Aug 8

Episode #251 ... You Must Change Your Life, Pt. 2 - The Worlds That Make Us

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism, vertical tension, base camps, civilizations as collective immune systems, and w ... Show More

35m 25s

Jul 14

Episode #250 ... You Must Change Your Life. - Peter Sloterdijk

Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral strength, to a reworking of how to view human beings at the level of anthropology. We talk about how ... Show More

35m 59s

Jun 27

Episode #249 ... The Trap of Modern Cynicism - Peter Sloterdijk

Today we talk about the book Critique of Cynical Reason by Peter Sloterdijk. Cynicism as a defense mechanism. Why the cynic isn't crazy. The way it ladders up into institutions and infects things like our language. Diogenes as a counter example of a mode of being that rejects pie ... Show More

34m 23s

Jun 2020

Casual conversation. Autopilot or protection? - Episode 20

In this episode of Podverse: We start off examining everyday questions and answers with a twist. Then we delve into conditioning and mull over the effect if any it might have on us as a society. You get the question of the week and we set a task for ourselves as usual. Finally I ... Show More

6m 41s

Nov 2018

Paul Sagar on Scepticism about Philosophy

Throughout its history there have been challenges to the status of philosophy. <a href= "https://prsagar.wordpress.com/">Paul Sagar</a> discusses some of these in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast. <span style="font-size: ... Show More

20m 50s

Jun 2020

Offense is taken not given! - Episode 18

In this episode of Podverse:We examine a statement and discuss where everything belongs. We then look for clarity and resolution as we learn to own what is said and who holds the ownership for hurt or offensive feelings. We go introspective and analyze how or why we feel. Then we ... Show More

7m 57s

Aug 2024

a conversation about embodiment + energy

thank you for listening! support the show: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/presenceofbeing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/presenceofbeing</a> google form: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d ... Show More

38m 57s

Nov 2022

Spivak vs. Deleuze and Foucault

In this episode, I present Spivak's critique of Deleuze and Foucault from "Can the Subaltern Speak?" If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: @theory_an ... Show More

14m 38s

May 2020

Where does it end? - Episode 16

In this episode of Podverse:We start off this week facing some pretty hard questions, we ask what binds us and how do we do it. We discuss how we as a society prejudge and why? You all, get an opportunity to drag me through the mud and ridicule me. We refer back to episode 2 for ... Show More

8m 35s

Dec 2021

Episode 5 - Cross Cultural Dialogue

Cultured Discourses on America Bashing. Episode 6 is already available for Patrons over at: https://www.patreon.com/TheDeprogram Support the Podcast, get early as well as bonus episodes by donating. Also, let's get t ... Show More

1h 25m

Nov 2022

For We Know Not What We Pod

Though we've been busy working through the ongoing reading group with Matthew Flisfeder on Žižek's For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor we managed to get together to do an episode on enjoyment and prohibition as it is developed in FTKNWTD. Peter talks s ... Show More

47m 53s

May 2024

Season 3, Episode 7: Bryan W. Van Norden, Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto

Send us Fan MailJoin Professors Jeffrey Sachs and Bryan Van Norden as they discuss Prof. Van Norden’s book, Taking Back Philosophy: A Multicultural Manifesto. As a leading expert in Chinese philosophy, Prof. Van Norden promotes an inclusive, multicultural approach to philosophica ... Show More

47m 22s

Dec 2023

Slavoj Žižek on Marx, Hegel, Politics, Films, Burgers and Hot Dogs… and a lot more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek to discuss his latest books, Marx and Hegel, contemporary political situation, film and novels, as well as many other topics. You can listen to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/crisisandcritique If ... Show More

1h 47m

Episode #118 ... A Basic Look At Postmod...