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The 6 Levels of Living a Meaningful Life

According to the existentialists, the core problem of being human is this: we are meaning-seeking creatures in a universe that is silent on meaning. But somehow, we're supposed to figure out what to major in, who to marry, and what to do with the approximately 30,000 days we get to be alive. In thi…

An Ageing World: The Problem of Gerontocracy

In today’s episode for our series about living in ageing societies, David talks to historian and legal scholar Samuel Moyn about the problem of gerontocracy, aka the rule of the old. Why do older generations now have so much wealth and so much power? Why is this particularly true in the United Stat…

An Ageing World: Simone de Beauvoir on Old Age

For the final episode in our series on living in an ageing world David talks to Lyndsey Stonebridge about one of the most interesting and challenging of all writers on the subject of old age – Simone de Beauvoir. Why did Beauvoir believe that we are all duplicitous about the elderly? How did she ex…

The Gallery of Attitudes: Which One Are You Hiding In?

Listen first. This week’s episode, above, tells the whole story. This page is the companion. A Different Room You are at a dinner with old friends, the kind you have known since before any of you had a job worth mentioning. Someone brings up a plan from years ago — the trip you never took, the lang…

Masculinity in Taylor Swift’s Music | Better Man, The Man, Father Figure | AP Taylor Swift E144

I’ll be your father figure. In this Show and Tell episode, Jenn, Jodi, and Maansi unpack masculinity as a cultural construct, from powdered wigs and heels in 18th century France to Travis Kelce happily playing the less famous partner on New Heights. Jenn kicks things off with Better Man, flipping …

Women Through History: How Roles, Rights, and Expectations Changed

How have women’s roles changed throughout history? Explore the work, expectations, and opportunities that shaped women’s lives—from ancient civilizations to the modern world. Following our episode on masculinity, Traversing the Strange World examines women as providers, healers, spiritual leaders, …

Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Existentialism: Horror, Absurdity, and Art

A farmhouse. A cellar. A growing horde outside. What does George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) have to say about despair, freedom, and what it means to grow up? In this episode, we're joined by philosopher Lewis Gordon (University of Connecticut) for a philosophical analysis of the orig…

What Are You Chasing?| Series No. 2

Welcome Welcome to the Diary of a Fibro Warrior with me, Chiko. I hope the days have been kinder to you. I am connecting with you from the UK. If you are reading or listening wherever you may be in the world, then I believe the universe decided to connect us today, at this precise moment, somehow. …

Episode 05 - The Atrium II: Must We Burn the Painting?

When someone whose work you love turns out to have done real harm, can you still love the work? And should you? Simone de Beauvoir asked a version of this about Sade in the 1950s. This episode takes her question into the Atrium, the hall of doors in my app Liminal, and lets the voices answer. Four…

Episode 36 - "What will we invent in the future?"

This week, Steve and Christabel talk artificial wombs in answer to Steve’s son’s question, ‘What will we invent in the future?’ Christabel takes us through feminist critiques of the punitive social expectations and coercive medical practices that surround pregnancy, care of Shulamith Firestone, Jul…