David and Tamler take the first excursion into the work of Haruki Murakami and talk about his short story “Sleep.”... more

The great Paul Bloom returns to the show to explore the many mysteries of Todd Field’s 2022 film “Tár.” Is... more

David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religious Experience." What defines a... more

David and Tamler deliver a PODCAST episode, one of many that comes from the INTERNET, that you’ll probably listen to... more

Here’s an episode with something for both of us – a healthy serving of Kantian rationalism for David with a... more

David and Tamler get lost in the world of Susanna Clarke’s "Piranesi," a hauntingly beautiful and thrilling novel with echoes... more

Tamler’s earlier self committed to doing an episode on Parfit, and David holds his current self to that promise, which... more

It’s the episode that Tamler has been waiting for – a long deep dive into Andrei Tarkovsky’s mysterious masterpiece "Stalker."... more

David and Tamler dive into Seneca’s “On the Happy Life” and stoicism, the topic selected by our beloved patreon supporters.... more

David and Tamler wind their way through another Borges story - "The Immortal"- about a Roman soldier who seeks the... more

We often think of metaphors as poetic flourishes, a nice way to punctuate your ideas and make them more relatable.... more

David and Tamler gild and stain David Hume’s essay “The Sceptic†with their sentiments. If nothing is inherently valuable or... more

In this podcast we examine a recent argument for the view that chess is not, in fact, a game. We... more

We welcome Sam Harris back to the show for a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick’s confounding 1968 masterpiece "2001: A... more

We dive into David Foster Wallace’s sprawling 1993 essay “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction.” How do TV and... more

David and Tamler take their first real look at pragmatism via Richard Rorty’s “Solidarity or Objectivity.” Can we discover facts... more

David and Tamler return to Borges land to get lost in the infinite, this time with his legendary and tragic... more

David and Tamler continue their discussion of Leo Tolstoy’s 'Confession.' When we left him last time, the famous author had... more

We have a sneak peek for our listeners--the first episode our new Patreon bonus series on David Milch's brilliant (but... more

David and Tamler find themselves unable to attach rational meaning to a single act in their entire lives. Let’s say... more

David and Tamler mask up and wander through the audio and visual orgy of Stanley Kubrick’s final masterpiece Eyes Wide... more

David and Tamler descend into the dark pits of Hell to look Satan in the eyes and discover the nature... more

David and Tamler lose themselves in Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s (pr. ‘chick sent me high’) classic paper on the concept of flow.... more

Ivan Ilyich is a man. All men are mortal. So Ivan Ilyich is mortal. Sure absolutely, that’s true for Ivan... more

David and Tamler explore the many variations of simulation theory, the view that our universe is just a computer generated... more

We welcome Paul Bloom to talk about the first season of "Severance," the new mind-bending and mind-splitting TV series on... more

Panpsychism didn't give us river spirits or mischievous sootballs, so this time we go straight to the source - a... more

David and Tamler conclude their discussion of "The Trial," Franz Kafka's darkly comic vision of an opaque and impenetrable bureaucracy... more

David and Tamler wander through the bewildering dream-like world of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." In part one of a two-part... more

It’s the topic voted on by our beloved Patreon patrons, panpsychism! David and Tamler delve into the resurgent debate over... more