Philosophy After Hours

In this episode we discuss the different ways that endings are experienced. Some come too soon; others come in their proper time. Do our experiences of any end say something about our (dis)contentment with life? Further, what do certain endings say about our social order, about how we affect the episodic events in each other's lives?

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Text: Ira Gitler, Liner Notes for Miles Davis Quartet Prestige LP 161, 1954.

In this episode we discuss the different ways that endings are experienced. Some come too soon; others come in their proper time. Do our experiences of any end say something about our (dis)contentment with life? Further, what do certain endings say about our social order, about how we affect the episodic events in each other's lives?

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Text: Ira Gitler, Liner Notes for Miles Davis Quartet Prestige LP 161, 1954.

In this episode we discuss the category of 'attractiveness.' What social purchase does being attractive carry? Is this category something we that we should transcend, or ought we rather extend it to all persons? Main episode begins at 25:30.

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Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, "Book I, May 10th." (publisher sucks so not putting that in here)

In this episode we begin with a reading from Rilke's Duino Elegies and go off on a wandering discussion of time, youthfulness, imagination, and the difficulty of facing things that are not within our control. JP concludes with a lamentation on the tragedy that is Peter Pan.

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Text: Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus, trans. A. Poulin, Jr. (New York, NY: Mariner Books, 2005), 55.

In this episode we discuss technological progress and its relationship to past/ancestral knowledge. How much can we learn by stretching further back to the primordial roots of human development to solve the crises and challenges we face today?

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Text: Harvey J. Graff, Undisciplining Knowledge (Baltimore, MA: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015), 1.

In this episode we discuss Confucius's idea of ritual and think about whether ritualized behavior restricts or enhances freedom. Along the way we talk about the difference between ritual and habit and ask what rituals might be practiced in a post-capitalist society.

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Text: Stephen Tyman, A Fool's Phenomenology: Archetypes of Spiritual Evolution (Lanham, MA: UPA, 2006), para. 337.

In this episode we discuss what it might mean to be a political radical? The question is often posed: "What radicalized you?" But who cares about being a "radical"? Is a radical political position worth holding?

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Text: C.L.R. James, Modern Politics (Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2013), 17-18.

Hello, friends! After a bit too long of a break, we are back on the mic to resume our regularly scheduled programming. We want to apologize to all of our listeners for ghosting on you like that--you didn't deserve that. We hope that you can forgive us.

In this episode, Aaron and I sit down to talk about our lives over the past few months--where we were, what we've been up to, and our current process of home-building in Chicago.

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Text: Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2018), 3-4.

In this episode we discuss what it means to belong to a space. What spaces are rightfully carved out for specific communities? What kinds of questions must we ask ourselves before entering a space that seems to exclude us? How do we determine whether or not we are welcome in a "safe space"?

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Text: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 (Complete Jewish Bible)

In lieu of a main episode, we've put together a special edition of the podcast this week to (belatedly) celebrate our 50th show. We've compiled 11 excerpts from our previous episodes to give you a look back at some of our best moments. Enjoy!

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Episodes included (in order of appearance): 2, 10, 19, Last Call Release from July 2020, 23, 27, 28, 30, 32, 39, and 49.