It’s Pancake Day, Shrove Tuesday or perhaps even Fat Tuesday-the eve of Lent, the beginning of forty days of self-reflection, and for some, forty days of no chocolate or sugar! So we are talking about why feasting is as important as fasting and also how it feels to be shriven! ...

This week it’s a post-Valentine conversation about the most elusive and consuming of all human emotions: love. What is it? Why can we never find the words? Why does Maria keep saying death when she means love?! All this and other prognostications about l-o-v-e. ...

This week we are discussing Ernest Becker's "The Denial of Death," zeroing in on a particular chapter entitled, "Human Character as a Vital Lie." OUCH! Join us as we probe further into the illusionary nature of life and what it might mean to live fully human vs. part. ...