For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Two movie fans review and dissect the best and worst movies of the Video Store era.
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We surprise some of the world's brightest minds with ideas they're not at all prepared to discuss. With host Jason Gots and special guests Neil Gaiman, Alan Alda, Salman Rushdie, Mary-Louise Parker, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Saul Williams, Henry Rollins, Bill Nye, George Takei, Maria Popova, and many more . . . You've got 10 minutes with Einstein. What do you talk about? Black holes? Time travel? Why not gambling? The Art of War? Contemporary parenting? So ...
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Where's That Sound Coming From Presents: Questions But No Answers with Brian Marchese
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Dateline December 30 2023. The spinoff is now the main event. Welcome to Where's That Sound Coming From Presents: Questions But No Answers! Yes, WTSCF has become what might be the only podcast centered on the musical career of a person whom I consider to be one of the most creative, if underrated and misunderstood, musical minds of the mid-late 20th Century: the late, great Michael Nesmith. I made a list of 75 songs he recorded between 1965-2016 which I feel support my opinion (mostly origin ...
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#76 Jonathan Pageau - Deconstructing the Fall of Adam and Eve
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Jonathan Pageau is a French-Canadian icon carver, YouTuber and public speaker on symbolism, religion and the Orthodox faith.
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Send us a Text Message. Neil is back! He joins Eric in talking about the tensions of the Cold War and potential head injuries of Rocky 4. We catch up on what's up with Neil and talk about watching movies on airplanes. Don't throw in the towel, join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#75 Destiny on Jordan Peterson, Voting, and Political Principles
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Steven Bonnell II is a popular American political streamer known online as Destiny.
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Episode 10: Ep. 9 - She Thinks I Still Care (SUMMER RERUN of a 2014 episode of Where's That Sound Coming From)
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Overcome with the need to keep my audience engaged I realized that there are a few episodes of my old podcast that I could re-post, which deal with songs that most Nezheads should know well. Without bias, I still say that the Second National Band version is the best version of this heartbreaking song. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't check out a…
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#74 Rabbi David Wolpe - What is Judaism?
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David Wolpe is an American rabbi, and Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School. He was named the most influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek in 2012.
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Send us a Text Message. Eric and David struggle to get through this awful remake from 2001, Thirteen Ghosts. It's a great example of early 2000's horror, loud, dumb and unnecessary. Put on your ghost goggles and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#73 Arguments for Atheism Tier List w/ Joe Schmid!
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Joe Schmid is a PhD student in philosophy at Princeton University. He graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from Purdue University in 2022. He has published articles in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of time, and the author of books including "Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs". He runs the YouTube channel, "Majes…
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I decided to sneak one more in before my summer break! It's short, like the episodes were supposed to be when I started this series.....What a perfect little power folk pop song this is, and the first song on the legendary Headquarters album (Nez thought up that title, ya know). The four Monkees, plus Chip Douglas, jangleburst their way through the…
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#72 John Nelson - What Did Jesus Really Look Like?
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John Nelson holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from the University of Edinburgh. His thesis is the first book-length study of Jesus' physical appearance in the Gospels. He runs a weekly Substack called "Behind the Gospels" which aims to make Biblical studies accessible to all.
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Send us a Text Message. Remake month carries on as Eric and David (Neil is away) talk about the better than expected remake of Piranha from 2010. We also talk about other "Nature Run Amok" movies. Grab your taser and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#71 Unsolicited Advice - An Introduction to Nihilism
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Joe Folley is the creator of the YouTube channel "Unsolicited Advice" which creates short, digestible philosophical videos on a wide range of topics. He joins me today to discuss nihilism: its history, its meaning, and its significance in philosophy.
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Send us a Text Message. Remake month continues as Eric and Neil talk about the obscure direct to video remake of Night of the Demons. It's got more boobs and the original, but it lacks that 1980's charm. Grab a rusty piece of metal and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#70 Philosophize This! - A Beginner's Guide to Philosophy
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Steven West is the host of "Philosophize This!" one of the world's most popular philosophy podcasts. Listen to it here.
