The Notion Club Podcast

S2E5

S2E3

Justin is joined by Stephen Williams, a scholar of English literature, to discuss the virtue of fellowship, which is perhaps not so much a virtue in itself, but an accumulation of the best virtues—among which are courage, loyalty and steadfastness, trust and love.

Since the end of Season One back in October,  Ian and Justin have made some endeavor to return to their roots, to get back to those things that made them. In this episode, they each share two stories about their Appalachian heritage.

Announcements for a new season, and a montage of highlights from season one.

Should personal liberty be overridden by a public health crisis? Ian Duncan considers the dangerous implications of draconian masking orders and argues for individual rights based on natural law.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony has come under recent attack in an article published by Vox. In today's episode, Justin defends Beethoven and his legacy against this attack by deconstructing deconstruction.

The virtues of chess remain intact even after its long evolution from an ancient past, when combat was once entered into by rules and by honor, and when a king was a thing worth dying to protect.

Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen discusses his work with Dreamers' Circus and the Danish String Quartet, and the convergence between folk and classical music.