Marking the arrival of the Davenant Press's newest release, Serious Comedy, author Patrick Downey joins Onsi, Colin, and Rhys to discuss the republication of his work. They talk about  the history of tragedy and comedy in the ancient world, how seriously Plato and Aristotle took writing, how the Bible changed everything, and how a post-Christian world is shifting in its relationship to its stories and acts of writing.

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Currently Reading
Onsi: The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics by Johannes Zachhuber
Colin: "The Vial Poured Out Upon the Sea" by Cotton Mather
Rhys: "In Memoriam A.H.H." by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Patrick: The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis by Leon Kass

Texts Discussed
Phaedrus by Plato
Symposium by Plato
Poetics by Aristotle
The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
Confessions by Augustine
The Divine Comedy by Dante
"The Beloved Icon: An Augustinian Solution to the Problem of Sex" by Onsi A. Kamel

Spotlight
Serious Comedy: The Philosophical and Theological Significance of Tragic and Comic Writing in the Western Tradition by Patrick Downey