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Ferhat Albayrak PodcastLive at 2020 Eskisehir 04.05.25Recorded Live at Live 2020 Eskisehir on May 3rd, 2025.
Mixed by Pioneer DJ DJM-V10.
Tracklisting
1 . Lil' Louis & The World-Club Lonely
2 . Augusto Taito - Mercy (Original Mix) - Mord
3 . Confidential Recipe - MNML01 - Turbo Recordings
4 . Clif Jack - Time Illusion - JAM
5 . Tunga - Technofeudalism - Jeton Records
6 . Robert Hood - Art Form (Original Mix) - M-Plant
7 . Shlomi Aber - Limelight (Original Mix) - CLR
8 . Club MCM-Club MCM (Mark Broom re-edit)
9 . Mark Broom - Movement (Original Mix) - RSPX
10 . R.M.K - Edge Of Chaos - NECHTO Records
11 . DJ Hyperactive - Wide Open (Original Mix_1997) - Missile Records
12 . MarAxe - Sh...
2025-05-053h 00
The Happy SpotThe Human Score: Redefining Human Centricity in Organizations"Why should you listen to The Human Score: Redefining Human Centricity in Organizations?Because it’s not just another conversation about workplace culture — it’s a radical rethinking of how organizations truly value and sustain their people. In this insightful interview, Dr. Clif, the self-described “Corporate Doula,” pulls back the curtain on the silent epidemics of disengagement, burnout, and psychological neglect happening in companies worldwide.If you’re a leader, HR professional, or someone navigating the modern workplace, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of why chasing metrics like turnover and absenteeism mi...
2025-05-011h 01
Everyday Anarchism151. Graeber's Debt Chapter 12, The Beginning of Something Yet to Be DeterminedIn which I end my series on David Graeber's Debt, apologize for mistakes, and offer some hope for a new world in which we have more money and less monetarism.Thank you to all of the listeners to this series, and my wonderful lineup of guests: Dirk Ehnts, Eleanor Janega, Cory Doctorow, Bill Maurer, Henry Farrell, James K. Galbraith, Fuad Musallam, Clif Mark, Luke Kemp, John Weisweiler, Chris Isett, and Yanis Varoufakis.The whole series can be found here: https://www.everydayanarchism.com/david-graebers-debt/
2025-04-091h 17
Oddcast · Hosted by Ramiro Lopez & Arjun VagaleOddcast 195 Mark MichaelODDCAST095 Mark Michael Studio Mix
Tracklist:
Mark Michael - Nu Human
Muter, Romina Dez - Fascination (Adam Beyer Remix)
Drunken Kong - Take The Bass
Clif Jack - Time Illusion
Mark Michael - System
Hertz - Legendary
Blenk - Outline
Andres Campo - Ligne Jaune
Mark Michael - Error
Mark Michael - DNA 404
Adoo, Tomo in der Muhlen - We Collide
Altinbas - Voyage
Jens Mueller - Off To The River
2025-03-241h 00
FilkCastFilkCast Episode 288, February 26, 2025Send us a textMusicMargaret Middleton - Upon A Dragon's Back (Haden-Elgin) - Live At OVFF 2http://www.mcubedventures.comClif Flynt Debbie Ohi Mary Ellen Wessels - Stardrive - Live At OVFF 2Ernest Clark - Beyond Pandora's Door - OVFF BeatMurray Porath & Al Babcock - I Am Not A Pagan Polka - OVFF BeatLeslie Fish - Singing Banned From Argo - OVFF Beathttp://www.prometheus-music.comhttps://lesliefish.bandcamp.comClif Flynt & Debbie Ohi - Photon Chamber 4...
2025-02-2657 min
MJA the Vision Radio Show with Clif JackMJA the Vision Radio - Jil Tanner Studio Mix Session I MJATVR005On MJA the Vision Radio we have a mix from Jil Tanner recorded in the studio in Berlin, Germany.
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MJA the Vision techno label & vision by Clif Jack.
THINK ∞ BELIEVE ∞ DREAM ∞ BEAT
Tracklist:
Jil Tanner - Bassface
Soolver - Dystri...
2024-12-201h 01
MJA the Vision Radio Show with Clif JackMJA the Vision Radio - Luca Morris Studio Mix Session I MJATVR004On MJA the Vision Radio we have a mix from Luca Morris recorded in the studio in Rovigo, Italy.
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THINK ∞ BELIEVE ∞ DREAM ∞ BEAT
Tracklist:
Oliver Huntemann - Cranck
Weska - Yeah
Oscar...
