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In this episode I discuss a book by an American philosopher called Terence McKenna in which he proposed a radical new theory on human evolution.  If you liked this episode and would like to support my work you can do so over on patreon or the site "buy-me-a-coffee" just look for Oralotium. Likes, shares and comments on my Instagram @Oralotium would also be appreciated, cheers ✌️ I hope to hea...

In this episode I read out a narrative that I wrote as a result of my recent 3 month deep dive into the history of psychedelics. Time stamps for sections: 00:00 - An Ecstatic Prologue 27:25 - The Old World 43:04 - The New World 50:10 - Seeking the Magic Mushroom 53:42 - Seeking the Magic Mushroom: Richard Evans Schultes 1:02:50 - Seeking the Magic Mushroom: Gordon Wasson 1:13:05 - Time for Change...

This episode is a reading of the next (and third) installment of my ongoing project based on James Joyce's novel, Ulysses. I have been rewriting the chapters of the book to document my response and processing of the modernist masterpiece. The recording is 14 minutes long.  If you enjoyed this episode or any of my other episodes and would like to buy me a drink over on patreon to show apprecia...

Part 2 of my reading, with live commentary, of the famous essay called Oration on the Dignity of Man by the Italian Renaissance Philosopher, Pico Della Mirandola. This essay is now considered by scholars to be a "manifesto for the Italian Renaissance." If you would like to support this podcast you can do so by buying me a drink over on my patreon @ Oralotium, you can also follow, like, share and c...

In this episode I do another live reading of another famous essay, this time it is a lecture called Oration on the Dignity of Man by the Italian Renaissance Philosopher, Pico Della Mirandola. This essay is now considered by scholars to be a "manifesto for the Italian Renaissance." If you would like to support this podcast you can do so over on my patreon @ Oralotium, you can also follow, like, sha...

The first philosophers: the pre-Socratics and the road to atomic theory. Thales Anaximander Anaximenes Xenophanes Heraclitus Parmenides Zeno Melissus Pythagoras Anaxagoras Empedocles Leucippus Democritus The Sophists Protagoras Gorgias Prodicus Thracymachus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 17 minute condensed and, in many places, reimagined version of the second episode of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, Ulysses, titled, Nestor. Likes are great, but buying me a drink (or some food) over on patreon would be even better😅🫣 What would Joyce have been without his patrons? #strugglingartist #"would I make money by it?" Stephen asked Haines. You can also follow me on Instagram and...

As part of my bachelor's degree in Art college I had to write a thesis on a subject of my own choosing. If you're not familiar, ever wondered what an Art college thesis might be like? I chose to write my thesis on the reasons why a form of contemporary socially engaged art, called Dialogical Art, came about. In this episode I read out and discuss the thesis that I wrote. Some of the topics include...

As part of my bachelor's degree in Art college I had to write a thesis on a subject of my own choosing. If you're not familiar, ever wondered what an Art college thesis might be like? I chose to write my thesis on the reasons why a form of contemporary socially engaged art, called Dialogical Art, came about. In this episode I read out and discuss the thesis that I wrote. Some of the topics include...

As part of my bachelor's degree in Art college I had to write a thesis on a subject of my own choosing. If you're not familiar, ever wondered what an Art college thesis might be like? I chose to write my thesis on the reasons why a form of contemporary socially engaged art, called Dialogical Art, came about. In this episode I read out and discuss the thesis that I wrote. Some of the topics include...

Part 2: I read and discuss a lecture by Thomas Carlyle in which he investigates Scandinavian mythology. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I read and discuss a lecture by Thomas Carlyle in which he investigates Scandinavian mythology. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this short 7 and a half minute episode I read out a poem that I wrote recently which introduces the fact that I have been writing poetry for a long time now, but I have only recently started trying to get some of it published in literary magazines and journals. Here is that story in the form of a poem. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciati...

I read out live and discuss a well known essay called Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau. It is still as relevant today as it was when it was first written in 1849. This essay was a major influence on Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King in their use of non-violent, peaceful protesting. I thought it was appropriate to read this essay now because of the current, worldwide protesting that i...

Part 2 of a live reading, with commentary, of another essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson called, The Poet. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I do a live reading, with commentary, of another essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson called, The Poet. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, just search Oralotium there, cheers ✌️🙏 follow on Instagram: Oralotium Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I explore three of the most popular myths from the earliest known civilization on the planet, which was located in Mesopotamia, called, Sumeria. This civilization basically produced the foundations for every other civilization that followed on the planet. They are enigmatic and tantalizing stories that rocked the world when they were rediscovered in the mid 19th century. Who create...

Ulysses, the novel by the Irish modernist writer James Joyce, is celebrated each year on the 16th of June and the celebration is called Bloomsday. The book is set on June 16th, 1904. The story starts off that morning and ends that night. It is a story of two protagonists and how their paths cross during the day; a young recent graduate, and artistic-type, Stephen Daedalus and a middle-aged, Dublin...

In this episode I take up where I left off in the last episode and gallop through a thousand years of history. Pointing out what I think are some of the main figures who helped develop the European mind up until the Italian Renaissance. How did Europe pick itself back up after the decline of the Roman Empire? Here is the story, in broad strokes.  If you like this episode, or any other episode...

In this episode I discuss, what I believe to be, the little known role that Ireland played in how Europe started to rebuild itself after the decline of the Roman empire. It's a tour around the chain of events that helped preserve and rebuild western civilization during the early Dark Ages, from Cassiodorus to Colombanus. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show suppo...

In this episode I read out a short story that I wrote myself, titled, On the Inside. It is very much so in the autofiction genre. Autofiction, short for autobiographical fiction, is a genre of literature that combines elements of autobiography and fiction. Hope you like it! If you do like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a d...

A companion to the previous episode. How does Ralph Waldo Emerson, a preacher of self-reliance and individualism, regard friendship? A live reading with commentary of an essay by Emerson that I have never read before. This essay is in the public domain. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation, then you could buy me a drink over on Patreon, ju...

In a podcast series that is, so far, all about discussing books and essays, I made an episode where I read an essay live and comment on it as I read. A little experiment. An unrehearsed rereading of an essay that I first read years ago by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American transcendentalist. The essay is about how all the greats were great because they thought for themselves, they were self-rel...

I discuss this essay by the Renaissance poet, Sir Philip Sidney. The history of poetry; why was poetry attacked in Elizabethan England? what is the use of poetry? Did Philip Sidney nearly have a fatal duel with Shakespeare? Just some of the topics discussed in this episode. You can find me on Instagram. If you like this episode, or any other episodes, and would like to show support or appreciation...

In this episode I discuss In the Vineyard of the Text, a book by Ivan Illich, which is all about another book that is all about reading which was written in the 12th century by Hugh of st. Victor. Did you know, that when it comes to contemporary books and how we read and write, that we can thank 12th century Christian monks for developing "the book" and reading as we know it? You can find me on In...