This episode explores another scary word that most misunderstand.

This episode goes into why philosophy always starts by defining terms and then defines a term that is often used as a scary word, though few seem to have a grasp on the actual meaning.

This episode looks at the novel The Awakening and its connections to not only naturalism, but also modernism, and post modernism.

This episode analyzes two poems by Sandburg and discusses his background a little.

This episode goes into more recent attacks on the Enlightenment and gives possible ways of overcoming those attacks. The episode calls into question the project of starting with an unmoving foundation in philosophy.

This episode applies feminist, Marxist, and psychological criticism to Browning's poem.

This episode talks about some of the Enlightenment ideals that have never actually been put into practice.

This episode goes into a problem that Enlightenment thinking reveals, and the problems that have resulted.

This episode talks about some of the challenges to the Enlightenment and covers problematic ideas. It also introduces future topics on the Enlightenment.

This episode discusses the Jungle by Upton Sinclair and compares workers conditions then to the present.