Becoming Human
By Samuel Loncar, Ph.D.
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Becoming Human with the philosopher Samuel Loncar is a show for a species in transition.
The show features long-form, solo series that bring scholarly depth and academic insights to today's most pressing questions around science, religion, technology, and philosophy. Between these long-form, solo series, enjoy Explorations: journeys into time, culture, art, and history, encountering the mystery of the Human in conversations and free-standing episodes.
Series 1: Origins, tells the story of the atheistic revolution, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, that made the modern world.
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Nietzsche on Russia, Europe, and the Munich Security Conference | Spirit News, Ep. 3
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Spirit News: The Death of Legacy Media, Walking Monks, & Kierkegaard Makes the Evening Edition | Ep 2
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Merlin Enthralled, AI, & Richard Wilbur: Time & Eternity, Ep.1 :
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Spirit News: Nietzsche on Davos, Feast Day of Thomas Aquinas, and a Hegelian Perspective on News
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Gregory Shaw: Is Platonism the Answer to our existential crisis? | A Becoming Human Conversation
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Mothering As A Subversive Activity: Hester Prynne | The Scarlet Letter, Chp 7-8, Ep. 6
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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A Woman's Choice: Agency and Meaning in The Scarlet Letter, Chap. 4-6 | Ep. 5
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Who Was John the Baptist? | A Conversation with Dr. James F. McGrath
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Fear and Trembling: Self-Knowledge Begins in Recognition, Ch. 3 The Scarlet Letter, Ep. 4
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The Witch, the Gossips, & the Madonna: Chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Halloween, Hawthorne, and the Supernatural: Introduction & Ch. 1 The Scarlet Letter, Ep. 2
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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How the Scarlet Letter Tells Us Who We Are: A Poetry Peddler Conversation, Ep. 1
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Why Ignorance Rules the World: Socrates, Euthyphro, and the Search for Knowledge, Ep.1
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Christian Wiman on AI, Conciousness, and the Power of Life (part 2), Poetry Peddler Ep.2
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Christian Wiman on the Wonder of the Unknown in Love and Poetry, Poetry Peddler Ep. 1
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Becoming Human Today: Reasons for Hope
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Who is The Poetry Peddler? An Interview with Alexandra Barylski
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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D.W. Pasulka, Christopher Bledsoe, and the Study of Religion
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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How a Celebrity Philosopher Changed History & Why He Was Forgotten: Emily Herring on Henri Bergson
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May 12, 2025 |
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Kabbalistic Wisdom and the Modern Self-Help Movement: A Conversation with Reb Adam
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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The Age of Spiritual Awakening: Rabbi Simon Jacobson in Conversation | Explorations
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Education for the AI Age: Why Can't People Read and Does it Matter? | Explorations
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Can We Change Our Fate? An Existential Vision for Immortality | Explorations
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Do Humans Really Exist? Do We Live in a Simulation? | Explorations
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Can Philosophy Make You Powerful? A Vision of Human Enhancement, Philosophy of Angels Ep. 5
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Why Stories Are Greater Then Ideas: Was JRR Tolkien a Great Philosopher?, Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 4
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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The Philosophy of UAP in Scientific and Historical Context, Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 3
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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The Exile and Return of the Light: Hanukkah, Christmas, and the Super Human, Apocalypse Ep. 2
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Apocalypse: A Philosophy of Angels, Ep. 1: The Messengers
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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Philosophy, Roomba, and Taco Carts: A Conversation with Chef Arturo Franco Camacho, Explorations, Ep. 5
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Scientific Facts and How They Grow: Science as Self-Subverting Tradition
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Things Ancient and New: The Logic of Scientific Discovery in Thomas Kuhn
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Can Science Be Complete? Thomas Kuhn, Progress, and the Eschatology of Science
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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What is a Paradigm? Normal Science and Pseudo-Science
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Revolution is History: Kuhn and the History of Science
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: An Introduction
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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How to Become an Individual: The Eternal in Kierkegaard
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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October 7: Why Antisemitism is a Global Philosophical Problem and an Existential Crisis
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Existential Ontology, Consumer Capitalism, & The Religious Stage | The Poet of Existence, Ep. 7
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Kierkegaard's Theory of Stages: Fear and Trembling & The Ethical Stage | The Poet of Existence, Ep. 6
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Kierkegaard's Theory of Stages: The Aesthetic Stage | The Poet of Existence, Ep. 5
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May 24, 2023 |
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Kierkegaard and the Irony of Existence: From Existentialism to Modernism | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 4
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Kierkegaard and Existentialism: A Spiritual Revolution | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 3
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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The Genius of Kierkegaard | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 2
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Why Does Kierkegaard Matter? | The Poet of Existence: Ep. 1
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Makoto Fujimura on Art and Faith: Explorations, Ep. 4
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Are We Alone? Harvard's Avi Loeb on ET, Astrophysics, and the Future of Humanity: Explorations, Ep. 3
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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The Modern Crisis of Choice | Explorations: Ep. 2
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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The Revolution of the Electric Word | Explorations: Ep. 1
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 1: Religious Atheists: Philosophy's Untold Story
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Mar 11, 2020 |