2024-12-201h 08
Tin Foil Hat With Sam Tripoli#844: 39 Days To Melee and The Sky Wars With Top Lobsta, Raven and Mark SteevesThank you for tuning in to another episode of Tin Foil Hat with Sam Tripoli! This week, we're excited to welcome back Raven and Top Lobsta from the Nephilim Deathsquad, along with Mystic Mark from My Family Thinks I'm Crazy. Together, we dive deep into Clif High's 2009 predictions about Sky Wars, the mysterious NJ Drones, and what America might look like over the next four years under Trump. Nothin but bangers. Thank you for your support. Grab your copy of the 2nd issue of the Chaos Twins now and join the Army Of Chaos: https://bi...
2024-12-181h 58
Who Knew In The Moment?Jeremie Hart- Recruiting Coordinator for SMU Men's Basketball!
Jeremie Hart was named Recruiting Coordinator by Head Coach Andy Enfield. The South Garland High School alum played a pair of his collegiate seasons in Texas and started the charity "Hustle with Hart" in South Dallas, which brings in current NBA and professional players to speak to kids about basketball, education and life.Hart, a Dallas native, has coached for five seasons following a 10-year professional playing career. He joins the Mustangs after recent stints at New Mexico State (2023-24) and Kansas State (2022-23 – NCAA Elite Eight). He also coached at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2020-22 – 2022 Elite Eight) and...
2024-10-2246 min
The HoursA Deep Dive into Race and Space w/ guest Clif ConleyTyler and Mark welcome guest Coach Clif Conley from Oak Hill Academy to discuss his National Championship season running the Race and Space offense!They also cover what to do when a player tries to do too much, how to run LockLeft at lower levels, and everyone's favorite, the 'KO Game.'
2024-08-1746 minEveryday Anarchism127. Debt Discussion 7, Honor and Dignity with Clif MarkClif Mark, host of the Good in Theory podcast, joins me to discuss honor and degradation in Graeber's Debt. Also I make Clif talk about representation in Star Wars, for some reason.
2024-06-2648 minEveryday Anarchism125. Graeber's Debt Chapter 7, Honor and DegradationA little belatedly, here's my episode about Graeber's Debt, Chapter 7. A discussion on honor and dignity will be coming later this month with Clif Mark of the Good in Theory podcast!
2024-06-0545 min
Current ConversationsWorking Together to Tell Global River StoriesIn this episode of "Current Conversations," hosts Arielle Roth and Julia Regeski welcome Clif Briley, Executive Producer, and Mark Stewart Iverson, Creative Producer, from BeAlive Studios. Clif shares his journey from a childhood steeped in environmental science to his versatile career in filmmaking, emphasizing the power of strong connections and collaboration in storytelling. Mark, an award-winning creative producer and UCLA Film School graduate, discusses his transition from comedy to conservation, producing content for Rivers are Life. Together, Clif and Mark reveal how their combined talents are making a positive impact on the planet by raising awareness about river conservation through...
2024-06-0329 min
Contractor RadioRecruiting the Right Team with Clif SavageOn today's episode Jim sits down with Clif Savage of SLS solutions to talk about the importance of recruiting for home service business owners and how it can make or break your business. Some key takeaways from this episode include: -How to find a third party recruiting firm that fits with your culture-Clifs mantra, "Recruit, Train and Retain"-The worst and best questions to ask when you are interviewing a prospect. -The hiring and recruiting environment in 2024 for Admin, production, and sales. -Jim and Clif discuss the negative stig...
2024-05-0950 min
Grensverleggend in Flex#08 - Start met waarde toevoegen aan jouw bedrijf - Sven Peeters en Mark van Dijck, MarktlinkIn control zijn. Eén van de belangrijkste factoren die de waarde van jouw uitzendbureau bepaalt. Je marge, overhead en de systemen waarmee je werkt zijn hier allemaal onderdeel van. Elke dag werken Sven en Mark met ondernemers aan hun toekomst. Daardoor hebben de heren scherp in beeld hoe je waarde toevoegt aan je uitzendbureau. Wat factoren voor succes zijn. En hoe je bepaalt hoe de toekomst van jouw bedrijf eruitziet. Benieuwd wat bedrijven interessante kandidaten maakt voor een overname? Wat er gebeurt in de uitzendbranche op het gebied van fusies en overnames? Hoe je m...
