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A collaborative livestream discussion meant to support and fundraise for the Sameer Project, a Palestinian led mutual aid organization operating within Gaza, and especially its Mass Displacement Response Campaign for emergency relief. Streaming on multiple channels, the discussio ... Show More

***Note: Jay and I did another fundraiser episode. This time, we used the website Lifeline4Gaza to help lift up some slow-moving campaigns. During the episode, I linked to two other campaigns whose organizers I know and who need your help: consider donating to Ahmed or Mahmoud*** ... Show More

Note: Nick Estes and I have launched a new project called Pod Kapital in which we will be reading canonical Marxist texts for weekly episodes on his Substack. I will be posting the audio editions for all my patrons but if you want to watch the video edition, you will have to sign ... Show More

In this episode, Rupert Spira talks to Connor Beaton, host of the ManTalks Podcast. They explore the nature of time, the beauty of simple awareness, and the great spiritual traditions of the world. Connor Beaton is a philosopher and podcast host. In 2014 he founded ManTalks, a co ... Show More

Pour cet épisode de Poire et Cahuètes, nous avons lu pour vous La fin d'un monde de Patrick Buisson (Albin Michel, mai 2021). Historien, conseiller politique, homme de média, engagé à l'extrême droite, Patrick Buisson s'attarde dans cet essai dense sur les quinze années qui ont, ... Show More

For the ninth episode of their series, Seamus and Mark discuss the life and work of Seamus Heaney, whose first collection, Death of Naturalist, established him immediately as a leading poetic voice in world in which modernism seemed to have run its course. They look at how his wo ... Show More

“I think ego is the deepest addiction there is.”Edward Norton One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, today Edward Norton graces the podcast to discuss his fascinating life and perspective on filmmaking, culture, politics and the nature of power.Over the course of his ... Show More

Harris Feinsod joins the podcast to talk about William Carlos Williams, his great book of 1923, Spring and All, and one of its strange and unforgettable poems, "To Elsie."Harris is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at Northwestern University. He i ... Show More

Bienvenue dans La Leçon, le podcast sur l’art d’échouer. Pour ce premier épisode de l’été de la leçon des auditeurs, je reçois un auditeur pas comme les autres puisqu’il s’agit aussi d’un collègue podcasteur de talent Eymeric Macouillard Gillet que vous connaissez probablement gr ... Show More

Sean Illing talks with Cornel West about the American philosophical tradition known as pragmatism. They talk about what makes pragmatism so distinctly American, how pragmatists understand the connection between knowledge and action, and how the pragmatist mindset can invigorate o ... Show More

During his lifetime, Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) became famous for his prizewinning fiction and autobiographical works; his dedication to environmental causes; and his initiation of the creative writing program at Stanford University that bears his name. His most celebrated works ... Show More

Sean Illing talks with Corey Robin, author of a recent article — as well as a 2019 book — about the life and thought of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Robin discusses how Thomas, whose concurring opinion in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade garnered recent attention, d ... Show More

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