Squinting at the Good: Recent Episodes
Nemec and Trox
Plato tried gazing at transcendent; we merely squint at it. Two friends with a mutual love for philosophy have occasionally witty and always stimulating conversation on topics that run the gamut from the pre-Socratics to literary thematics.
Nemec and Trox battle over the nature of law and justice, procedure and equity in today's exciting installment. How does our understanding of reality influence our politics?
Plato thought thumos had a big part to play in the soul. We tackle its objects today... as well as whether flavored water is ontologically reprehensible.
If you're famous you must be happy, right? Why do the Greeks care so much about how they are remembered, and what can their insights teach us today?
How much do you trust your barber? Is the internet the barbershop of the world? How has advertising our online experience? Can you put a monetary value on transcendentals?
Republic Book V: Can "badness" have a form? Are Martians subject to original sin? Who is the greatest writer in the English language? Folks, this week we return to classic SATG.
Nemec and Trox return for a second season! This episode debuts Republic Roulette, a new game for generating even more random conversations. Listen to hear about the (un)nature of (dis)honor, inflected languages, and why Nemec thinks Latin is better than Greek!
Plato had the city in speech. SATG has the university in speech. Tune in to hear Nemec and Trox construct the university that they can only squint at.
Is learning mere memorization? How does one memorize? A discussion on memory, education, and more!
Nemec and Troxler entertain a special guest. The trio discusses weird health questions, why plants are so weird, and what exactly is a coronavirus.
Our intrepid hosts converse on the subject of art and poetry. Why did Plato ban the poets from his republic? What is the relationship between the beautiful and art? Just how exactly does the soul react to Bob Dylan?
Nemec and Trox talk about government intelligence operations and justice, Thomas Aquinas's definition of law, and prudential applications of subsidiarity.
Nemec and Trox accidentally spend the whole podcast about glasses and names. What are the parts of glasses? Is having so many names a good thing? Is there reason behind why things have names? Why do we give our podcast episodes such strange names? Listen for all this, and more!
Two friends discuss what makes a day "good" and why studying philosophy is "good." Then they explore how philosophy, art, and religion are all good types of disturbances to our daily existences.
Two friends analytically discuss the notion of independence and the historical perspectives. After talking about the historical perspective, they discuss the notion of millennial independence.
Two friends share an intellectual conversation on a variety of lightly prepared topics. This episode includes a discussion of meat-hook theory, the metaphysics of identical twins, and more!