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This is a series of college level lectures free to anyone who is curious. They will cover writing, philosophy, and literature. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

Paul Cady


    • Aug 6, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 22m AVG DURATION
    • 106 EPISODES


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    The Daodejing Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 46:46


    The episode covers the first half of book 2. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-cady/support

    The Daodejing Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 39:20


    This episode finishes book one of the Daodejing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-cady/support

    Daodejing Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 45:23


    The episode starts the first part of the Daodejing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-cady/support

    The Odes part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 26:04


    This episode takes about two poems that deal with the foundation of the Zhou kingdom and of the people's move from nomads to settlers. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-cady/support

    The Odes (Shijing) Part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 22:41


    This episode looks at two poems dealing with the common people. One deals with their everyday concerns, and the other, their view of war. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-cady/support

    Poetry and translation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 33:51


    This episode discusses some of the elements of poetry and the difficulty of translation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Confucius books 12, 13, and 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 50:45


    This episode covers these books and recaps some of his main ideas. It also looks a little to the contemporary world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Confucius books 5-8

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 55:57


    This episode dives more into the Analects. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Confucius and the Analects books 1-4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 56:13


    This episode starts the season and the series of episodes about Confucius. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Barthes and Carse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 31:18


    This episode rounds out season two and introduces season three. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

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    Politics and Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 20:31


    This episode discusses how politicians use the various media through the 20th century to spread their ideologies. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Capitalism and Communism in theory and practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 24:47


    This episode discusses how the two systems did what their founders warned against. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Social Media and Fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 18:16


    This episode looks at social media and the pressures to fictionalize our lives for the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Camus and Absurdism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 23:22


    This episode looks at Camus' philosophy and his rejection of nihilism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Ray Bradbury and The Veldt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 17:05


    This episode looks at science fiction and it's predictions and sometimes warnings about where the world is heading. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Peter Singer and ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 23:02


    This episode looks at Singer as someone who brings philosophy to the non philosopher. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Rodriguez and Modern poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 25:39


    This episode looks at two of his poems and discusses how poetry is able to engage a wide rage of topics relevant to modern life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

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    Hannah Arendt

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 20:32


    This episode looks at her essay The Perplexities of the Rights of Man and how her ideas are grounded in realities then and now. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    American Psycho by Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 18:07


    This episode looks at the post modern novel American Psycho, and examines how it exposes the dark side of the 1980s glitter. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    John Dewey

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 13:55


    This episode briefly talks about education and democracy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    The Matrix, philosophy and post modernism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 16:53


    This episode goes into how the film both covers ideas in philosophy and in post modernism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Ludwig Wittgenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 27:04


    This episode introduces his early and late works. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Brave New World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 20:38


    Thus episode looks at the predictions of the novel and compares them to the world today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Heidegger and being

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 16:44


    This episode gives a brief introduction to Heidegger and also raises the question of his murky past. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 24:50


    This episode discusses the book not only as an anti war novel but also as a post modern and psychological work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    William James and Pragmatism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 27:14


    This episode gets into a little of James' ideas in psychology, philosophy, and literature. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Langston Hughes Let America be America Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 21:57


    This episode covers the poem by Hughes and talks about how poetry and politics are often intertwined and at odds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Russell and an introduction to Analytic Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 24:52


    This episode talks about Analytic Philosophy and its focus on logic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

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    Literature and music and the counterculture.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2021 20:25


    This episode traces the rise of the counterculture through literature and music from the 20s to the 60s and beyond. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Husserl and Existentialism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 14:29


    This episode starts to introduce a little more the foundations of Existentialism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Dostoevsky and his influences on philosophy and literature.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 28:58


    This episode talks about how Dostoevsky was influential in both fields and how multiple fields influence and borrow from each other. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Analytic, Continental, and Pragmatism in philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 22:14


    This episode looks at the three main branches of philosophy in the 20th century. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Comics and social issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 15:11


    This episode looks at the influence of comics and other popular literature on social issues. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Nietzsche and his influence on later philosophies.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2021 31:26


    This episode covers a few of Nietzsche's ideas and their relevance to later philosophy and history. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Anais Nin and the Diaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 30:39


    This episode covers Nin and some of the shifts made by writers like her in the 20th century. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Schopenhauer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 24:20


    This episode discusses Schopenhauer and his connection to both western and eastern philosophy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Metropolis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 28:56


    This episode talks about the connections of the film to both political events of the time and the reduction of women to plot devices in that era. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Marx and his critique of capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 36:53


    This episode touches on some of the criticisms of Marx about capitalism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    The Sound and the Fury

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 48:54


    This episode discusses the novel and its connections with modernism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Hegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 19:08


    This episode talks about Hegel's ideas and how he connects to both literature and philosophy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Modernist poetry and the Waste Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 32:40


    This episode discusses modernist poetry through Eliot's Waste Land. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Kant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 23:17


    This episode talks about Kant and his view of the problems of philosophy in his time and his influences on the future thinkers. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Naturalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 16:01


    This episode outlines the differences and continuities between realism and naturalism. It also talks about the direction that the podcast will be taking. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Hume

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 16:32


    This episode deals with Hume and his empiricism and skepticism. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Realism in literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 25:49


    This episode looks at a couple of American realist and give a brief look at Flaubert. It also talks about historical and cultural shifts. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    The Social Contract

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 24:56


    This episode talks about Rousseau's Social Contract and some of the ways it influenced political thinkers after him. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Victorian literature and social issues.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 18:24


    This episode talks about the shift in Victorian literature from the individual of Romanticism to the social connection and critique of the Victorian writers Browning and Dickens. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Locke and Empiricism

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 21:07


    This episode shifts from Locke's importance as a political philosopher to his foundation of Empiricism in the British tradition of philosophy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    From Romantics to Realists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 33:41


    This episode discusses the transition from Romanticism to Realism in English, French, Russian, and American literatures. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Locke and Hobbes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 25:51


    This episode talks about the influence of Descartes on the two and how even though they take the same position as a foundation, they come up with different ideas about the ideal system. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

    Wordsworth and the shift to the Romantic period

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 18:52


    This episode talks about Wordsworth and the style shift of the Romantics. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paul-cady/support

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