Two Blokes and Their Books

We return this month to Epictetus.

We discuss virtue, duty, and the complicated set of assumptions that inform our moral intuitions.

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This month the blokes talk about absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett.

Along with the obvious discussion of Beckett's work and its various insparations, we take some time to weigh in with our own thoughts about meaning and our relationship to it.

Who doesn't want to be happy, right? The desire for happiness has long been considered a constant and universal human experience, and a powerful ethical principle. But once we ask what happiness means, the universality evaporates and we find a quagmire of ethical conundrums.

This month, the blokes consider what Epictetus has to say about happiness and how to get it.

Introducing local playwright, Scot Moir!

Scot has written several plays in recent years, several of which have been performed by a local theatre company.

In this episode we discuss the newest addition to his repertoire, an adaptation of the much-beloved "Treasure Island."

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Join us for the exciting conclusion of the labours of the Redcross Knight. We follow our faithful knight as he purges his sin, attains holiness, and frees Eden from the dreaded dragon. Holy lore is expounded, blood is spilled, and an identity is revealed!

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This month, Scot introduces us to a strange Irishman, John Moriarty -- not that Moriarty.

John Moriarty's thought is non-analytic, syncretizing, and deeply spiritual. We think you'll be fascinated by his approach to myth and meaning.

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This month we return to the Land of Faerie. Our Redcross knight is overcome, intrepid Una enlists the help of a famous prince, and, even after his deliverance, the Redcross knight barely avoids succumbing to despair.

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Hard to know how to describe this one. The blokes try to talk about the metaphysical status of narratives and the characters that populate them and end with a rousing (if un-nuanced) critique of the Postmodern mistrust of metanarrative. If none of that makes sense, don't worry: there are two blue-collar, self-educated blokes with delusions of grandeur to clarify.

In this month's episode we return to Faerie Land in the second instalment of book 1 of The Faerie Queene. Will the Lady Una ever be reunited with the Redcross Knight, or will the duplicitous wiles of Duessa prevail? Find out in today's exciting episode!

This month we are talking about C. S. Lewis' The Discarded Image, in which Lewis describes what he calls 'the medieval model.'

We talk about medieval art, science, and philosophy, touching in brief such subjects as the theory of the humours, basic medieval astrology, and some of the philosophic and theological problems that fairies presented to the medieval mind.

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