Best August Bakers Podcasts (2024)

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E33: Sam Bam Koltun - Guitar Player For Budderside, Faster Pussycat, Dorothy, Crossbone Skully, Brings Us Up To Date On His Rising Meteoric Career! 52:41

14d ago52:41

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Sam Bam Koltun talks with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento filling us in on his career since the last time he talked with us in our Episode 10. In this episode he gives us the How, Who, and When he became the full-time guitar player for the current lineup of bands he's in. He tells us how he met and became friends with Tracii Guns of L.…

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E32: Julia Lage - Bass Player For Vixen Talks About Her Latest Single Release, Vixen, And More. 45:36

29d ago45:36

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Julia Lage talks with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about her latest single "The Ride"; who the players are on it, and gives us a sample listen; what it was like joining Vixen and how the band may shape their future; how she grew her network of musicians in Los Angeles after moving there from her native São Paulo, Brazil.…

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E31: Ben Owen - Rising Artist Talks About His Latest Single "Dangerous Love" And Plans For Videos And Moving His Career Forward. 38:11

1M ago38:11

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Artist Ben Owen talks with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about his latest single release "Dangerous Love," who the players are on it, and gives us a sample listen. He also tells us of his origins in the U.K.; how he got into music; and if there was any special way he accumulated 92-thousand YouTube followers!…

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E30: Patrick Kennison - Guitarist/Vocalist For Lita Ford, Founder/Frontman Of Heaven Below Talks About HB's New Album, Touring With Lita, How Early Digital Recordings Opened The Door To His Career! 41:51

2M ago41:51

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Patrick Kennison - Founder and frontman of Heaven Below, guitarist-vocalist for Lita Ford, talks with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about his forthcoming album release with Heaven Below, who the players are on it, gives us a sample listen, how he first got the gig with Lita Ford, his origins, and how early digital recordings led to h…

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Sharon Patricia Holland. an other 44:40

2M ago44:40

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Sharon Patricia Holland an other In an other, Sharon Patricia Holland offers a new theorization of the human animal/divide by shifting focus from distinction toward relation in ways that acknowledge that humans are also animals. Holland centers ethical commitments over ontological concerns to spotlight those moments when Black people ethically rela…

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Stephanie Li. Ugly white people 47:18

2M ago47:18

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Stephanie Li Ugly White People: Writing Whiteness in Contemporary America White Americans are confronting their whiteness more than ever before, with political and social shifts ushering in a newfound racial awareness. And with white people increasingly seeing themselves as distinctly racialized (not simply as American or human), white writers are …

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Carol Gilligan. In a human voice 51:14

2M ago51:14

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Gilligan, Carol In a Human Voice Carol Gilligan's landmark book In a Different Voice – the "little book that started a revolution" – brought women's voices to the fore in work on the self and moral development, enabling women to be heard in their own right, and with their own integrity, for the first time. Forty years later, Gilligan returns to the…

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E29: Marcus Nand - Solo Artist, Touring Player For Mike Tramp, Talks About His Forth-Coming Album Release And Origins. 41:01

3M ago41:01

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Marcus Nand - Solo Artist and touring player for Mike Tramp, talks with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about his forthcoming album release, who the players are on it, gives us a sample listen, recording and touring with Mike Tramp in support of the album Songs Of White Lion, what it's like to take on Vito Bratta's guitar parts, his or…

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Merav Roth. A psychoanalytic perspective on reading literature: Reading the reader 52:01

3M ago52:01

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Merav Roth A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Reading Literature: Reading the Reader (Art, Creativity, and Psychoanalysis Book Series) 1st Edition What are the unconscious processes involved in reading literature? How does literature influence our psychological development and existential challenges? A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Reading Literature …

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Ep 9 - Emily DeMoor - What is Intersubjectivity and the Noosphere? 39:01

3M ago39:01

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Dr. Emily DeMoor is a lifelong learner, teacher, speaker, author, retreat director, poet and artist who seeks to participate meaningfully in the transition to a more unified, peaceful and sustainable world. Her current learning and teaching centers on intersubjectivity and the Noosphere. With a Master of Arts in Musicology, a Master of Pastoral Stu…