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Send us a Text Message. Remake month begins, with The Omen from 2006. Eric and Neil discuss this unnecessary reimagining of the 1976 classic. Damien isn't as scary and everything is rainy and blue. Grab your Devil Dog and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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Episode 8: Ep. 7 - The Girl I Knew Somewhere
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A song described as “A Breezy Little Pop Tune” by its author, Michael Nesmith, “The Girl I Knew Somewhere” was too poppy for Jon Herald, too sloppy for Don Kirshner, but just exactly perfect to be the world’s first taste of The Monkees performing as a real band when it was released on March 8, 1967, as the B-side to “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit Y…
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#69 Iain McGilchrist - The Mind is More Than a Machine
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Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.
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Send us a Text Message. Eric and Neil struggle through the last movie of High School Movie Month, Just One of the Guys. It's amazing what passed for entertainment 39 years ago! Tuck a sock in the front of your pants and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#68 Andrew Mark Henry - What is The Gospel of Thomas?
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Andrew Mark Henry is a scholar of religious studies. His research focus is early Christianity and late Roman religion. He earned his PhD at Boston University. His YouTube channel is "Religion for Breakfast".
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Send us a Text Message. Greetings and Salutations! Eric, Neil and David talk about the cult classic from 1989, Heathers. We also talk about our own high school experiences and what fun that was. Grab a Slushie and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#67 Elaine Pagels | What Are The Gnostic Gospels?
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Elaine Pagels is an American historian of religion. She is the Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion at Princeton University. Pagels has conducted extensive research into early Christianity and Gnosticism. See me speak at Level Up in Atlanta this June: http://levelupconferences.org/
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Send us a Text Message. Our second episode of high school movie is Three O'clock High from 1987. David returns to discuss this underrated movie with us. Put up your dukes and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#66 Coleman Hughes - Should We Take Race Out of Politics?
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Coleman Hughes is an American writer and podcast host. He is the author of "The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America".
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Send us a Text Message. High School Movie Month begins with a good old fashioned slasher movie, Prom Night from 1980. Eric and Neil have a great time talking about this movie and how much they surprisingly enjoyed it. We also talk about how scary Little House on the Prairie could be. Put on your best Disco dancing clothes and bedazzled ski-mask and…
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#65 Esoterica - The History of Yahweh
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Justin Sledge is currently a part-time professor of philosophy and religion at several institutions in the Metro-Detroit area and a popular local educator. His YouTube channel is "Esoterica".
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Send us a Text Message. Eric and Neil talk about what some consider the best super hero movie ever made, The Dark Knight. Sadly it actually hasn't aged that well and we will talk about why. It has great performances and looks amazing, but there are a few things that really rub us the wrong way. Put on your best cowl and join us!…
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#64 Rory Stewart - We Are Addicted to a Sense of Crisis
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Rory Stewart is a former UK Government minister, MP, and deputy governor in Iraq following the western invasion. He walked on foot for two years across Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal in 2002. He was a private tutor to both Prince William and Prince Harry. He now co-hosts The Rest is Politics with Alastair Campbell, one of the UK's mos…
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Send us a Text Message. Eric and Neil tackle the 1991 action flick, Point Break. A movie that walks the line between awful and awfully entertaining. We talk about the careers of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. Grab 2, and I mean 2 meatball sandwiches and Join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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#63 A.C. Grayling - Who Will Own the Moon?
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A.C. Grayling is a British philosopher and author. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities, an independent undergraduate college in London. Buy "Who Owns the Moon?" here.
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Send us a Text Message. Eric and Neil talk about the 1985 classic, Pee-wee's Big adventure. Tell 'Em Large Marge sent you!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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Send us a Text Message. Eric and Neil talk about the bloody revenge movie, Kill Bill: Volume 1. We talk about the Kung Fu and Samurai movies that made us into men as well as so many other genre movies that live inside our hearts and heads. Take off your shoes, wiggle your toes and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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Where is Mary going to? Is she safe from the persistent creepo who won't leave her alone? Is this the same Mary as in "Walkin' the Dog"? Was Michael Blessing much more of a manufactured image than Monkee Mike? Is Bloomfield's guitar solo the best part of the Butterfield version? Why isn't Micky ready? How great of a live band were The Monkees on th…
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#61 Sam Harris - Can Science Determine Moral Values?
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Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, New York Times best-selling author, host of Making Sense, and creator of Waking Up.
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Send us a Text Message. Monster March comes to a conclusion with, Deep Blue Sea from 1999. Eric, Neil and David wonder why this movie had such positive reviews as its basically people running away from water and shutting doors for over an hour and a half. Put on your shar fin hat and join us!By Eric and Neil (sometimes David)
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