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Combat & Classics #31: Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”

February 5, 2020 by Sanya Kerksiek Leave a Comment

We’re joined by actor Matt Eitzen for a discussion of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

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Combat & Classics #30: Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

January 29, 2020 by Sanya Kerksiek Leave a Comment

Brian is joined by guest George Eckerle, St. John’s College grad and co-founder (with Brian) of the Plato Project, a series of online seminars for discussion of Plato’s complete works. In this episode they discuss one of William Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies, King Lear.

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Combat & Classics #26: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”

November 20, 2018 by Brian Wilson 2 Comments

What is the relationship between the natural world and the human world?
In this belated Halloween episode, Lise, Jeff, and Brian discuss Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher.”

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Combat & Classics #16: Interview with Anne Kniggendorf

March 14, 2018 by Brian Wilson Leave a Comment

Brian interviews St. John’s College alum and US Navy veteran Anne Kniggendorf. They have an engaging discussion about the relationship between liberal arts and the military.

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Combat & Classics #15: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”

January 30, 2018 by Brian Wilson 12 Comments

Why did Victor Frankenstein create his monster? What role did beauty, love, science, and education play in his endeavor? Join Lise, Brian, and Jeff in a discussion of this classic, widely known novel.

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Phi Fic #2 “The Moviegoer” by Walker Percy

May 13, 2016 by Nathan Hanks 8 Comments

We talk about the novel The Moviegoer by Walker Percy. Nathan Hanks is joined by Cezary Baraniecki, Daniel St. Pierre, Laura Davis, and Mary Claire.

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Phi Fic #1 “In the Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka

April 30, 2016 by Nathan Hanks 8 Comments

The first “official” episode of the new Phi Fic podcast! (What used to be the Not School Philosophical Fiction group, now gone public.) We talk about the short story In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka. The crew: Nathan Hanks, Cezary Baraniecki, Daniel St. Pierre, Laura Davis, and Mary Claire.

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Phi Fic #0 “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy

April 29, 2016 by Nathan Hanks 4 Comments

In which we talk about the novel Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. This origin/zero-episode is taken from an older (2013) recording of the Philosophical Fiction group, before our current group of readers got together. Included in this crew is Nathan Hanks, Jordan Payne, and special guest Dylan Casey from the Partially Examined Life Podcast.

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