Episode 156: Notes From Underground (Pt. 1)

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 ...  Afficher plus

David and Tamler return to William James' monumental "Principles of Psychology", this time wading through his famous chapter "The Stream of Thought." We talk about his rejection of empiricist theories of consciousness in favor of a view that consciousness is a continuous stream o ...  Afficher plus

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 ...  Afficher plus

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 ...