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The Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 19 | Seeders, Leechers, & The Swat TeamThe Jacksway Collective is back!
After 8 months of hiatus, Jhana, Oliver, and Brendan hop back on the microphones to shake off the rust. The guys got together this week to talk about Digital Piracy. Since Brendan is a musician, we thought he'd offer an interesting perspective on the modern state of affairs when it comes to piracy.
Under what conditions is piracy more or less acceptable? Should you pirate the Lord of the Rings Director's Cut? Is Spotify merely a pretty platform facilitating piracy? These are a few of the questions that the guys debate...2019-11-1954 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 18 | The Death of The Author, The Birth of the PodcastersThe Jacksway Collective
How seriously should we care about what the author of a work intends for us to think about their work itself? Should we base our interpretations of art on the ability of the artists to "accurately portray" their own experience? Does knowing more about what an author set out to do further our enjoyment of a work?
These are the questions the gang juggle as they discuss Roland Barthes' famous essay, The Death of the Author. Thanks again to Ted for another awesome listener email spurring our discussion!
The Jacksway...2019-04-0935 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 17 | Generation Why? Zadie Smith's Take On Our Online ExistenceWe're the Jacksway Collective
The Jacksway Collective is back after a minor hiatus! Brendan, Sarah, and Jhana sit down to talk about Zadie Smith's essay "Generation Why" in her book "Feel Free." Zadie Smith's essay examines the generational gaps between herself and Mark Zuckerberg. She asks questions about his motivations, critiques his ideas around "connection," and challenges our society's willingness to buy into these platforms.
The gang dives into their own Facebook habits, their experience with online advertising, and wraps it up with an EPIC monologue from Brendan on Justin Timberlake vs The Backstreet Boys...2019-03-1455 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionThe Talkbox 1 | Love Up on a PlateSometimes, the best stories are hidden in plain sight. Underneath a modern soul, sample driven record by Mr. Jukes, aka Jack Steadman of Bombay Bicycle Club, is the tale of how clashing cultures can recover from conflict through art and expression. Join host Brendan Tuytel as he delves into history to illuminate how a new release came to be and how it has meaning as an emblem of an era.
This is an experimental audio essay separate from the regular Jacksway Collective podcast. Every once and a while we'll be releasing these audio essays from Brendan while...2019-02-1931 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 16 | Brains in a VatThe Jacksway Collective
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In this episode, The Jacksway Collective read Hilary Putnam's paper Brains in a Vat and experience a collective hallucination. Well, not exactly. They do, however, discuss epistemology and the implications of what would happen if it were revealed tomorrow we were all just brains in a vat. The gang also dives into their most embarassing author they have on thier shelves and how to deal with social interactions with clammy hands.
Ah, the email. We all love a good email, don't we...2019-01-2842 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 14 | Is There a Soul Under The Skin?The Jacksway Collective
are back at it again with Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin.”
In this science fiction meets art house film, listen in as the gang muddles through thick Scottish accents, the often obtuse, and the visually stunning. The episode asks questions such as what it means to be and become a human being, why we have the desire for our main character to move towards that goal, and what the most messed up scene of the film was. (There were many).
Happy New Year from all of us (and if you’re...2018-12-3147 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 13 | Can You Blame God for Waiting to Reveal the Truth?The Jacksway Collective
Tolstoy is back in the Jacksway Collective's quest to find the story with the most possible suffering a human being can endure. Sarah, Brendan, Oliver, and Jhana dig into "God Sees the Truth, But Waits." During the episode they talk about holding on to one's faith and question whether or not truth ought to be the most fundamental virtue of our human experience.
The gang also reads their VERY FIRST LISTENER EMAIL. Ted from Vancouver asks us to clarify our views on blame, what it means to blame someone, and whether "brain...2018-12-1741 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 12 | On the Opposite of Truth TellingWe're The Jacksway Collective
The Jacksway Collective venture back into the dark cave known as philosophy and explore Harry Frankfurt's On Bullshit. What is bullshit? How do we make sense of it? And how is bullshit different than lying? Plus the group reveal some personal stories -- some more [bull]shitty than others.
Listen to the madness then send us an email at jackswaycollective@gmail.com. Or let us know what you think of the show by leaving a review on our iTunes.
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On Bullshit:
http://www2.csudh.edu/ccauthen/576...2018-11-2742 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 11 | We Need to Talk About Kevin on the PodcastWe're The Jacksway Collective
Things get truly grotesque on this week's episode on Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin. The gang opens up with a discussion on gene editing and whether or not that applies to our potential psychopath babies (yes, a Hitler discussion arises...).
After the intro discussion, Sarah, Jhana, Oliver, and Brendan talk about Kevin, motherhood, moral responsibility, the colour red, and the presence of the male penis in modern film.
Listen to the madness then send us an email at jackswaycollective@gmail.com
DISCLAIMER on the...2018-11-1347 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 10 | The Rise of the Podcast & The Fall of the House of UsherWe're The Jacksway Collective
Descend into madness with The Jacksway Collective during this week’s Halloween Special as they dive into Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher.
The boys bring on their first female guest star, Sarah, to discuss the Victorian Gothic, its influences, and Edgar Allan Poe’s place within this literary genre.
Listen in as our hosts wade through the supernatural, death, and insanity and find out how they manage to alienate twins and Bostonians alike.
The Jacksway Collective talk philosophy or fiction every week...2018-10-2338 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 9 | The Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasWere The Jacksway Collective
The Jacksway Collective explore Ursula K. Le Guin's philosophical short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.
Le Guin's story acts as a thought experiment asking the reader to imagine a perfectly content society and then turns it on its head once you find out that it's predicated on the endless suffering of a singular child. Can people live on in this society? Is this story an allegory for the west? How complicit are the people of Omelas in this story? These are the topics the guys cover in their...2018-10-1640 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 8 | Existential Dread in Children of MenWe're The Jacksway Collective.
This week's platter consists of Alfonso Cuarón's exquisite film Children of Men (2006). Jhana, Brendan, and Oliver speculate whether or not an ethical framework can exist in such a dystopian-like society. If so, what does that ethical framework look like? It's a juicy discussion cooked to perfection.
Oh, and Oliver may have been naked during the Google Hangout. But we'll never know.
Listen to The Jacksway Collective talk philosophy or fiction every week. A podcast where 20-somethings have in-depth, academic(ish) discussions about whatever the hell they want.
2018-10-0850 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 7 | I Have No Mouth, and I Must ScreamWe're The Jacksway Collective.
In this week's episode, The Jacksway Collective take a massive leap in time going from Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich to Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream.
Within the discussion, Ellison's writing style is examined in it's relationship to the New Wave literary movement and other stories we've talked about on the podcast thus far. We also think about consciousness: How can we truly know who is conscious and who is not?
Listen to The Jacksway Collective talk philosophy or fiction every week...2018-09-2446 minThe Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & FictionEpisode 5 | Rice Pudding & The Penal ColonyThe Jacksway Collective
The Jacksway Collective have their first guest on the podcast, Brendan Tuytel, and try to make sense of Franz Kafka's story "In the Penal Colony."
After discussing important topics such as coming out to your parents as podcasters, the trio unpack what the story has to say about justice, punishment, and societal change. They do their best to interpret what the hell happened in the Penal Colony before this story takes place--all while bargaining to get Brendan a better microphone and a sponsorship deal for the podcast.
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