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Enduring ideas💡 that matter ☕ to you. The Easy Existentialist episodes
- Vaccinating Against Hate.💉 Really? A concept whose time has come. Salk, Polio Vaccine.
Reflections on how best to achieve childhood health, the overall role of vaccines, social justice, and the legacy of Dr Jonas Salk and pandemics.
36 min - Relative Ethics 💢 Einstein ♾️ and Relativity ⚛️. What really matters?This podcast discusses the early history of Einstein's life, his key concepts and where they fit into both history and ethics. I then address whether some or all ethical decisions have moral absolutes or are simply relative to their context, "whatever."40 min
- Why did Hamlet ask, "To Be or not to be?" Explainer. Context is the essenceIn this Soliloquy or internal monologue from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Hamlet shares his inner feelings thoughts and plans for the future after his father's foul and most unnatural murder. My Explainer and context added.6 min
- Love Is Not All. The sonnet to love unrequitted, by Edna St Vincent MillayThis beautiful sonnet depicts the love affair from a woman's perspective, from her first attraction, thru the consummation and leading to her sorrow at crushing breaking up. With full explainer to help understand the context.3 min
- Does Shylock really want a pound of flesh? What the Merchant of Venice said and why.
In this episode I first explain the context in which Shylock found himself in Shakespeare's England, the restrictions on Jews and how he ended up a money lender. Then I will read Shylock's own explanation for why he demands a pound of flesh. Lessons that still hold true today
6 min - Bloodbird, dangerous medical fiction about transplants, greed and murder, by Dimitri MarkovBloodbird🦅, dangerous medical fiction, the 1st member of the Dangerous Doctors series by physician⚕️ author Dimitri Markov - aka Donald H. Marks. A desperate patient and an organ that is Not the only thing transplanted. Life in USA 30 years from now, still gripped by virus🦠 and pollution. LMK if you understand the title.5 min
- Tomorrow, at Dawn. The Tragic Poem by Victor Hugo written after his beloved daughter's death.
This deeply moving and intense poem was written by French author Victor Hugo in memory of his daughter Leopoldine. I include introductory and contextual remarks to help you better appreciate and understand the circumstances, which, as a father, I cannot even imagine. LMK your own reaction
4 min - All The World's a Stage, in "As You Like It," by Shakespeare. Explainer, what Jacques said and why.The famous, familiar, meaningful and reflectful Soliloquy by Jacques in "As You Like It", by Shakespeare. Read by Donald H. Marks. Complete with helpful explainer for context.4 min
- Vera Mortina, dangerous medical fiction by Dimitri Markov. A criminally insane murderer doubles as a healer. Let's hope it is fiction"Vera Mortina: When the patient is not the sick one! (Dangerous Doctors Series Book 4)" read by the author Dimitri Markov - aka Donald H. Marks.Start reading it for free: http://a.co/7mlyZFz. Violent doctor, greed, psychosis at a local hospital.18 min
- The Surrogate, dangerous medical fiction by Dimitri Markov. Greed and lust in the in vitro fertilization racket, too realistic to be fiction?"The Surrogate: A young woman trapped in the greed and power of the IVF indu$try. (Dangerous Doctors Series Book 3)" by Dimitri Markov.- aka Donald H. Marks http://a.co/bLJDHs96 min
About Enduring ideas💡 that matter ☕ to you. The Easy Existentialist
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The Easy Existentialist podcast - home to engaging readings of contemporary political thought, short explainers of Shakespeare and poetry, excerpts from my works of medical fiction, my thoughts on the Meaning of Time, Vaccinating Against Hate, and more. The existential theme is preserved throughout. Visit my personal blog www.DHMarks.blogspot.com to learn even more, including the text of all my writings. And on Substack.
Follow my reading of books on @Goodreads @DHMarks