Episode 156: Notes From Underground (Pt. 1)

David and Tamler consecrate their podcast with a discussion of "The Sacred and the Profane" by Mircea Eliade. We focus on the first chapter on sacred spaces, where the divine breaks through (or irrupts) our homogenous and chaotic reality, creating a center that gives us meaning a ...  Show more

David and Tamler dive into Plato's Euthyphro, part of our intermittent Back 2 Basics series. A young cocksure priest, confident in his holiness, bumps into Socrates on his way to court to prosecute his father for a wrongful death. After a few rounds with Socrates on the nature of ...  Show more

Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote Notes from Underground in 1864 which is considered to be one of the first existentialist works, emphasising the importance of freedom, responsibility and individuality. It is an extraordinary piece of literature, social critique and sat ...

Abby and Patrick welcome writer and academic Grace Lavery to discuss her new book Pleasure and Efficacy: Of Pen Names, Cover Versions, and Other Trans Techniques. They discuss Grace’s relationship to psychoanalysis; her uses of Freud and Freudianism for both theoretic ...

Parce que les femmes savent de plus en plus ce qu'elles veulent et ce qu'elles ne veulent pas, parce que les boutiques de sextoys ont pignon sur rue, parce qu'ils sont persuadés de ne plus servir à rien, les hommes doutent, cherchent leur place, se demandent comment continuer à e ...  Show more

It's part two of the 'toxic' women deep dive! This week we're discussing the backlash against the 'evil' women genre and how the <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@c.a.i.t.l.y.n/video/7049477818522094895?_d=secCgwIARCbDRjEFSACKAESPgo8pJvUP7F7aAyHFcpbkuXMHnDm6i6ZjwVu7E6MB59opJILR ...