Listening to Dreyfus's Heidegger lectures has gotten me looking around a bit among the "iTunes U" selections. It's interesting to me that these are separated from podcasts generally when there is often little difference between the two types of selections, and that podcasts sanctioned by universities can still absolutely blow, particularly if they're just unedited recordings Continue Reading …
Manufacturing Myths: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion
Much has been remarked about Tolkien's Catholicism and how this plays out in Lord of the Rings. Much less known, or more precisely much less tolerated are his earlier efforts to create the myths of Middle Earth, later packed by his son into The Silmarillion. These stories are for the most part told at a high level of summary, which sucks a lot of the potential drama out of Continue Reading …