This episode looks at the influence of Descarte on future philosophy.

The Neoclassical Period 17.03.2021 17:33 ↓

This episode discusses how the period transitions Europe from the Renaissance to the Romantic period.

Francis Bacon, Science, and the 4 Idols 15.03.2021 19:40 ↓

This episode talks about Francis Bacon and his contributions to logic and modern science.

The Tempest part 2 and Metafiction 03.03.2021 14:30 ↓

This episode looks at the Tempest from the perspective of Metafiction and how the relates to modern fiction, philosophy, and reality.

Polytheism and Monotheism 23.02.2021 21:27 ↓

This podcast discusses some of the shifts between the worldviews

The Tempest and the British Empire Part 1 14.02.2021 32:13 ↓

This podcast gets into the Tempest from positions that call attention to colonization, slavery, class, and gender.

The Stoics 02.02.2021 18:22 ↓

This episode looks at some of the beliefs of the Stoics and how those not only have connections to ideas from Buddhism but also to the 21st century.

Chaucer's Miller's Tale 28.01.2021 21:09 ↓

This episode talks about the transition to middle English literature from old English.

Plato and Aristotle 25.01.2021 14:36 ↓

This episode compares and contrasts these two philosophers and their influences on later thinkers.

The Wanderer (Old English poem) 18.01.2021 19:27 ↓

This episode looks at the old English poem the Wanderer and talks about how it straddles cultures between the original oral poem and the Christianized written version.

Conspiracy theories 04.01.2021 16:25 ↓

This episode looks at conspiracy theories in general and how they function

Grammar 01.01.2021 7:25 ↓

This episode is an invitation to my TIK-TOK. On there I am showing how to diagram sentences. It is a great method for grammar and analysis.

Putting things together 14.12.2020 31:55 ↓

This episode revisits logic, fallacies, research strategies, and literary analysis and shows how they work together.

The Grapes of Wrath (film) 09.12.2020 17:13 ↓

This podcast discusses the film and how it differs in style and content from contemporary films especially in the US.

Sartre and Existentialism 03.12.2020 19:31 ↓

This episode briefly starts to give some insight into Sartre and existentialism.

What good is a liberal arts degree? 30.11.2020 24:07 ↓

This episode ties together a little more the podcasts on literature and philosophy.

Christina Rossetti and the Victorian era 26.11.2020 16:31 ↓

This episode goes into an analysis of three of Rossetti's poems and how they contrast and continue elements of the Romantics.

Scary Words part 3 23.11.2020 32:41 ↓

This is the final episode of the three part series on scary words. This episode tackles the scariest word of all.

Three Romantic themes 20.11.2020 19:28 ↓

This episode looks at three poems from three Romantic poets that are some of the major themes of the British Romantics.

Scary Words part 2 17.11.2020 17:20 ↓

This episode explores another scary word that most misunderstand.

Scary Words part 1 15.11.2020 23:12 ↓

This episode goes into why philosophy always starts by defining terms and then defines a term that is often used as a scary word, though few seem to have a grasp on the actual meaning.

Naturalism and The Awakening 04.11.2020 18:14 ↓

This episode looks at the novel The Awakening and its connections to not only naturalism, but also modernism, and post modernism.

Carl Sandburg and pictures of the working poor 02.11.2020 20:02 ↓

This episode analyzes two poems by Sandburg and discusses his background a little.

Enlightenment under attack part 3 01.11.2020 17:55 ↓

This episode goes into more recent attacks on the Enlightenment and gives possible ways of overcoming those attacks. The episode calls into question the project of starting with an unmoving foundation in philosophy.