Meditations with Zohar Podcast
1) Daniel Boyarin: Talmud as Anti-Theology S2 E20
This week, Zohar is joined by Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin to discuss the intellectual and spiritual legacy of the rabbis, Talmud as the irresolvable pursuit of truth, Christianity, sophistry, antise...Show More
2) Trae Stephens: Choosing Good Quests S2 E19
This week, Zohar Atkins joins Trae Stephens, investor, serial entrepreneur, and faith-based public thinker, to talk about what makes for a good quest, the ethics and theology of doing things that scal...Show More
3) Rohit Krishnan: Building God S2 E18
This week Zohar joins Rohit Krishnan, investor, blogger at Strange Loop Canon, and author of Building God, to talk about Edge, AI, Sabbaticals, Mastery and Generalism, Investing, Creativity, P-Zombies...Show More
4) Seth Kaplan: Reviving the Neighborhood S2 E17
This week Zohar is joined by public intellectual Seth Kaplan to discuss his new book Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time. Kaplan takes his analysis of Fragile Sta...Show More
5) David Bashevkin: The Case for Inconvenience S2 E15
This week, Zohar is joined by David Bashevkin, Rabbi, scholar, author of Sin*a*gogue, and founder of 18Forty to talk about the meaning of community, why holiness and inconvenience are often linked, wh...Show More
6) Eric Linus Kaplan: Philosophy as a Way of Life S2 E15
This week, Zohar is joined by Eric Linus Kaplan, podcast host ("Terrifying Questions") and TV writer ("The Big Bang Theory," "Futurama," "Flight of the Concords," and "Malcolm in the Middle") to talk ...Show More
7) Ari Lamm: Partnership and Rebellion S2 E14
This week, Zohar is joined by Rabbi Ari Lamm, host of The Good Faith Effort podcast, to talk about the theology of human independence, self-deception, the philosophy of language, what makes interpreta...Show More
8) Tara Isabella Burton: Self-Making from Albrecht Dürer to Kim Kardashian S2 E13
This week, Zohar is joined by return guest Tara Isabella Burton to discuss her most recent book, Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians. They discuss renaissance humanism,...Show More
Tara Isabella Burton: Self-Making from Albrecht Dürer to Kim Kardashian S2 E13
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9) Geoffrey West: Longevity, Mortality, and Care S2 E12
This week, Zohar is joined by Geoffrey West, theoretical physicist, Distinguished Professor and Past President of the Santa Fe Institute, and author of Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and D...Show More
10) David Epstein: Curiosity as a Calling S2 E11
This week, Zohar is joined by scientist turned journalist turned public intellectual, David Epstein, to discuss his book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, who should generalize wh...Show More