Best Mimesis Podcasts (2024)

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How Do You Capture the Tragedy of War? (with Sabin Howard) 1:09:04

1d ago1:09:04

1:09:04

A soldier goes off to war. Damaged in combat, he returns home, forever changed. Master sculptor Sabin Howard captures this tragic and powerful journey in bronze, for the new World War I Memorial that will be unveiled in Washington, D.C. on September 13, 2024. Howard talks about his craft with EconTalk's Russ Roberts as they discuss Howard's hatred …

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PODCAST #122 1:42:10

6d ago1:42:10

1:42:10

Participants: John Steppling, Max Parry, Hiroyuki Hamada, Shaenah Batterson, Dennis Riches. Subjects covered: What has been lost with the loss of handwriting and letter writing, looking back at “the covid years” and their ongoing effects, induced food scarcity, performance enhancing drugs in sports and other competitive endeavors, missiles “find” a…

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The Ever-Present Challenge of Escaping Poverty (with Noah Smith) 1:02:48

8d ago1:02:48

1:02:48

The universe, points out economist Noah Smith, is always trying to kill us, whether through asteroids hurtling through space or our every-few-hours hunger pains. Why, then, should we expect anything but a gravitational pull toward poverty? Listen as Smith explains to EconTalk's Russ Roberts why he believes that poverty will always be our "elemental…

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PODCAST #121 1:49:20

13d ago1:49:20

1:49:20

Participants: John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, and Hiroyuki Hamada. Subjects covered: the Olympics opening ceremony, the rise of Kamala “Kamalot” Harris, the Clinton-Obama factional divide, the disappearance of the Trump assassination attempt from Internet searches, elections in Venezuela, the demise of Israel, “Cuba: An…

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Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West 1:57:51

15d ago1:57:51

1:57:51

Neuroscientist and author Sam Harris of the podcast Making Sense talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about rising Jew-hatred in the West and what Harris sees as the dangers of radical Islam and Jihadism.By EconTalk: Russ Roberts

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Does Parenting Make You a Better Person? (with Erik Hoel) 1:24:18

24d ago1:24:18

1:24:18

Does parenting make you a better person? Can it improve your life? Neuroscientist Erik Hoel makes the self-interested case for parenting arguing that it makes you less jaded and more heartbroken (in a good way) for how you experience the world. Listen as new father Hoel speaks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the universal and particular truth…

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PODCAST #120 1:45:03

27d ago1:45:03

1:45:03

Participants: John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, Hiroyuki Hamada, & Cory Morningstar. The US presidential election gets even weirder, environmental protection vs. climate crisis vs. war; apples, bees and honey, BlackRock (and other investment firms) capture the working class in private pensions, putting a young future assa…

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PODCAST #119 1:37:15

1M ago1:37:15

1:37:15

Participants: John Steppling, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, Hiroyuki Hamada & Dennis Riches. Topics covered: revelations about who did the killing on October 7th, 2023, French elections, Sweden and Norway ascend to NATO, the "trad wife" phenomenon, late stage capitalism as a con in which everyone is the mark being cooled out, a mark who must con ot…

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Lessons from Lincoln, Then and Now (with Diana Schaub) 1:34:10

1M ago1:34:10

1:34:10

What lessons can we take from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln for today's turbulent times? How did those speeches move the nation in Lincoln's day? Listen as political scientist Diana Schaub of Loyola University, Maryland talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about three of Lincoln's most important speeches and what they can tell us about the United S…

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Challenge, Mimesis and Parsercraft (Trinity continued) 44:17

1M ago44:17

44:17

A long-form reflection on game design and parser craft theory continues with a discussion of Inform Design Manual 4's version of Graham Nelson's "The Craft of the Adventure." Particular attention is paid to mimesis, challenge, and, as Drew puts it, "cool stuff." Part of a series about Infocom's Trinity. Resources discussed in this episode: Gold Mac…

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Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin) 1:34:06

