The Lore Check
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The Lore Check
Philosophy doesn't live only in dense texts and lecture halls — it's hiding in the words we use, the games we play, and the myths we grew up loving. The Lore Check is a podcast that takes philosophy seriously by approaching it from unexpected directions: through history, esoterica, tarot, arcana, and the mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons and other fantasy games.
Each episode traces an idea back to its roots — sometimes etymological, sometimes mythological — and follows it across traditions. A single episode might move from a Sanskrit term in classical Indian philosophy, through a parallel concept in ancient Greek thought, and land in a modern debate, all anchored by something as simple as a spell, a tarot card, or the meaning of a word.
This isn't philosophy stripped of rigor to make it palatable. It's philosophy approached the way curious people actually think — associatively, across centuries and cultures, pulled along by ge