Episode 4: Revenge, Pt. 1

Episode 4: Revenge, Pt. 1

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Episode 326: The Most Important Episode of Your (Academic) Life

Are you a college student or about to be one? Do you have friends or family in college? This is the most important episode of your life. David and Tamler do something a little different this episode and tier rank a wide range of academic fields from engineering to art history, co ...  Show more

Episode 325: It Is Happening Again

David and Tamler return to Mircea Eliade's The Sacred and Profane and discuss the chapter "Sacred Time and Myths." How does viewing time as circular give us a periodic window into the sacred? What does it mean to reactualize the creation of the universe in ritual and to view time ...  Show more

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