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E28: James Zota Baker - Solo Artist, Writer, And Touring Player, Talks About Performing With War, Writing And Recording With Edgar Winter, And His Solo Releases. 43:03

3M ago43:03

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James Zota Baker - Solo Artist, Writer, Touring Player, talks with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about what performing with legendary band War is like; writing and recording with legend Edgar Winter; who some of the guest musicians are on album release "Rebel Road;" and his own releases "Better Than Never," and "Brand New Eyes."…

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William Egginton. Alejandro Jodorowsky: Filmmaker and philosopher 42:45

3M ago42:45

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William Egginton Alejandro Jodorowsky: Filmmaker and Philosopher Description Alejandro Jodorowsky is a force of nature. At 95 years old he is still making films and is a cultural phenomenon who has influenced other artists as disparate as John Waters and Yoko Ono. Although his body of work has long been considered disjointed and random, William Egg…

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Humanity's Rite of Passage with Carolyn Baker, Ph. D. - Ep. 8 32:44

4M ago32:44

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Carolyn Baker, Ph. D., was a psychotherapist in private practice for 20 years and a professor of psychology and history for 10. She is the author of 15 books including Navigating The Coming Chaos: A Handbook For Inner Transition; Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization’s Collapse; and Love In The Age of Ecological Apoca…

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Peter Singer. The Buddhist and the ethicist 51:31

4M ago51:31

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Peter Singer and Shih Chao-Hwei The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on effective altrusism, engaged Buddhism, and how to build a better world ABOUT THE BUDDHIST AND THE ETHICIST Eastern spirituality and utilitarian philosophy meet in these unique dialogues between a Buddhist monastic and a moral philosopher on such issues as animal welfare…

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Peter Brooks. Narrative takeover 36:15

4M ago36:15

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Peter Brooks (Yale) Seduced by story: The use and abuse of narrative Chosen by New York Magazine/Vulture as a Best Book of 2022 “There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. Nothing can defeat it.” So begins the scholar and literary critic Peter Brooks’s reckoning with today’s flourishing cult of story. Forty y…

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John Roedel: From Comic to Best-Selling Author: The Journey of ‘Hey God. Hey John" - Ep. 7 40:47

4M ago40:47

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John Roedel is a comic who unexpectedly gained notability as a writer and poet through his heartfelt Facebook conversations that went viral and became an Amazon best-selling book titled, Hey God. Hey John. He is the author of five books—Hey God. Hey John, Any Given Someday, Untied: The Poetry of What Comes Next, Remedy, and his latest work, Upon De…

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Daniel C. Dennett. I've been thinking 51:22

5M ago51:22

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Daniel C. Dennett I've been thinking Description "How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is an understatement." —Richard Dawkins A memoir by one of the greatest minds of our age, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C. Dennett. Daniel C. Dennett, preeminent philosopher and cogn…

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Christopher Bollas. Conversations 49:45

5M ago49:45

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Christopher Bollas Conversations Transcript erratum: The director of the film “Zone of Interest” is Jonathan Glazer. Christopher Bollas presents us with a new literary form in his Conversations: twenty-three unique dialogues to captivate, amuse, and inspire. The psychoanalyst Paula Heimann asked: 'Who is speaking? To whom? About what? And why now?'…

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Anna O. Do you know my mom? 51:00

6M ago51:00

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"Do you know my mom?" The court-appointed monitor says that's off limits. In this episode, Anna (pseudonym) tells her story. Her son is 1yo, in diapers, when the police come to arrest her, while she attempts to contact her dealer for drugs before prison. From there, she loses custody of her son, enters treatment, and tries to re-gain contact with h…

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E27: Carrie Stevens - The Playboy Playmate Talks About Health, Modern Modeling, Eric Carr's Influence On Her Life, Her Book, Her Merch, And OnlyFans.com. 35:26

