Alexander Schmid Podcast

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I consider Parts 44-45 of Whitman's "Song of Myself". We specifically consider (a) Whitman's expanded use of time and man's place within time; (b) Whitman's suggesting of directionality or intentionality in history/nature, and (c) how Whitman is an American and an epic poet.

In this first podcast on the 4th volume in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Ms. Sarah Miller, Mr. Wes Schantz, and I discuss (a) the Riddle House and inauspicious beginnings,(b) darkness and the growing potential for darkness in Harry's perspective and choices and (c) we considered the settling of themes and segments to come including: fire, snakes, and riddles and more!

On this episode of Consilience Conversations, Dr. Matt Roos and I are joined by special guest: Daniel Babcock, from Contemporary Commentaries on Westworld (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKdLUOouUfd5sejP8id34olqtwzbKsD3Y or https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/episodes/Episode-048-Westworld-Season-II-Episode-I-e1cb4e). We discuss (a) contemporary experiments on movement and neural imaging, (b) Christian and Greco-Roman epic and philosophical views on free-will, and (c) the potential legal, moral, religious, and educational impacts these questions could have.

On this episode of Side Quests, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss (a) the Temple of the Ancients; (b) we question what exactly the sort of being or parasite Sephiroth may be, and (c) we conclude by talking about addiction, fantasy, and their relationship in contemporary American culture.

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I consider Parts 42-43 of Whitman's "Song of Myself". We specifically consider (a) Whitman's musical imagery and its relation to the experience of living; (b) Whitman's identifying with the whole of mankind and the universality of his message, and (c) his apparent statement of Christian faith and acceptance of the mysteries he does not comprehend.

On this first episode of Recurring Events, Mr. Wes Schantz and I consider (a) what is the news, and how should it be covered, (b) what is civic virtue and how can one actually embody it, (c) the potential difference in spirit between public and private institutions, and (d) the neuroscientific basis for political partisanship and in-group bias/conflict.

In this episode, we (a) review the shield of Achilleus, (b) observe his reconciliation with Agamemnon, and (c) consider the divine origins of "Delusion" among men.

In this episode, we discuss Dante's "Purgatorio" Cantos 13-15. First, (a) we review the proud and representations of art, (b) we consider the essence of envy and how love expiates it, and (c) we conclude with the disembodied representations of love which Dante hears on Terrace 2.

In this episode of Night School, Mr. Wes Schantz and I consider Parts 40-41 of Whitman's "Song of Myself". We specifically consider (a) Whitman's view of America and his own epic experience; (b) Whitman's use of epic conventions and the meaning of Sleep, and (c) to what extent is a subjective consciousness an expression of an embodied idea? And to what extent is that what America is?

In this episode, we discuss Dante's "Purgatorio" Cantos 13-15. First, (a) we review the proud and representations of art, (b) we consider the essence of envy and how love expiates it, and (c) we conclude with the disembodied representations of love which Dante hears on Terrace 2.

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