This episode is the third in a seven part series devoted to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Ryan and Todd discuss the second major section, Self-Consciousness, with a special focus on the master/slave dialectic. They also explore the transition from Consciousness and then the transition to Reason.
Mar 2
Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Deduction
On this episode, Ryan and Todd cover the next major idea in Kant's first critique: the transcendental deduction. While explicating the trajectory of Kant's argument, the pair continue to track the latent and manifest influence of this section on Fichte, Hegel, Freud, Heidegger, a ... Show More
1h 24m
Feb 15
Critique of Pure Reason: Transcendental Aesthetic
On this episode, Ryan and Todd return to Kant and discuss the Transcendental Aesthetic from his Critique of Pure Reason. The hosts work through a sketch of Kant's idea, why he's proposing it, and why even the form of its argumentation is significant for the history of philosophy. ... Show More
1h 14m
Jun 2024
'The Acolyte' Episode 4 Deep Dive
It's time to journey deep into the forest with Mal and Jo as they talk about the fourth episode of 'The Acolyte,' starting with their opening impressions (10:26). Later, they dive deep into the best parts of the episode and some of the challenges this episode faced (16:08). Plus, ... Show More
2h 3m
Aug 2025
When Your Unconscious Runs the Show | Podcast 602
In this episode, Joel and Antonia explore how unconscious parts of the psyche influence our thoughts, behaviors, and relationships—sharing personal stories, relationship patterns, and the weighty reality of shadow work through the lens of Jungian typology and the 8-function model ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 2025
121: Pierre Klossowski's Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle, pt 1: The Semiotic of Impulses
Welcome to season 6! Part I of III. In this first episode, we'll lay the groundwork for Klossowski's critical reading of Nietzsche, beginning with the material from the first two chapters. Klossowski applies Nietzsche's own methodology to Nietzsche's works, and reads his philosop ... Show More
1h 32m
Mar 2023
Episode 135: The Science of Emotion
An introduction to the scientific study of emotion, including a discussion of the difficulties in defining emotions, discrete and dimensional methods of classifying emotions, the functional and representational roles of emotions, and an overview of major psychological theories of ... Show More
1h 17m
<p><img width="150" height="150" src="https://sqpn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SST333-post-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It's the end! Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler discuss the ... Show More
