Precognition of Ep. 96: Oppenheimer's Rh...

<p>On sections of <em>The Problem of Christianity</em> (1913) which establish Royce's concept of a community of interpretation: individuals working together with a sense of shared history and expectation. He claims that such a grouping can be counted as a literal mind and that it ... Show More

<p>Marshall began creating his catchy, harmonically thick rock tunes in the early '80s with six major label albums, but went indie in the '90s to record four more as well as several EPs and live collections.</p> <p>We discuss "Stranger and Stranger," newly reworked for <em>From t ... Show More

<p>Continuing on sources from ancient Egypt, finishing up the instructional literature: "The Instruction of Ptahhotep," and "The Instruction Addressed to King Merikare," and then we move to the dialogues, ""The Eloquent Peasant," and "The Dispute Between a Man and His Ba."</p> <p ... Show More

<p>Claudia Hauer of St. John's College and the Air Force Academy talks about her book <i>Strategic Humanism</i> with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics discussed include war, rage, terrorism, and what a modern warrior might learn from Homer.</p> 

Here’s what a historian who has studied J. Robert Oppenheimer for two decades has to say about the new Christopher Nolan film on the father of the atomic bomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

A conversation with Kai Bird, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Robert Oppenheimer 

When the atom bomb was dropped in 1945, how did its inventor, J Robert Oppenheimer, feel? To mark the release of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster Oppenheimer, biographer Kai Bird joins Elinor Evans to discuss the man behind the creation of nuclear weaponry, and the difficult m ... Show More

Nicky talks to Martin Davidson, a historian who discovered as an adult that his Grandfather was a mid ranking SS Officer in the Nazi party - and had joined the party far before Hitler came to power. He and Nicky discuss what he uncovered about the holocaust, recognising evil and ... Show More

Berlin artist-duo Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock talk with Samantha Rose Hill about the work of memory, Holocaust memorials in Berlin, and Walter Benjamin. “Hannah Arendt: Between Worlds” is a coproduction of the Goethe-Institut and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. Th ... Show More

<p>Robert is joined by DJ Danl Goodman to discuss Jack Parsons and Black Magic Scientology.</p><p><strong>FOOTNOTES:</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@glowinthedarkradio/the-mysterious-mr-parsons-life-at-the-intersection-of-crowley-and-hubbard-746a219d34fd">The My ... Show More

<p>What do two physicists think about the movie <i>Oppenheimer</i>? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with theoretical physicist Brian Greene to discuss Robert J. Oppenheimer’s work on the Manhattan Project, the science in Christopher Nolan’s film, and the dawn of quantum physics. </ ... Show More