1M ago1:34:06

1:34:06

For many men, surviving the test of battle intensifies the joy of being alive. A provocative claim, perhaps, but to novelist Mark Helprin, simply a fact, and one that drives his new book about men who commit themselves fully both to service during wartime and to the women they love. Listen as Helprin tells EconTalk's Russ Roberts how his service in…

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PODCAST #118 1:42:20

1M ago1:42:20

1:42:20

Why does the right and much of the left denounce the Frankfurt School? Green capitalism and climate anxiety vs. genuine concern for environmental protection. Closing music track Take the Wind by Jack Littman, used with permission.By John Steppling

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Is Israel Occupying the West Bank? (with Eugene Kontorovich) 1:06:18

2M ago1:06:18

1:06:18

To international law expert Eugene Kontorovich of George Mason University, all the arguments that make Israel out to be an occupying force collapse under the weight of a single, simple fact: A country cannot occupy territory to which it has a legal claim. Listen as Kontorovich speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the legal issues surrounding o…

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PODCAST #117 1:38:20

2M ago1:38:20

1:38:20

Participants: John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, Lex Steppling, Hiroyuki Hamada, & Johan Eddebo. Discussed in this edition: Escalation of war in Ukraine, the genocide in Palestine continues, was Joe Biden ever a “good, kind man”? protests in L.A. against the sale of Palestinian land reported as “antisemitism,” organizing, …

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René Girard, Mimesis, and Conflict (with Cynthia Haven) 54:28

2M ago54:28

54:28

If you're always imitating others or aspiring to be something else, what's left of the "authentic" you? According to the French philosopher René Girard, not much: Nothing can be truly authentic, he argued--everything comes from somewhere else. This is just one of the many original and counterintuitive claims put forth in Girard's sweeping approach …

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Lecture 3: Theatre & Death (or introducing cinema) 1:22:27

2M ago1:22:27

1:22:27

Lecture 3: Theatre & Death (or introducing cinema) by John StepplingBy John Steppling

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PODCAST #116 1:40:24

2M ago1:40:24

1:40:24

Participants: John Steppling, Dennis Riches, Shaenah Batterson, Max Parry, and Hiroyuki Hamada. Topics covered: The green agenda, barriers to fossil fuel replacement, the energy footprint of artificial meat, the war on farmers, small business owners: are they the bourgeoisie or proletariat? splittism, dogmatism and purity tests of the Left, Russia …

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68- Sandra Didn't Understand the Assignment 37:27

2M ago37:27

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Join us as we see what romantic quotes from movies that would actually work on you in real life, and see that Sandra did not understand the assignment and give random quotes for this epic episode.By Stacey Rourke & Sandra Schaer-Fisackerly

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Mimesis Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Mimesis

Stacey Rourke & Sandra Schaer-Fisackerly

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EconTalk

Russ Roberts

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POPULUXE

Thomaï Serdari

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Aesthetic Resistance Podcast

John Steppling

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Gold Microphone: Stories and Games

Drew Cook

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How Do You Capture the Tragedy of War? (with Sabin Howard) 1:09:04

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PODCAST #122 1:42:10

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The Ever-Present Challenge of Escaping Poverty (with Noah Smith) 1:02:48

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PODCAST #121 1:49:20

1
Sam Harris on Jew-Hatred, Radical Islam, and the West 1:57:51

1
Does Parenting Make You a Better Person? (with Erik Hoel) 1:24:18

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PODCAST #120 1:45:03

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PODCAST #119 1:37:15

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Lessons from Lincoln, Then and Now (with Diana Schaub) 1:34:10

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Challenge, Mimesis and Parsercraft (Trinity continued) 44:17

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Reading, Writing, and Fighting (with Mark Helprin) 1:34:06

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PODCAST #118 1:42:20

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Is Israel Occupying the West Bank? (with Eugene Kontorovich) 1:06:18

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PODCAST #117 1:38:20

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René Girard, Mimesis, and Conflict (with Cynthia Haven) 54:28

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Lecture 3: Theatre & Death (or introducing cinema) 1:22:27

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PODCAST #116 1:40:24

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68- Sandra Didn't Understand the Assignment 37:27

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