KVRX Podcast Network

Continuing to focus on ethics, this week DJ Geist and Demorgans will discuss the ethics of the popular German philosopher Immanuel Kant. This will be the last ethics that we cover this semester and daardoor we will be spending some time looking back at the four philosophers systems of ethics that we have covered this semester and giving some comparison and contrast!

This week we are going to be covering more refined topics in ethics. First, we will cover DJ Geist's term paper outline that is going to discuss the conceptions of flourishing in the ethics of Malebranche and Aristotle. In the back half of the show we will discuss DJ Demorgans term paper outline. He will be writing on the value of Hume's concept of Benevolence and defending why it cannot b...

Yung Mijita is from San Antonio, TX, and is making waves as a Hip-Hop DJ in Austin TX. In this interview, you'll get to know more about her, her perspective, and her journey as a female DJ. She also said COOL IS OUT, CRINGE IS IN!

Madison McFerrin is an official SXSW, LA based artist previously based in Brooklyn. R&B rooted in real emotions, is what you could describe her sound as, its personal and vulnerable and incredibly relatable. She’s a Scorpio, great singer, and a lovely person. <3 Check her out!

This week DJ Demorgans and DJ Geist will return to the work of DJ Demorgans' thesis. We will be introducing the history and system of Buddhist metaphysics. This will include discussion on the concept of samara and karma. As always, thank you to all who listen! We adore you!

In this edition we have PR Queens Mary and Brianna settle the ultimate debate: 5sos or One Direction???? May the best band win !!!!!

Did you grow up with a sibling? Or 9? Today DJ Pocket and DJ Sru talks to a spoiled only child and very much forgotten middle child about what it's like. Just kidding. Or am I? Tune in to find out for yourself about all the sibling love-hate dynamics.

Tune in on everyone's favorite day.. half price chocolate day!!! (or the day AFTER valentines day.. jk). Do you love love or do you hate love well tune into Op-Ed the day after valentines where we will discuss all matters particular to being in a relationship vs being single.

YUNGMORPHEUS is a Miami, FL rapper, producer, and joint connoisseur, paving the way for people who refuse to conform to complacency. His lyrics are a tale of past experiences, mixed with societal observations of himself and the world around him in such a truthful and playful way. This interview was LIVE ON RADIO during SXSW 2022 w Hierba Malita, and explores destiny, food, and more.

As promised at the beginning of the semester we are going to stray away every so often from our theme of ethical philosophy and talk about our thesis research. This week we will be covering Theodore Adorno's "The Meaning of Working Through The Past" which focuses on the history of philosophy. This pairs with DJ Geist's thesis where he is comparing Ernst Bloch and Theodore Adorno's philosophy. As a...

As promised at the beginning of the semester we are going to stray away every so often from our theme of ethical philosophy and talk about our thesis research. This week we will be covering Theodore Adorno's "The Meaning of Working Through The Past" which focuses on the history of philosophy. This pairs with DJ Geist's thesis where he is comparing Ernst Bloch and Theodore Adorno's philosophy. As a...

Continuing our focus on Aristotle’s ethics we cover LA Kosman’s “Being Properly Affected”. In this paper Kosman introduces his idea that we choose the emotions we feel by expanding the definition of “choice”. This is then paired with the virtues of Aristotle to make for a voluntary and ethical analysis of feelings as well as actions. Enjoy this episode as it foreshadows a return to our hardcore ph...

This week DJ Geist and Demorgens welcome back one another from a LONG Christmas break. We will discuss classes this semester, what we did over the break as well as some of Aristotle’s ethics. This will be the first in the semester long series where we cover various different ethical works.

This week DJ Geist and DJ Demorgens will be working their way through Gillian Russell's "Logical Nihlism: Could There Be No Logic?". This paper is an impetus for DJ Demorgens Senior Thesis that he will be writing next semester. Russell posits in this article that there is possiblity that, among the possible metaphysically true logics, no logical independently existent logic actually exists.

This week we are going to start of by circling back to the Clyde Taylor paper, "Black Cinema and Aesthetics", that we did not have a chance to get to. After that we are going to work through as much of John Rawls' "Justice and Fairness" as we can. As always feel free to read along and DM us any questions(handle CHANGED this week) you might have @philosophytofallasleeptoo!!

This week we covering some African American philosophy. We read Angela Davis' "Racialization of Punishment and Prison Abolition" and Clyde Taylor's "Black Cinema and Aesthetics". We really enjoyed reading through these and as always encourage you guys to read along with us and send any questions you might have to our instagram @philosophywethink!

This week we shift back to the start of the analytic tradition in philosophy with Frege's "Sense and Reference". We are going to take you guys through some interesting linguistic philosophy as well as what we think are the best objections to this view. As always DM us on instagram if anything is not making 'sense'!

This will be our first week with a guest! While we usually choose 2-3 papers, we chose 1 especially difficult text this week to cover from Hegel's History of Philosophy. This lecture over Spinoza's metaphysics will cover concepts like infinity, ethics and Hegel's "dialect process"!

DJ Wes Simms interviews Runner for KVRX Exclusives at San Jac Saloon!

During SXSW, DJ Wes Simms caught up with Lunar Vacation at Mohawk to discuss the Atlanta band's most recent album, Inside Every Fig is a Dead Wasp . They discuss making friends in the music industry, the creative process behind their music, and much more!

Ethan Weinberger chats with Ausar about his Christian background and the influence it had on his music and lyrical artistry as well as his favorite rap and neo soul artists. All of which combined with his experience of growing up in Chicago and experiencing its music, leading to him finding his voice, his place in the Chicago music scene, and his most recent single "Paradise".  

DJ Wes Simms sits down with Sloan Struble to talk about the sophomore album from Dayglow, “Harmony House”. They discuss his relationship to the local music scene, what the live set is going to look like on his upcoming tour, working with Pooneh Ghana, imaginary sitcoms, and more.

Sun June is an indie pop band from Austin, TX. DJ Fish (Riya Mahesh) had the pleasure of interviewing them to talk about their new album 'Somewhere', musical theatre, lyric inspiration, and other Austin area bands. 

While Jack Symes is originally from Pasadena, California, his newest album brings a lot of inspiration from his time living in New York City. Evening Coffee host, Craig Casler (aka DJ Cronque), talks with Jack about his follow-up to his debut album, “Songs for Moms”, his changing relationship with the city he grew up in, and his early days as a music director at a California summer camp.

The dynamic pop duo Aly & AJ join KVRX exclusives in anticipation of their upcoming album " A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun". Host Kameryn Griessier takes them through a series of rapid fire questions, gets to the bottom of who exactly PBS was about, how the sisters get their inspiration, and what it was like to be a part of the mid-2000s Disney...