6M ago35:26

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Playboy Playmate Carrie Stevens tells The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about studying nutrition and health; how finding modeling and acting parts has become more difficult in today's diversity movement; how her modeling career began; how a visit to Hollywood and meeting Eric Carr (drummer for KISS and relationship partner with Carrie fo…

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Howard Kirschenbaum. The life and work of Carl Rogers 50:56

6M ago50:56

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Howard Kirschenbaum (Rochester) The life and work of Carl Rogers Twenty years after his death, PCCS Books celebrates the life and work of Carl Rogers with the long-awaited second edition of the much-acclaimed biography by Howard Kirschenbaum, On Becoming Carl Rogers. This completely re-written and re-titled edition extends to over 700 pages and inc…

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review of Risking Intimacy by Lauren Levine 34:03

6M ago34:03

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Lauren Levine Risking Intimacy and Creative Transformation in Psychoanalysis Note: I had planned to interview Dr. Levine about her book. Leading up to the date we had agreed on, I was struggling with what to talk to her about. Timothy Williamson notes the gladitorial or adversarial nature of philosophical discussion. I certainly had some critical c…

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Boston University Mental health counseling and behavioral medicine 32:30

6M ago32:30

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Thoughts on a degree-granting "program" at BU, called "Mental health counseling and behavioral medicine." I took some classes there but eventually quit because it was so ridiculous. What is "mental health counseling"? U.S. states wanted to regulate who could become a psychotherapist, and, given the incredible demand, a variety of academic departmen…

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E26: Mike Plotnikoff - Talks Mixing And Production, Guitar Miking, His Early Days, How Synesthesia Helps His Mixing And Production. 46:30

7M ago46:30

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Mike chats with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about recording Tommy Henriksen's new band Crossbone Skully; Edge Of Paradise's Margarita Monet; guitar miking techniques with Angus Young, Eddie Van Halen, and modern guitarists; amp modeling versus amps; where he was born and raised; his early career days working with legendary producer…

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Kristal Parks - From Prison Bars to Saving Elephants: The Story of an Anti-War Activist - Ep 6 33:44

7M ago33:44

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Kristal Parks is a biologist, elephant conservationist, author, and environmentalist. She is a deeply spiritual person who has been involved in social justice activism and anti-war activism her entire life. Kristal is one of the rare visionaries of action. She truly walks her talk to the point of having put her own freedom and personal safety in da…

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey. Crossing: A transgender memoir 55:11

7M ago55:11

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey (Cato Institute) Crossing: A Transgender Memoir A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year “I visited womanhood and stayed. It was not for the pleasures, though I discovered many I had not imagined, and many pains too. But calculating pleasures and pains was not the point. The point was who I am.” Once a golden b…

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Alex Byrne. Trouble with gender 46:12

7M ago46:12

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Alex Byrne (MIT) Trouble with gender: Sex facts, gender fictions Sex used to rule. Now gender identity is on the throne. Sex survives as a cheap imitation of its former self: assigned at birth, on a spectrum, socially constructed, and definitely not binary. Apparently quite a few of us fall outside the categories ‘male’ and ‘female’. But gender ide…

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Slavoj Žižek. Freedom: A disease without cure 48:43

8M ago48:43

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Slavoj Žižek (University of London, New York University, University of Ljubljana) Freedom: A Disease Without Cure We are all afraid that new dangers pose a threat to our hard-won freedoms, so what deserves attention is precisely the notion of freedom. The concept of freedom is deceptively simple. We think we understand it, but the moment we try and…

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Brian Tucker, a cross-cultural spiritual director and computer scientist on the four archetypes and cosmogenesis - Ep 5 34:45

8M ago34:45

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Today's conversation with with Brian Tucker, a cross-cultural Spiritual Director and Advisor who trained with the Guild for Spiritual Guidance, Brian Tucker has organized and facilitated Interfaith events for many years in the Central New Jersey area, serving two years with the Vincentian Renewal Center (St. Joseph's Seminary) in Plainsboro, NJ as …

