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56 episodes

  1. How the 20th Century Made Us Confused and Lonely, from Pooh to Pynchon | Sam Royer 59:52
  2. The Greatest (and Weirdest) 19th Century Fiction, from Frankenstein to Karamazov | Sam Royer 52:26
  3. Does Canon Even Matter? | The Bible, Star Wars, and Pop Culture Dogmatism 50:13
  4. This Film Changed English History (Forever?) | Jarman & Christopher Marlowe 1:17:35
  5. Epstein, Lolita, and the P*rnification of Childhood 59:11
  6. Does Artistic Genius Come From the Devil? | Faust, Yeats, and the Poetic Sublime 1:32:14
  7. Is the Quran the EXACT Speech of God? Islamic Theology Explained | Ramon Harvey 1:38:42
  8. Consciousness is NOT an illusion... REALITY IS | William Seager 1:26:12
  9. The Dark Religion of American Literature | Taylor Caron on the Neo-Gnostics 1:22:56
  10. The Christians Who Thought God Was Evil | Taylor Caron on the Gnostic Gospels 1:17:43
  11. Youtube Just Made Views Worthless | Hyper Viewflation 45:21
  12. Why We May Never Understand Consciousness | Colin McGinn on Mind and Language 1:17:43
  13. Is AI About to Kill Mathematics? | Kirwin Hampshire 1:24:47
  14. Classic Literature Is WAY More Fun Than You Think (1710-1840) | Emma Schilders 1:22:57
  15. Why Understanding Reality Isn’t Enough | Igor Kufayev 1:37:15
  16. The 20 Best Books Ever Written | Cecily Carver’s Picks 1:49:52
  17. The Trinity is Even WEIRDER Than You Thought | Karen Kilby 1:27:11
  18. I was a Hard Materialist... Until This INSANE Dream | Jeff Falzone 2:24:45
  19. The Greatest Books You’ve Never Read (1800-2000) | Adam Walter’s Picks 1:33:06
  20. The Greatest Playwright of the 17th Century (after Shakespeare) | Elaine Hobby 1:45:11
  21. The Greatest Films of Every 5 Years (part two - 1970-2024) | Jack and Milo’s Picks 2:52:38
  22. You’ve Never Heard of Russia’s Strangest Literary Genius | Oliver Ready on Dostoevsky and Sharov 1:50:50
  23. The Greatest Films of Every 5 Years (part one - 1915-1969) | Jack and Milo’s Picks 2:19:23
  24. Was Paradise Already Lost? | Achsah Guibbory on Milton’s Theology of Desire 1:39:57
  25. Reading is... BAD For You Actually 59:10
  26. Who REALLY Wrote the Quran? | Gabriel Said Reynolds 1:08:30
  27. This Philosopher Believed in Magic | James D. Reid on Novalis 2:08:45
  28. The Greatest Novel of Every Decade (1800–2000) | Andrew Nixon’s Picks 1:36:39
  29. Virgil is the Greatest Poet of Antiquity (Not Homer) | Wright & McGill on The Aeneid 1:35:52
  30. Harry Potter Is Secretly About Class 49:59
  31. How Ovid Rewrote Greek Mythology Forever | Stephanie McCarter 1:42:46
  32. The Novel That Predicted Europe’s Collapse? | Ritchie Robertson on The Magic Mountain 1:12:44
  33. Nietzsche: Christianity Is the Most Successful Form of Nihilism 44:03
  34. Beckett, Bernhard, and the Literature of Rage | Mark Bowles 1:29:37
  35. The Greatest Fiction of Every Decade (1800–2000) | Jack & Milo’s Picks 2:38:25
  36. David Bentley Hart: Why Nietzsche Was Wrong About Love and Morality 2:13:18
  37. Translating The Magic Mountain (And Why Thomas Mann Is So Difficult) | Simon Pare 1:52:30
  38. The Gospels Don’t Agree — And That’s the Point | John Nelson on the Bible 1:27:04
  39. This Conversation Changed How I Think About Reading | Brian Cummings 2:13:49
  40. Were Medieval Pilgrimages Actually Vacations? | Anthony Bale on Medieval Travel 1:02:48
  41. Why Language Fails God: John Donne, George Herbert & the Limits of Poetry | Helen Wilcox 1:53:21
  42. Can You Love an Unknowable God? | Becky Field on The Cloud of Unknowing 2:22:34
  43. How Horror Movies Created Real Religious Beliefs | Dr. Joseph Laycock 2:07:26
  44. Mysticism, Madness, & Medieval Women Who Spoke to God | Sue Niebrzydowski 1:57:16
  45. Faust Explains Modernity Better Than Any Philosopher | Johannes Niederhauser 2:15:55
  46. The Artist’s Dilemma: Master One Style or Reinvent Yourself? | Samuel Andreyev 1:44:10
  47. Napoleon (1927) - The Greatest Film Ever Made? | Cecily Carver 1:58:37
  48. Demon Possession, Neoliberalism, & Evangelical Spiritual Warfare | Sean McCleod 2:14:11
  49. Killing Hitchcock: Harold Bloom and the Modern Filmmaker | Sam Jennings 1:56:03
  50. William Blake and the Burden of Vision: Prophecy, and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | Jodie Marley 2:00:23