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- #88: The Boy, the Rebel, and the Creator 2.0 (Nietzsche's 3 Metamorphoses)
An explanation of Friedrich Nietzsche's "On the Three Metamorphoses" from Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
References:
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Portable Nietzsche. Translated by Walter Kaufman. Published by the Penguin Group in 1954. Copyright 1982.
Novel
The Man Who Killed God
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18 min - #87: The Knight of Faith 2.0 (Fear and Trembling Explanation)
Take two of my analysis of Soren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling, as well as a subtle praise for the power of belief. The original episode was narrated by
References:
1. Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling
2. The Book of Genesis from the Bible
3. General absurdism information
4. Don’t Try-The Philosophy of Charles Bukowski
5. Fredreich Nietzsche – Becoming who you are
6. The Pursuit of Happiness true story
NovelThe Man Who Killed God
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32 min - #86: The Dragon 2.0 (Introduction to Buddhism)A simple introduction to Buddhism. If you would like to learn more about Buddhism, I recommend reading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and The Dhammapada.This is a re-recording of episode #9: The Dragon. I had Luchia Pike narrate that episode, but after some thought I realized that it would be better for my voice to narrate all solo episodes of the podcast to avoid inconsistencies.
References
1. The 8-Fold Path: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eightfold-Path
2. John Ross Carter and Mahinda Palihawadana, The Dhammapada, Oxford University Press, 2008.
Novel
The Man Who Killed God
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22 min - #85: Severance: Symbolism and the Self
A pod-essay on the relationship between language, identity, and reality, and how these concepts relate to the Apple TV series: Severance.
References:
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
"On Truth and Lie in an Extra Moral Sense" by Friedrich Nietzsche
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Heraclitus
Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"
“The Practice of Psychotherapy” by Carl Jung
Novel
The Man Who Killed God
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39 min - #84: Madison Petersheim (The Shack, Disney, Health Care, Paranormal activity)
Maddie and I sat down to discuss the philosophy of Disney, Pixar movies, Christianity through the lens of the film The Shack, being a health care professional, and paranormal activity. Beware: We may have created a poltergeist.
My novel:
The Man Who Killed God
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Outro provided by Brock Tanya1 hr 13 min - #83: Orwell's "On Politics and the English Language" with Kevin Donahue
Kevin and I sit down to discuss how language is used (both intentionally and unintentionally) poorly in such a way that it is misleading, undescriptive, or down-right wrong. We first react to George Carlin's bit, "On Soft Language" from the CappyNJ YouTube channel. Then we move onto an analysis of George Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English Language"
Other references:
Build back better
Verbatim local news script
My novel:
The Man Who Killed God
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2 hr 36 min - #82: Oppenheimer and the Philosophy of the Apocalypse with Aaron Tuminaro
Aaron and I sit down to discuss the movie Oppenheimer, the Bhagavad Gita, Revelation, the philosophy of death and rebirth, and how to survive one's self-apocalypse.
The Man Who Killed God
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References:
Thoth's Prophecy
Revelation
The Bhagavad Gita with translator notes
JRE #1945 with Eric Weinstein
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1 hr 12 min - #81: Tim Donahue (Coast Guard, Robert Kennedy Jr., Raising Children)
KEVIN'S DAD joins the ITA podcast to discuss his time in the coast guard, some interesting ideas and insight he gained as a truck driver, Robert Kennedy Jr., and raising Kevin.
Outro provided by Brock Tanya.
1 hr - #80: Thought Surfing with Kevin Donahue #2 (Belief, Reality, and Identity)Kevin and I sit down for our recurring series "Thought Surfing", where we roam around the inner depths of our consciousness to discover not the truth, not our truth, but some cool ideas that make us smile and think weird thoughts.What is identity? What is belief? How does your belief affect your identity? And does consciousness affect the way particles interact with the world? Why is everyone so crazy?
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Novel is out on print with a brand new cover and title:The Man Who Killed God
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1 hr 27 min - #79: Aaron Tuminaro (The Case for the Family Unit)
My friend, Aaron Tuminaro, joins the ITA to discuss the family units, life in the city, and remote work.
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