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Solomon & Smith discuss literature, philosophy, history, film, and the meaning of the universe.
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Average audio length:
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English
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55 episodes
since Nov. 22, 2025
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1800s - Shank's Mare - Ikku Jippensha
1810s - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
1820s - Ballads and Romances - Adam Mick…
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00:00 Intro
03:52 What is Canon?
05:38 Canon debates in Abrahamic Religions
08:50 How this maps onto Star Wars (in depth)
17:41 Lore, Doctrine, and…
Theo Rollason joins Milo and Jack to discuss Queer Edward II, their new film built from thirty hours of unseen footage shot during the making of Derek Jarman’s Edward II, and to trace Jarman’s film back through Christopher Marlowe to the medieval king himself. Along the way: Jarman turns Renaissanc…
00:00 Introduction
04:38 Lolita Summary
10:50 Did Epstein actually read/like Lolita?
14:32 Epstein's upbringing - boomer sexuality
19:51 Did male boomers create modern sexuality?
24:21 Differences between Epstein and Humbert
28:29 Do we all want to be children forever?
30:35 Our desir…
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Richard Barakat's *Faust the Magician* is available here: https://shorturl.at/CDWx0
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Richard Barakat: The Literary …
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00:00:00 Intro
00:05:30 Ramon arrives - poetic epigraph
00:06:30 What does it mean for God to Speak?
00:09:47 Is Arabic Special? Is it older than Natu…
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00:00:00 Intro
00:07:38 Why Does Consciousness Break Science
00:10:40 Is Life Special? Biophychism: Is Life Consciousness?
00:14:40 Are Observations (…
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Taylor returns to take Milo and Jack through ten great works of American "Gnostic" literature, beginning with Emerson’s Nature and ending, exactly a century…
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What is a view? What is attention? Does a number become more real if it is larger? Are advertisers being ushered into a hall of mirrors? And if every video, every creator, …
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