2024-03-2644 minFilkCastFilkCast Episode 209, August 2, 2023Send us a textMusicBarry And Sally Childs-Helton - Frankie And Igor - OVFF 2https://barrychilds-helton1.bandcamp.comBill Maraschiello - God Lives On Tully - OVFF 2Ernest Clark - He'a A-Starin - OVFF 2Jaunita Coulson - Solitary Singer - OVFF 2Bill Sutton - The Terrific Centrifugal Still - OVFF 2https://billbrendasutton.bandcamp.comNaomi Pardue - Rob's Guitar - OVFF 2Frank Hayes - Don't Ask...
2023-08-0253 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast46 - Athenian democracy and Plato w/ Graham Culbertson (Everyday Anarchism Podcast)This episode is a crossover collabo with Graham Culbertson of the Everyday Anarchism podcast. Graham asked me over to talk Athenian democracy, Plato, anarchism and how modern meritocratic education sucks. We had a nice time with it and hope you do too. Support the show
2023-05-111h 04Everyday Anarchism083. Ancient Athenian Democracy and Plato -- Good in Theory Crossover with Clif MarkThis episode is a crossover with Good in Theory, a political theory podcast by Clif Mark. I highly recommend Clif's podcast; in addition to interviews and one-off episodes, Clif did a series in which he adapts and explains Plato's Republic - the entire thing! Almost every topic in political theory is addressed in The Republic - and Clif guides you through the foundations of all the arguments we are still having today. Although from an anarchist perspective Plato is wrong about everything.In this episode, Clif and I discuss ancient Athenian democracy and the extent to which...
2023-05-101h 02Everyday Anarchism081. Running Rome: 60 Million Subjects, Zero Middle Managers -- James Corke-Webster and Lisa EberleIn this episode, following up on my conversation about Byzantium with Anthony Kaldellis and leading to my conversation about democratic Athens with Clif Mark, I talk to James Corke-Webster and Lisa Eberle about their work on Roman governance. In contrast to images of Rome as a centralized and bureaucratic monolith, James and Lisa explain how Rome functioned as a network of cities, linked more by soft power than by military might - although the soldiers showed up if the wealth stopped flowing to the imperial city. You can also hear why so many Roman buildings became ruins before they...
2023-04-2652 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast45 - Humane War feat. Samuel MoynWar tends to bring out the human propensity for atrocity. Nobody likes indiscriminate killing, torture and so on. What to do about it? One response is to avoid war altogether. According to Yale prof Samuel Moyn, that’s what most people wanted after World War II and after Vietnam. But more recently, he’s noticed a shift. Now, politicians, especially in America, are focussing on making more humane. Leaders like Obama say they’ll make war as ‘clean’ as possible by using drone strikes and special forces and minimizing civilian deaths and secret torture programs. That’s all well and good but...
2022-09-051h 05
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast44 - Samuel Huntington "The Clash of Civilizations?" Samuel J. Huntington’s 1993 “The Clash of Civilizations?” is the most assigned article in American political science. It predicts a worldwide culture war (but not the kind you're thinking of). The book became a massive bestseller, Huntington was all over TV and his theory is still talked about all the time. It made him a darling to the press but reviled by his fellow academics. Think of "Clash" as a dark rejoinder to Fukuyama’s already-pretty-morose “End of History.” Instead of a peaceful but boring post-history, Huntington thinks that the end of the Cold War heralds a new era of worldwide ci...
2022-08-1736 min
How Does Tomorrow Sound?BONUS: “Like Your New Best Friend” Production CallWe imagined one audio future! Then we asked some smart podcasters how we did. In E01 (“Like Your New Best Friend”), we suggest that developments in AI might turn podcasts into very compelling chatbots. In this bonus track, podcasters Stacey Copeland, Clif Mark, Naomi Mellor, and Andrea Muraskin share their reactions. We are grateful for their feedback. Note: Though the track is presented like one large convo, we spliced two longer chats (one with Stacey and Andrea and one with Clif), held at separate times, with a voicemail from Naomi. We didn’t include here the ed...
2022-08-0519 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast43 - Tyranny at Work feat. Elizabeth AndersonAmericans hate when the state tells them what to do. They’ve got freer speech, freer access to guns and less regulation on business than any other rich country. So why do they let their work bosses walk all over them? American workers have less rights and worse conditions than workers in any other developed country. Employers can fire employees at will, impose arbitrary schedules and prevent them from forming unions. They tell them what to wear, what they can publicly say and even when they can take a shit. Why do freedom-loving Americans stand for this?
