The Problem with Reading
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Episodes: 129
Description
A book appreciation club hosted by one catholic, one anglican, and one orthodox nerd. We talk about book chapters, special topics, and what we're drinking.
Currently:
Michael Polanyi's Personal Knowledge (511-Present)
Previously:
-James Scott's Seeing Like a State (502-510)
-Jacques Ellul's Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (421-427, 429)
-Carl Trueman's Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (407-410, 412-413, 415-416)
-Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death (402 and 405)
-Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences (314-318)
-Iain McGilchrist's The Master and His Emissary (213-310)
-Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue (101-114,116-119)
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519 The Problem with "Bioethics, Again" ft. Alison
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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518 The Problem with..."Doubt and Personal Knowledge, Part 7"
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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517 The Problem with..."Turing Tests, ESP, and Personal Knowledge, Part 6"
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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516 The Problem with... "Return of the Strong Gods" ft. Mojo
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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515 The Problem with..."Convivial Marxists and Personal Knowledge, Part 5"
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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514 The Problem with..."Ice, Windows 11, and Personal Knowledge, Part 4"
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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513 The Problem with..."Language Skills and Personal Knowledge, Part 3"
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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512 The Problem with..."Resident Evil and Personal Knowledge, Part 2"
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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511 The Problem with..."Personal Knowledge, Part 1"
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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510 The Problem with..."Seeing Like a Citizen, and Seeing Like a State, Part 7"
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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509 The Problem with..."Polycropping, Death Cab, and Seeing Like a State, Part 6"
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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508 The Problem with..."Communes, Spinal Tap, and Seeing Like a State, Part 5"
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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507 The Problem with..."Metaphysics" ft. Dr. Mike
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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506 The Problem with..."Lenin, R&D, and Seeing Like a State, Part 4"
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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505 The Problem with..."Architectural Despots, Jane Jacobs, and Seeing Like a State, Part 3"
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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504 The Problem with…"Tau, France, and Seeing Like a State, Part 2”
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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503 The Problem with…“Forstwissenschaftlers and Seeing Like a State, Part 1”
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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502 The Problem with..."Seeing Like a State"
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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501 The Problem with..."2024"
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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429 The Problem with..."Final Thoughts, the Unabomber, and Propaganda, Part 7"
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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428 The Problem with..."Booktok and Publishing" ft. Ellen
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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427 The Problem with..."Democracy, Televised Mass, and Propaganda, Part 6"
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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426 The Problem with..."Earthquakes, Eclipses, and Propaganda, Part 5"
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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425 The Problem with..."Street Tacos and Propaganda, Part 4"
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May 06, 2024 |
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424 The Problem with..."Souped Art and Propaganda, Part 3" (fixed)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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423 The Problem with..."Advertising and Propaganda, Part 2"
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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422 The Problem with..."Bripes and Propaganda, Part 1"
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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421 The Problem with... "Propaganda by Jacques Ellul"
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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420 The Problem with..."Shame Shelves and Shortlists"
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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419 The Problem with..."Transhumanism and Warhammer 40K LARPers" ft. Alison
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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A Fish Named Titan Invictus (419 Teaser)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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418 The Problem with..."2023"
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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417 The Problem with…“David Foster Wallace” ft. Liv
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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416 The Problem with..."The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Part 7"
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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415 The Problem with... "Paganism, Playboy, and the Modern Self, Part 6"
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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414 The Problem with…“Barbenheimer and Wes Anderson” ft. Jensen
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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413 The Problem with... "Owl City and the Modern Self, Part 5"
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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412 The Problem with… “Cursed Boomers and the Modern Self, Part 4”
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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411 The Problem with..."ChatGPT and Ham Sandwiches" ft. Chase
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Chase Makes a 7 Year Old Cry in a Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament (TPWR 411 Teaser)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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410 The Problem with… “Hotel Waffles and the Modern Self, Part 3”
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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409 The Problem with... "Open Theism and the Modern Self, Part 2"
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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408 The Problem with..."Walker Percy Interludes"
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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407 The Problem with... "The Parking Gestapo, and The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Part 1"
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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406 The Problem with… “Bioethics and Dueling” ft. Alison
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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405 The Problem with..."New York Hobos and Amusing Ourselves to Death, Part 2"
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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404 The Problem with…“Nirvana Batman”
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May 26, 2022 |
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403 The Problem with... "Grad School and Mystery Egg Shots"
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May 08, 2022 |
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402 The Problem with... "Wheels, Nukes, and Amusing Ourselves to Death, Part 1"
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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401 The Problem with…“Traditional Season Openers”
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Math Poetry, Part 2 (TPWR 401 Teaser)
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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319 It’s a Wonderful Nietzsche - The Problem with Reading Christmas Special
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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318 The Problem with... "Human Dignity and Single People"
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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317 The Problem with..."New York Musings and Word Limits"
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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316 The Problem with..."God Our Mother and Geico"
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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TPWR Outtakes: "Edgelord Batman and Fake Music"
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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TPWR Outtake: "Mars Hill and True Heresy Podcasts"
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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315 The Problem with…“Bad Jazz Opinions and Math Poetry”
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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314 The Problem with…"the Unifying Dream and Summer"
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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313 The Problem with..."Space Force and the Stephen Paradox" (Special Episode ft. Chris and Kellen)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Star Wars Superlatives: the Complete Saga (Bonus Clip)
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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312 The Problem with..."Facebook Church and the Green Knight"
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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311 The Problem with..."STAR WARS, Again" (Special Episode ft. Jensen and Kellen)
