So, you love PEL, and it just doesn't come out often enough for you. Your hunger for more philosophy podcasting is still stronger than a Nietzschean ubermensch. What do you do? Well, as readers of this blog are no doubt aware, there's an increasingly generous buffet of other philosophical podcasts to try. So how does a new podcast like 'The Philosofa' compete? The premise Continue Reading …
Debating Individual vs. Environmental Forces in History (or, Lord Bragg Loses his Bearing!)
Among my favorite podcasts is the BBC Radio 4 show In Our Time. IOT is usually a genteel forum dedicated to discussing "the history of ideas." Topics and tone range from Oxbridge middlebrow to Oxbridge highbrow, but I always walk away learning something. I almost swerved the car, however, when tempers flared on last week's episode. IOT's host, Lord Melvyn Bragg, just about Continue Reading …
Podcast Equipment Nerdfest
After some problems with atrocious audio quality, I went a little overboard on a new mic/accessories: Audio-Technica AT2020 USB Condenser USB Microphone Samson SP01 Shockmount Spider Mount for Condenser Mics On Stage Tripod Microphone Stand (7701B) OMNITRONICS EPF-15A Cad Mic Pop Filter Continue Reading …