The Problem with Reading

Society EN ↓ 128 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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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.