The New Agora

Matthew and Athan have decided to pursue our own individual projects, but a lot of the same content discussed here will be discussed on their separate projects. You can find a link to Athan's new Podcast here: and Matthew's new Podcast here. We encourage you to subscribe to both

In this episode, we evaluate Socrates' proof of the immortality of the soul and the implications it has on our own conceptions of life after death. While doing so, we also dive into a discussion of how we come to attain knowledge of things. 

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Here, we Introduce The New Agora and provide some logistics 

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In this Episode, we read the Socratic Dialogue Euthyphro and discuss with Fergus Cleland the dilemma that arises from the conclusions or lack there of that Socrates makes. Specifically, we discuss it in the context of language and the limits they have on our ability to communicate and articulate concepts to each other.   A PDF of the Readings can be found below:   

Public PDF: https://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Online/texts/201/Plato,%20Euthyphro.pdf 

PDF that we used: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ed/detail.action?docID=740466

This is the first of our series of episodes on Ancient Greek Philosophy. Today we began with Parmenides of Elea. Link Tree Below:

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In this episode, Athan interviews Mathew about his life story, thus far, in order to better understand why he is so passionate about Critical Theory, and what he is trying to achieve through his thinking and writing on the topic. 

It’s far too easy to get caught up with what is wrong with the world these days. So, what is going right? In this episode, it is time for some good news. Choosing from a couple of sources (see below) Matthew and Athan highlight the good news stories that catch their eyes to shed a little light on some of the awesome things human beings are up to.

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https://www.humanprogress.org/

In this episode Athan and Matthew talk about ancient Greek tragedies, drawing largely from Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy which they both wrote about in their finals for aesthetics. They introduce the topic and then consider discuss the connection between ancient Greek tragedies and Christianity. A link to the paper can be found below.    

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In this episode, we welcome our first guest, Adam Julians. A radio host and former film and media student who found himself squeezed out of his university for giving his opinion during a media class. Listen in to hear us get into his story and discuss the implications