Episodes

  • Simone Weil - Gravity, Grace and Love!
    Mar 23 2026

    Simone Weil was a French philosopher and mystic! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    6 mins
  • The Great Gatsby, CARELESSNESS and AI
    Mar 23 2026

    A major theme in Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is carelessness. It's more relevant than ever today... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    17 mins
  • The Rise of the Emoticons
    Mar 19 2026

    Are emoticons and emojis as benign as they seem? ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    9 mins
  • Kaufman's The Faith of a Heretic - The dissent that keeps knowledge alive!
    Mar 13 2026

    Walter Kaufman was a German-American philosopher. Let's see what he has to say about intellectual heresy! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    14 mins
  • The Personal Journals of Camus and Kierkegaard!
    Mar 7 2026

    The philosophers Kierkegaard and Camus left us more than just their formal works! Let's explore their private journals! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    16 mins
  • The Samurai Sword and AI
    Mar 7 2026

    In wielding our dangerous technology, we could learn from the Samurai.

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    7 mins
  • Max Weber - The age of the disenchantment of the world!
    Feb 26 2026

    The German sociologist Max Weber uses the word disenchantment to describe the character of a highly modernized, secular and bureaucratic society. Couldn't we all do with some re-enchantment! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    15 mins
  • Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death
    Feb 20 2026

    Neil Postman was a media theorist and a prophetic critic of modern technology... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
    https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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    14 mins