2022-06-0654 min
Imago Nutrition Podcast10. Are V8 juices and CLIF bars healthy?Are V8 juices and CLIF bars really as healthy as advertised, or is it all just marketing? In this episode, Mark and Danielle discuss the pros and cons of these products, as well as give some tips for tracking calories to align with your goals.To submit a question to be answered on a future episode, visit: www.imagonutrition.com/podcast Theme song, Thinkin' Bout Food, courtesy of Happy Pill.
2022-05-3025 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast42 - The New Aristocracy feat. Matthew StewartMatthew Stewart is a philosophy PhD and author. He’s also a Princeton guy and former management consultant so he knows rich people. His new book, The 9.9%, is about them. Not the super-rich, but the doctors, lawyers and managers that go to good colleges and live in nice neighbourhoods. The “nearly rich and not-famous,” as he puts it. We talk about how these people raise their kids, get their money and block the poorer element from their neighbourhoods. Matthew reckons the 9.9% are a new kind of aristocracy that’s entrenching inequality and making everyone hate parenting...
2022-05-0254 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast41 - Love in the Time of Big Data feat. Alfie BownBig tech companies tell us they’re our servants, existing to fulfill our desires more cheaply and conveniently than ever. Alfie Bown doesn’t think so. He thinks Deliveroo, Tinder, Pornhub etc. aren’t just giving us what we want, they’re shaping what we want. He reckons our tech overlords are secretly remaking humankind on the level of desire. We chat about Chinese cars that know what you want to eat and why time travellers don’t get horny. Bown is the author of a new book called Dream Lovers: The Gamification of Relationship...
2022-04-1858 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast40 - Is Liberal Democracy the Best We Can Do? feat. The Morality of Everyday ThingsIs democracy the worst form of government except for all the others or is it just the worst? This is a crossover with the delightful Morality of Everyday Things podcast. Jake and Ant and I discuss what liberal democracy is, the arguments in its favour, and some big critiques. Episode includes Plato, Nazis and Lizards. Enjoy! Also, go listen to MOET pod! ReferencesFrancis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last ManCarl Schmitt The Crisis of Parliamentary DemocracyKarl Popper, The Open Society a...
2022-02-081h 14
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast39 - The Glorious History and Ugly Present of Rhetoric feat. Rob GoodmanRhetoric is supposed to inspire. Imagine Cicero exhorting the Roman people, Churchill vowing to “fight on the beaches.” Yet, when politicians speak today, it’s almost always boring or obnoxious. Why? Prof. Rob Goodman, author of Words on Fire: Eloquence and its Conditions comes by today to talk about the history of rhetoric, what Cicero knew that we don’t, and the political speech styles of Trudeau (boring), Trump (obnoxious), and X González (pretty great, actually). Support the show
2022-01-241h 13
THE TRAVIS MACY SHOWEpisode 48 - Too Many CLIF Bars and Not Enough Carhartt: Kait Boyle and Kurt Refnisder on How to Make the Most of Bikepacking and LifeThis week on the pod Travis is joined by Kait Boyle and Kurt Refsnider!Kait Boyle and Kurt Refsnider are professional ultra endurance cyclists. Kurt holds a PhD in geological sciences and has won and/or set many records in cycling events including Tour Divide, Arizona Trail, Colorado Trail, Grand Loop, and Kokopelli Trail. Kait is an experienced outdoor educator who has won the 24 Hour Mountain Biking World...
2022-01-172h 06
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast38 - GiT Holiday Special with SepIt’s the holidays again! And Theory Elf Sep comes on to help celebrate them. We talk about the past year of working on the pod, where I've been for the past two months, how she makes the episode art and what we have planned for the coming year. We also call Rebecca! Support the show
2021-12-2639 min
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy PodcastPretty Much Pop #109: Dueling in FilmIn light of the release of The Last Duel, we talk about the trope of the honor-resolving duel in movies and TV. Mark and guest co-host Dylan Casey from PEL are joined by Clif Mark, host of the Good in Theory podcast.
We touch on The Duelists, A Knight's Tale, The Duelist and The Duel (two 2016 films), Dune, Hamilton, and philosophers like Hegel and Nietzsche.
For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel.
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2021-11-1100 min
Pretty Much Pop: A Culture PodcastPMP#109: Dueling in FilmIn light of the release of The Last Duel, we talk about the trope of the honor-resolving duel in movies and TV. Mark and guest co-host Dylan Casey from PEL are joined by Clif Mark, host of the Good in Theory podcast.