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E25: Jeff Scott Soto - Announces New Art Of Anarchy Release And Video, Updates Us On His Solo Career And Trans-Siberian Orchestra. 54:29

9M ago54:29

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Jeff chats with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about new Art Of Anarchy release Let There Be Anarchy and it's first song/video release Vilified, how he became part of the band's lineup; details us on his solo career releases Complicated, and The Duets Collection, Vol 1; where he prefers to record his vocals; talks about his origins as…

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Bence Nanay. Mental imagery: Philosophy, psychology, neuroscience 51:47

9M ago51:47

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Bence Nanay (Antwerp) Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience Mental Imagery: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience is about mental imagery and the important work it does in our mental life. It plays a crucial role in the vast majority of our perceptual episodes. It also helps us understand many of the most puzzling features of percepti…

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Clancy Martin. How not to kill yourself 51:24

9M ago51:24

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Clancy Martin (University of Missouri in Kansas City; Ashoka University in Delhi, India) How not to kill yourself: A portrait of the suicidal mind. FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous blend of memoir and philosophy that examines why the thought of death is so compu…

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Conversation with visionary Jan Phillips - Ep 4 39:20

10M ago39:20

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Jan Phillips is a visionary thought leader, award-winning author, and dynamic speaker. She is co-founder and executive director of the Livingkindness Foundation. Join us for this engaging conversation inspired by her book, "No Ordinary Time." Contact Jan and sign up for her Museletter at www.janphillips.com.…

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E24: August Zadra - The Guitarist/Vocalist Known For His Work With Dennis DeYoung Is Setting His Own Course With His Album Release ”Guiding Star.” 42:28

10M ago42:28

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August chats with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about his album release "Guiding Star" including who the primary writers are and doing production with Alessandro Del Vecchio; where he was raised, how he became a musician; what inspired him to move to Los Angeles; how he got his gig with Dennis DeYoung of Styx fame; and tops it off wi…

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E23: Marco Mendoza - Setting Course As A Solo Artist With His Latest Release ”New Direction.” 48:18:00

10M ago48:18:00

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Marco chats with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about his latest album release "New Direction;" and how when combined with his previous release "Viva La Rock" really does establish a new direction for him as a solo artist; what it was like to record "New Direction" with Soren Anderson in Copenhagen, Denmark; how he's looking forward t…

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E22: Leanne Bowes - Her Path Becoming A Versatile Bassist, Touring/Session Player, And Bandleader For Demi Lovato. 34:56

10M ago34:56

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Leanne chats with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about her rising path as a versatile bass player, recording for Linda Perry, attending Emerson College, her father's early death and how that galvanized her to succeed in music, and how important networking and self marketing is and was in her landing touring and session work - and beco…

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E21: Dilana - Interview Sessions With The Powerhouse Rock Vocalist 1:07:04

10M ago1:07:04

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Dilana chats with The RMA's Cole Coleman and Claudio Pesavento about her current performing project, being on Rock Star Supernova, The Voice Of Holland, her time as a teenage runaway, and what she has planned next. Tune in for this revealing interview!By Rock Music Alliance

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Mother's Day Proclamation - Ep 3 48:09

12M ago48:09

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On this year's Mother's Day, we talk about the original origins of Mother's Day: The "Appeal to Womanhood throughout the World" (later known as the "Mothers' Day Proclamation") written by Julia Ward Howe in 1870. Cosmic Entanglement Podcast is where we discuss the divine entanglement of everything. Topics include spirituality, cosmos, consciousness…

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Turning of the Great Ages - Ep 2 48:09

12M ago48:09

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In this episode, we discuss the myths and legends regarding the turning of the great ages. Cosmic Entanglement Podcast is where we discuss the divine entanglement of everything. Topics include spirituality, cosmos, consciousness, and much more. Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D., is an educator, author, retreat facilitator, and spiritual guide across wisdom…

