ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
An ad hoc seminar on works of art and intellect. Trying to live the life of the mind together; cultivating fields of thought.
One of the four hosts sets an assignment for each meeting. That leader then asks an opening question to guide the discussion. The only rule for what can be assigned is that the leader must be able to ask a good opening question.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 11 days
Average audio length:
107 minutes
English
United States
15 episodes
since March 29, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Maps of Meaning, by Jordan Peterson
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
A discussion of the short story The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, by Denis Johnson.
A discussion of the book Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Jeffrey Meldrum.
A discussion of Dr. Michael Heiser’s book The Unseen Realm.
A discussion of Ted Chiang’s story Stories of your life, as well as the Denis Villeneuve film based on it, Arrival.
Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem
A discussion of Soren Kierkegaard’s Philosophical Fragments, Chapter 1A: A Project of Thought. Topics: spirituality, paradox, the eternal, transcendence vs immanence.
Penelope Fitzgerald: The Gate of Angels
Yamamoto Tsunetomo: Hagakure
John Donne: Meditation 17
The Bible: Ecclesiastes, Psalm 73
Akira Kurosawa: Rashomon
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: Rashomon, In a Grove
Content Warning: discussion of sexual assault
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