We touch on The Duelists, A Knight's Tale, The Duelist and The Duel (two 2016 films), Dune, Hamilton, and philosophers like Hegel and Nietzsche.
For more, visit prettymuchpop.com. Hear bonus content for this episode at patreon.com/prettymuchpop or by subscribing via Apple Podcasts to the Mark Lintertainment Channel.
Sponsors: Get 20...
2021-11-1156 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of HorrorGrizzly bears are scary. But what about zombie grizzly bears? What’s makes something horrifying rather than just frightening? Paul has a theory. It turns out that humans have a psychological way of organizing the world that also creates the possibility of getting really creeped-out. It helps explain the horror of the zombie grizzly why the old Dracula was creepier than Twilight and how war propaganda can turn enemies into monsters. ReferencesDavid Livingstone-Smith (philosopher where Paul’s getting his ideas about essentialism and dehumanization from)Credits
2021-10-2836 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of HorrorGrizzly bears are scary. But what about zombie grizzly bears? What’s makes something horrifying rather than just frightening? Paul has a theory. It turns out that humans have a psychological way of organizing the world that also creates the possibility of getting really creeped-out. It helps explain the horror of the zombie grizzly why the old Dracula was creepier than Twilight and how war propaganda can turn enemies into monsters. References: David Livingstone-Smith (philosopher where Paul’s getting his ideas about essentialism and dehumanization from)Annihilation (zombie be...
2021-10-2736 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast36 - Moral Saints 2: Why Be a Saint?This episode is about Wolf’s “Moral Saints,” Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence and Morality,” and Larissa Macfarquhar’s Strangers Drowning. Susan Wolf thinks that devoting your life to helping others would be a real drag. It’d interfere with playing tennis and reading Tolstoy. True enough but some people might have philosophical and personal reasons to do it anyway. For example, Peter Singer argues that, if you think a child’s life is worth more than your shoes, then you’re morally obliged to give away all your money to charity. Larissa Macfarquhar he...
2021-10-1233 min
Brain in a VatPlato’s problem with Democracy | Clif MarkIs Democracy the best political system? Plato thought not. But what is the best alternative? Clif Mark, from the podcast Good in Theory, joins us this week to discuss Plato’s Republic.
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2021-10-1049 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast35 - Susan Wolf, “Moral Saints”This episode is about Susan Wolf’s 1982 article “Moral Saints.” You’re probably a moral enough person. But have you ever had that nagging feeling that you should be even better? That if you were really good, you would devote your life to the cause, whatever cause that might be? That you should become some kind of moral saint? People who devote their entire lives to being as morally good as possible are held up as objects of admiration, as a kind of saintly standard that the rest of us feel vaguely guilty for not living up...
2021-09-2826 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast34 - The Esoteric Plato feat. Earl FontainelleToday I speak with Earl Fontainelle of the Secret History of Western Esotericism podcast (SHWEP). I don’t understand Plato. Partly this is because he never writes in his own voice and partly it’s because I can’t even always tell when Socrates is joking or even what he’s talking about. The divided line? The Myth of Er? The tyrant being exactly 729 times less happy than the philosopher? These are all weird things in the Republic that are still mysterious to me. Earl suggests that perhaps the reason Plato is so difficult to understand...
2021-09-131h 28
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast33 - The End of the End of History feat. Philip Cunliffe and George HoareI talk to Phillip Cunliffe and George Hoare about their new book The End of the End of History. In 1989, Francis Fukuyama predicted a boring eternity of liberal capitalism and for nearly 30 years, it looked like he might be right. We had Clinton and Blair. Globalization and apathy. Kurt Cobain. According to my guests, the end of History wasn’t just about politics, it was a whole vibe. But since 2016, things have started happening that don't quite fit the pattern and the pundits are losing their minds. Do Brexit, Trump, and the new politicization signify the e...
2021-08-301h 05
Baltimore Football PodcastClif BrownWhat's up guys! Hope you all are ready for a Thursday pod. The fellas are back in the studio to discuss plenty of things, including the opening of joint training camp practices down in Spartanburg, South Carolina between the Ravens and the Carolina Panthers. There's been plenty of goings on, including some comments from Mark Andrews, practice skirmishes between Marcus Peters and a few takers on the Panthers sideline, and plenty more. The guys talk about that amongst themselves, and then with a very distinguished guest, Clif Brown (@CliftonGBrown) of Baltimore Ravens dot com. Clif is a veteran writer who's...
