This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th Century American science-fiction short story writer and novelist, Philip K. Dick's novel The Man In The High Castle
It focuses specifically on one of the characters central to the story, the Swiss Nazi assassin, on a mission to kill the "man in the high castle", Hawthorne Abendsen, the author of The Grasshopper ... Show More
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Shape Of The Sword - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Shape Of The Sword" which can be found in Collected Fictions. Borges listens to a story told by a former Irish revolutionary, marked by a sca ... Show More
11m 57s
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Theologians - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Theologians" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It centers on a (perhaps one-way) rivalry between two Christian theologians, Aurelian ... Show More
22m 35s
Dec 2024
Benito Mussolini Part 1: Italy’s Fascist Godfather
We begin at the end… in 1945, with a pile of bodies dumped in Milan then strung up for all to see. Among them, the most powerful man in Italy. One of the most significant figures in modern history. How did it come to this? In this episode, we scroll back to follow the start of Be ... Show More
1h 5m
Mar 2025
The philosophy of geopolitics SPECIAL | Donald Trump, Homer's Odyssey, and Korean Web Novels
What do Friedrich Nietzsche, the Korean War, and Homer's Odyssey have in common?Join the team at the IAI for four articles about the history and philosophy of geopolitics, ranging from Nietzsche's impact on Russia's imperialist strategies to the importance of Ancient Greek traged ... Show More
43m 55s
Sep 2024
Pierre Corneille - Le menteur
Dans le podcast "Ton bac de français avec Anissa", on te propose de réviser 12 œuvres littéraires au programme !Après avoir écouté cet épisode, tu en sauras plus sur l'auteur.e, le contexte historique et littéraire, les grandes thématiques sans oublier la "petite info en plus".« ... Show More
17m 26s
Feb 2022
Mental Health Expert: Johann Hari | PBD Podcast | EP 121
In this episode, Patrick Bet-David is joined by addiction and depression specialist Johann Hari and Adam Sosnick. In this episode they discuss, Why Johann Wants To Save Our Attention, The Most Important Thing To Value, Why All Innovation Requires Deep Thought, The Cost Of Video G ... Show More
2h 2m
Aug 2024
Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent
All this month, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is taking a deep dive into the complex and controversial House of Medici, which left an indelible mark on Western civilisation.
In this second episode, Suzannah talks to Dr. Alexander Lee about Lorenzo de’ Medici, the consummate Renaiss ... Show More
42m 27s