The Problem with Reading

Society EN ↓ 130 episodes

A book appreciation club hosted by one catholic, one anglican, and one orthodox nerd. We talk about book chapters, special topics, and what we're drinking. Currently: Michael Polanyi's Personal Knowledge (511-Present)Previously:-James Scott's Seeing Like a State (502-510)-Jacques Ellul's Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (421-427, 429)-Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (407-410, 412-413, 415-416)-Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death (402 and 405)-Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences (314-318) -Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary (213-310)-Alasdai...

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The Problem with Reading

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105 The Problem with..."Loneliness and Living in a Society" ft. Sam 23.01.2019 1:07:56

Sam joins the gang again to discern that the trolley problem meme really does explain all of philosophy, human rights are moral fictions, and that **Managers** are truly the architype of pure evil. We also vacillate between endless crippling loneliness (because of modernity) and totally justified boundless optimism (because of modernity). Stephen talks about David Foster Wallace again, and no one...

104 The Problem with..."Burnout and Strawberry Remembrance" 17.01.2019 41:33

Stephen and Brevin are alone together this week as they tackle After Virtue Ch5 and discover that without Telos, there is no end to anything. They also speak for maladjusted millennials everywhere, decide that pre-blessed Matrimony is great, and that one should never forget strawberries. Articles: ~buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work ~christandpopcul...

103 The Problem with..."Cults and Christmas" ft. Sam (Special Episode) 06.01.2019 1:01:02

Thomas is away, but we welcome Sam to discuss our picks of the week. As it turns out, a recent book has finally killed God, now that religion is dead we've all joined cults, the Right and Left have their drugs of choice, and Christmas should be abolished. Have a listen. Articles: ~nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/a-universe-from-nothing-by-lawrence-m-krauss.html ~nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12...

102 The Problem with..."Natalism and the Matrix" 21.12.2018 1:17:24

Why AirBnB Might be Okay, MacIntyre's Characters and Why He Kant Even, the Matrix and Reproduction, and the Horseshoe Theory Comes to Natalism. Have a listen. Music: Ratata by Jeremiah Dangers

101 The Problem with..."Pilot Episodes and After Virtue, Part 1" 12.12.2018 1:15:08

two lay catholics and an orthodox-adjacent nerd are unlikely roommates in a dystopian future where humans only exist as soundwaves. enjoy their attempts to discuss academic philosophy/words at all.