2021-08-1953 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast32 - Fukuyama’s “The End of History?”In 1989, Francis Fukuyama was a foreign policy expert with an interest in Hegel. He published a little essay called “The End of History?” in which he argued that the Cold War was more than a rivalry between two superpowers or an experiment to find the most efficient way to organize an economy. Fukuyama thought it was the final chapter in a millennia-long struggle to find a way of life that satisfies our deep spiritual need for freedom and equality. Therefore the end of the Cold War would mark the end of History as such. To argue that all...
2021-08-1727 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast31 - Thought Lab 3: Utilitarianism & the Great SpreadsheetToday, Paul Sagar and I get into utilitarianism. We talk about thought experiments that involve: drowning kids, ruined loafers, death squads and bioweapons. The drowning children are from Peter Singer. He's a utilitarian that thinks that we rich first-world types should be giving away all our money to save the global poor from starving and malaria. Paul disagrees. He brings in another philosopher (Bernard Williams) to argue that worrying about starving children all the time would violate his integrity. As usual, he tries hard not to offend anyone (until he gets to Hiroshima).
2021-08-0247 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast30 - Plato's Republic 13: Choose YourselfThis episode covers the last bit of book 10 of Plato’s Republic. Imagine you get to choose your reincarnation. You can come back as a tyrant, a sports star, a swan, whatever you want. What do you pick? And what do you have to know to make a good choice? Socrates has some advice. In this final episode of Republic, tell the story of a man who travelled to the afterlife and came back to tell the tale. This puts a didactic bow on the all-night conversation they’ve been having and demonstrates how Socrates think...
2021-07-1933 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast29 - Plato's Republic 12: Poetic Sweet ToothSocrates thinks that poetry is like candy: delicious but bad for us. If we consume too much, it’ll rot our souls. That’s because the poets just pander to our passions with no concern with or knowledge of the truth. But pandering poets aren’t the problem. It’s us. Socrates thinks that humans have a poetic sweet tooth that makes certain kinds of stories irresistible to us. We let ourselves get carried away by them and start to believe that they’re true. Following our natural taste for art undermines reason and makes us into worse peopl...
2021-07-0545 min
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast28 - Plato's Republic 11: A Tyrant's LifeThis episode covers book 9 of Plato's Republic. In this episode, Socrates is going to finally answer the question that started it all. Back in book 2, Glaucon and Adeimantus challenged Socrates to prove to them that it’s worthwhile to be just. To them, the life of injustice looks pretty good, if you can get away with it. Money, sex, power, what’s not to like?Socrates has been building up his answer since episode 4 of this series. He’s built an imaginary city, and education system and a group of superhuman philosopher kings to rule it all...
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Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast27 - Plato's Republic 10: Degenerate Cities, Degenerate Souls How does politics affect personality? In the ideal city, the perfect laws and education create philosopher kings. But what about everywhere else? In this chapter, Socrates gets down to some real-world political science and analyzes the four kinds of regime that actually exist in the Greek world. And because the city matches the soul, each of the regimes has its own distinctive personality type. Socrates reckons that living in a state like Sparta will make you spirited and proud; living under oligarchy will make you cheap; and living under democracy should chill you right out. Unf...
2021-06-0849 min
The Governance PodcastIdentity Politics as Modern Duelling? In Conversation with Clif MarkWhat can early modern practices of duelling teach us about the contemporary 'culture wars' over identity politics? According to Dr Clif Mark, a lot more than you might think. Join us for this episode of the Counterintuitive Series on the Governance Podcast.
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Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast26 - Plato's Republic 9: Horny for the GoodThis episode covers book 7 of Plato's Republic. Socrates is what I call a “philosopher of desire.” He cares more about the questions than the answers, the journey than the destination, the boner than the nut. And he brings that energy to his teaching. In this episode, Socrates tells the boys that the “form of the good” is the one thing that anyone who wants to live a good life absolutely needs to know about. So what is it? Glaucon wants to know so badly he yells out to Apollo and begs Socrates to tell him. But...
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Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast25 - Thought Lab 2: Tainted Art and Moral LuckIs it ok to laugh at The Cosby Show? To rock to “Rock With You”? To eat with the knife that was used to murder your family? Does bad luck make you a bad person? It may seem reasonable to separate the art from the artist and the instrument from the act, but Paul says that’s not how our brains work. He thinks human morality is driven by inconsistent irrational emotions and he thinks that’s a good thing. In our second Thought Lab, we talk about bad celebrities, haunted knives and moral luck....
2021-04-1954 min