Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Epigraphs
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Epigraphs
Epigraphs episodes
- Wisdom Has Built Her House: Jemima Puddle-duck and Lady Folly
Ted and Maria discuss Beatrix Potter's tale of a foolish duck and her narrow escape from a foxy gentleman.
58 min - Narrative Coherence and the Cardinal VirtuesTed and Maria discuss how virtue and narrative shape each other and how both help us make sense of the world.1 hr 4 min
- The Arc of the Long NarrativeTed and Maria discuss what narrative shows us about Justice and how framing stories helps us to recognize and develop virtue.54 min
- Read Big or Go HomeTed and Maria discuss epics: What they are, why they're great, and why you should read them.57 min
- Things Fall ApartTed and Maria discuss learning to be human and the perilous business of rearing children.54 min
- Made You Look: The Palantir and the Will
Join us as we take a look at Tolkien's Mirror of Galadriel and the Palantir and what they show us about sight.
52 min - 49 min
- The Tail of a Tale: Truth in Squirrel Nutkin
What does Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" tell us about the shape of reality?
58 min - Come, Friends, Who Plough The Seas
What can The Pirates of Penzance teach us about living in community?
57 min - 50 min
About Epigraphs
From the publisher's feed
Brother-and-sister amateur intellectuals take on everything that interests them: literature, philosophy, culture, ecology, music, and all the other things.
patreon.com/Epigraphs