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Chopper, Ruler Of The Galaxy (TPWR 311 Teaser)
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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310 The Problem with…"Zarathustra, Sociology, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 16"
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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309 The Problem with... "Modernism, Bad Neighbors, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 15"
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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308 The Problem with “Romanticism, Blood Marys, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 14"
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May 31, 2021 |
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307 The Problem with..."McGilchrist, RPG Novels, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 13" ft. Nik
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May 16, 2021 |
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306 The Problem with..."Online PE Classes and a Secular Age" ft. Ben
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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It Loops Back Around to Being Stupid (TPWR 306 Teaser)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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The Worst Kind Of Doctor (TPWR 306 Teaser)
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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305 The Problem with… “Heretical Pokémon and Jelly Beans”
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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304 The Problem with… “The Tea Farm, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 12”
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Cut that out please (TPWR 304 Teaser)
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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303 The Problem with... "Whining, Chest Theory, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 11"
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Metamorphoses (TPWR 303 Teaser)
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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302 The Problem with… “Cultural Genes, Hating Everyone, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 10"
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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301 The Problem with..."Season Openers and Trivia"
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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222 The Problem with... "Metroid Prime, Cold Soup, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 9" ft. Zach
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Schoolhouse Rock and Children Eating Alone ft. Zach (Season 2 Finale Outtake)
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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Zach on the Problem with Video Games (Season 2 Finale Teaser)
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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221 The Problem with…“Replicants, Hemisphere Asymmetries, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 8”
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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220 The Problem with..."Corporate Sacraments, Decadence, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 7"
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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219 The Problem with..."Uruk-Hai Bureaucrats and Cartoon Gollum" ft. Chris
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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I See Saruman (219 Teaser)
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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218 The Problem with... "Cap G, the Unconscious, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 6"
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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217 The Problem with… “LIVE Studio Audiences, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 5”
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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The Problem with... "Live Questions from the Audience" (TPWR LIVE Q&A)
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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216 The Problem with… “PG Movies, Musilanguage, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 4"
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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215 The Problem with… “The Dragon Prince, Cradling Babies, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 3”
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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214 The Problem with..."Attention, Croquet, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 2"
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May 16, 2020 |
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213 The Problem with..."the WHO, Cooperative Board Games, and the Master and His Emissary, Part 1"
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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The Master and His Emissary
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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212 The Problem with… “Dog Parks and Academia”
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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211 The Problem with…“Stephen”
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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210 The Problem with…“Coronavirus and Technomonks”
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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209 The Problem with..."Scientology and Work"
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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208 The Problem with..."Mouse Flourishing and Cannibalism"
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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207 The Problem with..."Universalism and Cocaine"
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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206 The Problem with..."Hauerwas and Boomers"
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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Nietzsche was the OG Incel
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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205 The Problem with..."the Joker Meme and Machine Reading"
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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204 The Problem with..."Kanye Fan Fiction"
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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203 The Problem with..."Hell and Memes"
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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202 The Problem with..."Ex Post Facto Trumpian Hand Waves"
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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201 The Problem with..."Purity Culture and Zeus"
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Aug 17, 2019 |
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119 The Problem with..."The St. Seraphim Option"
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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118 The Problem with..."Escape Rooms, College Bureaucracy, and Freedom"
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Jun 22, 2019 |
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117 The Problem with..."Jane Austen and Happiness Gurus"
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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116 The Problem with..."Corporate Overlords and Denmark"
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May 28, 2019 |
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115 The Problem with..."STAR WARS" (Special Episode, ft. Jensen)
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May 09, 2019 |
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114 The Problem with..."Movie Trailers and Friendship Hierarchies"
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May 02, 2019 |
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Nixon, upon the exploding of Apollo 11 (Bonus)
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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113 The Problem with..."Thomas Beckett and Office Politics"
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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112 The Problem with..."Reading is that it takes too long and is hard" (Special Episode)
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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111 The Problem with..."Zoroastrians and Zoomers"
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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#zoompocalypse (Episode 11 teaser)
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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110 The Problem with..."Untranslatable Greek and Social Media Dumpster Fires"
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Sam Kills Modernity Again (Episode 010 teaser)
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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109 The Problem with…“Arranged Marriages and Candy"
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Fun Dip
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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108 The Problem with..."Anglicans and Florida Man"
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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107 The Problem with..."Chaos Theory and Bourbon"
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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106 The Problem with..."Coliseums of Schadenfreude and Benign Autocrats"
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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105 The Problem with..."Loneliness and Living in a Society" ft. Sam
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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104 The Problem with..."Burnout and Strawberry Remembrance"
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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103 The Problem with..."Cults and Christmas" ft. Sam (Special Episode)
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Jan 06, 2019 |
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102 The Problem with..."Natalism and the Matrix"
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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101 The Problem with..."Pilot Episodes and After Virtue, Part 1"
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Dec 12, 2018 |