Mark and Wes continue discussion of the TV show on the morning after its 5/19/19 finale. Listen to our ep. 216 first. Yes, of course this is now full of spoilers. How does the end of the show affect its overall political message? Was it really (as George R.R. Martin depicted) about the irreducible complexity of politics (given that any character named or unnamed can actually Continue Reading …
The Fantastic in Literature and Philosophy
I've written a couple of posts in the past on philosophical themes in Tolkien (Incidentally, there's a thread going at the Philosophy Forums/Online Philosophy Club discussing philosophical themes in Lord of the Rings right now), and had fun going off on the supernaturalism tangent on our last episode, even though I don't see the force of Wes's objection to Harry Potter over the Continue Reading …