Send us a Text Message.Why do we cultivate lawns? Should we have them? Let's explore!

The philosopher Bertrand Russell has some interesting things to say about how it is our fear of public opinion affects our happiness! Find out more! 

The philosophers William Barrett and Gabriel Marcel argue that the hegemony of technique is closing us off from what is truly most important - the realm of mystery!  Find out more! 

For millennia, voluntarily adopting a more simple life has been a calling by almost all wisdom seekers. For good reason! Find out more! 

Though there may be some future episodes from time to time, this is the last regular episode of The Wisdom Of! In this episode, I talk about six of my favourite thinkers and artists of all time! 

We need to start a college course designed to deal with the typical midlife crisis! Or so says Carl Jung! Find out more! 

What's happened to the joy and authenticity of gift-giving? Find out more! 

Nietzsche had mixed feelings about Buddhism. Find out more! 

Kafka's Letter to his Father offers an incredibly striking and penetrating analysis of the psychological roots and the effects of power within a family. Find out more! 

Once close friends, Sartre and Camus had a huge public falling out. Find out why! 

Can non-theists feel existential gratitude? Let's explore! 

Why is there such a close connection between existentialism and the artist? Let's explore! 

In his On The Nature of Things, a work devoted to an explanation of the views of Epicurus, Lucretius writes poetically rather than using standard prose. Why? Let's explore! 

Change is normal, Heraclitus tells us.  But how about the sort of rapid change we see happening today? Is it too much even for Heraclitus? Let's explore! 

From plastic surgery to Freud's death-drive, we seem to both fear death and secretly welcome it at the same time! Welcome to the underworld! 

Why is suffering and self-destruction associated with the artist? Has it always been this way? Let's explore! 

Does the marketplace of ideas really produce the truth? Let’s explore!

Always searching for that exact right word? You're not alone, so did Flaubert and Schopenhauer! 

What's this shocking play where filicide happens about? Let's explore! 

Giambattista Vico was a philosopher of the Italian Enlightenment. He believed history moved through stages only to culminate in what he called the barbarism of reflection! 

What's the difference between a job and a vocation? And why does the distinction  matter?  Let's explore!  

What does the word sublime really mean? And why does getting this right matter? Find out! 

What are some of the fundamental differences between Eastern and Western philosophy? Find out! 

Marx believed that if you fix our social condition, then religion will disappear! Find out why! 

Can a bad or evil person be happy? Seems so, but maybe it's not so straight forward after all!