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The Noosphere - Ep 1 31:07

12M ago31:07

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In this episode, we discuss the work of Brian Thomas Swimme and the Noosphere. Cosmic Entanglement Podcast is where we discuss the divine entanglement of everything. Topics include spirituality, cosmos, consciousness, and much more. Bernice Marie-Daly, Ph.D., is an educator, author, retreat facilitator, and spiritual guide across wisdom traditions,…

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Lorraine Daston. Rules 0:58

1y ago0:58

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Lorraine Daston (Committee on Social Thought U. Chicago, Max Planck Institute, Berlin Institute for Advanced Study) Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (The Lawrence Stone Lectures) A panoramic history of rules in the Western world Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, t…

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Wendy Brown. Nihilistic times 46:40

1y ago46:40

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Wendy Brown (Princeton) Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber (The Tanner Lectures on Human Values) One of America’s leading political theorists analyzes the nihilism degrading―and confounding―political and academic life today. Through readings of Max Weber’s Vocation Lectures, she proposes ways to counter nihilism’s devaluations of both knowle…

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Timothy Williamson. Philosophical method 48:16

1y ago48:16

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Timothy Williamson (Oxford, Yale) Philosophical method: A very short introduction From thought experiments, to deduction, to theories, this Very Short Introduction will cause you to totally rethink what philosophy is. Assuming no previous knowledge of philosophy, this is a highly accesible account of how modern philosophers think and work Presents …

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Clara Mattei. How economists invented austerity and paved the way to fascism 40:29

1+ y ago40:29

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Clara E. Mattei (New School) The capital order: How economists invented austerity and paved the way to Fascism A Financial Times Best Book of the Year “A must-read, with key lessons for the future.”—Thomas Piketty A groundbreaking examination of austerity’s dark intellectual origins. For more than a century, governments facing financial crisis have…

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey. Beyond positivism, behaviorism, and neoinstitutionalism in economics 55:38

1+ y ago55:38

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey (Cato Institute) Beyond positivism, behaviorism, and neoinstitutionalism in economics A penetrating analysis from one of the defining voices of contemporary economics. In Beyond Positivism, Behaviorism, and Neoinstitutionalism in Economics, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey zeroes in on the authoritarian cast of recent economics, ar…

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Elijah Anderson. Black in white space: The enduring impact of color in everyday life 1:13:10

1+ y ago1:13:10

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Elijah Anderson Black in White Space The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life Elijah Anderson From the vital voice of Elijah Anderson, Black in White Space sheds fresh light on the dire persistence of racial discrimination in our country. A birder strolling in Central Park. A college student lounging on a university quad. Two men sitting in a …

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Criterion Now – Episode 148 – Criterion 2022 Top 3, Sight & Sound, February and March 2023 Announcements

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We are still back and still a little behind. Our guest was Dave Eves. He and Jill share their favorite Criterions of 2022. We also talk about February and March 2023 announcements, as well as immediate reactions to the Sight & Sound 100 list. With the upcoming announcements, we took a deep dive into Romeo and Juliet and the impacts of the lawsuit f…

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Tommie Shelby. The idea of prison abolition 52:47

1+ y ago52:47

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Tommie Shelby (Harvard) The idea of prison abolition An incisive and sympathetic examination of the case for ending the practice of imprisonment Despite its omnipresence and long history, imprisonment is a deeply troubling practice. In the United States and elsewhere, prison conditions are inhumane, prisoners are treated without dignity, and senten…

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Lewis R. Gordon. Fear of black consciousness 55:21

1+ y ago55:21

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Lewis R. Gordon (UConn) Fear of black consciousness Lewis R. Gordon's Fear of Black Consciousness is a groundbreaking account of Black consciousness by a leading philosopher In this original and penetrating work, Lewis R. Gordon, one of the leading scholars of Black existentialism and anti-Blackness, takes the reader on a journey through the histor…

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Martha C. Nussbaum. Justice for animals 52:29

1+ y ago52:29

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Martha C. Nussbaum (U Chicago) Justice for animals: Our collective responsibility A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat …

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