09 July 2016
By StephenTorrence
In Weekly Why
A year on from his deconversion from Christianity, we interview Jon Fortenbury to ask how he’s getting along without God.
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agnosticism, alcohol, alcoholism, atheism, blackmail, Christianity, conversion, dreams, ethics, faith, God, Jon Fortenbury, morality, mythology, reconversion, religion, secularism, spirituality, Stephen, Tantalus, The Atlantic, therapy, USA Today College
24 January 2016
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast, Weekly Why
Local poet Marc Powell joins Stephen for some high-frequency riffing on world systems, philosophy …and each other
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activism, Adam Smith, addiction, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anarcho-Syndicalism, art, Austin, Beehive Collective, beer, bees, Capital Factory, capitalism, cartoons, celebrity, communication, conservative fusionism, culture, David Holmgren, death, EFF-Austin, environmentalism, Facebook, FarmVille, flooding, food, gentrification, Heidegger, hubris, humility, Iain McGilchrist, IMF, intellectualism, Ivan Illich, John Michael Greer, Jon Lebkowsky, language, Marc Powell, Masanobu Fukuoka, meta, mythology, Neal Postman, Neil Degrasse-Tyson, permaculture, poetry, politics, privilege, progress, reality, religion, Richard Dawkins, Roland Barthes, San Francisco, science, Silicon Valley, Socrates, somatic experience, Stephen, stereo, Taoism, technology, The Holy Mountain, The Internet, The Peripheral, The Singularity, Tony Robbins, TV, Wendell Berry, William Gibson, World Bank
24 August 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Gaming journalists Britton Peele and Tim Poon join us to discuss Gone Home, gaming industry philosophy, and expanding spheres.
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3DS, Among the Sleep, Bethesda, BioShock Infinite, Britton, Dallas Morning News, Dear Esther, Dota2, Duke Nukem Forever, Evil Within, free-to-play, gaming, Gone Home, Half-Life 3, Hugo Martin, Id, indie games, Joystiq, Kevin, LaserDisc, League of Legends, MOBA, Netflix, Nintendo, Plants vs. Zombies 2, PlayStation 4, Pop Tarts, QuakeCon, religion, Schindler's List, science fiction, Shinji Mikami, Solar Clipper Trader Tales, Spin the Bottle, Spyro the Dragon, Steam, Stephen, Synecdoche New York, The Last of Us, The Walking Dead, Tim, VHS, video games, WiiU, Wolfenstein: The New Order
13 June 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
We could be wrong, but we think you’ll love this episode on fallibilism, featuring Kevin, Stephen, and our least favorite philosopher Dr. Mark Webb.
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business, cartography, Dr. Webb, education, empiricism, epistemology, Eric Ries, fallibilism, FOX News, Graham Priest, Guide to Online Schools, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, John Hawthorne, John Maynard Keynes, Kevin, navigation, Pittsburgh University, poststructuralism, prostitution, religion, skepticism, Spain, Spanish, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stephen, Texas Tech University, The Grammar of Meaning, The Lean Startup, The West Wing, Tim Kreider, Total Recall, uncertainty, William Sellers
30 December 2012
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Is Doctor Who a religion? Kevin and Stephen respond to Idea Channel and ruminate on Facebook, memory and identity
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atheism, authenticity, censorship, Christianity, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, cosmology, David Tennant, definition, Doctor Who, Emile Durkheim, Facebook, history, identity, Instagram, journalism, Kevin, Matt Smith, memory, My Little Pony, obscenity, Pastafarianism, PBS Idea Channel, poststructuralism, PRI, Prometheus, radio, RadioLab, religion, religious exclusivism, Richard Dawkins, science, science fiction, scientology, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stephen, This American Life, truth
