This episode takes about two poems that deal with the foundation of the Zhou kingdom and of the people's move from nomads to settlers.
This episode looks at two poems dealing with the common people. One deals with their everyday concerns, and the other, their view of war.
This episode discusses some of the elements of poetry and the difficulty of translation.
This episode covers these books and recaps some of his main ideas. It also looks a little to the contemporary world.
This episode starts the season and the series of episodes about Confucius.
This episode discusses how politicians use the various media through the 20th century to spread their ideologies.
This episode discusses how the two systems did what their founders warned against.
This episode looks at social media and the pressures to fictionalize our lives for the world.
This episode looks at Camus' philosophy and his rejection of nihilism.
This episode looks at science fiction and it's predictions and sometimes warnings about where the world is heading.
This episode looks at Singer as someone who brings philosophy to the non philosopher.
This episode looks at two of his poems and discusses how poetry is able to engage a wide rage of topics relevant to modern life.
This episode looks at her essay The Perplexities of the Rights of Man and how her ideas are grounded in realities then and now.
This episode looks at the post modern novel American Psycho, and examines how it exposes the dark side of the 1980s glitter.