Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) Podcast
1) The Wind: A Monologue
A monologue in which our host, Professor Robert Harrison, gets swept up by the spirit of the wind and carried toward some indeterminate destination. Songs in this episode: “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac...Show More
2) World War I, Modernism, David Jones with Tim Noakes
A conversation about David Jones’ “In Parenthesis” with Tim Noakes, Head of Public Services, Special Collections at Stanford University. Songs in this episode: “A Fool No More” by Peter Green, and “Ma...Show More
3) Cyber-Intimacy with Jeanne Proust
A conversation about sex, intimacy, and human relations in the era of AI with Jeanne Proust, Vice President of the Public Philosophy Network. Songs in this episode: “Reckoner” by Radiohead, and “She’s...Show More
4) The Destructive Character: A Cover
A monologue in which our host, Professor Robert Harrison, performs a “cover” of Walter Benjamin’s essay titled “The Destructive Character,” first published in 1931.
5) Carl Jung with Laura Wittman
A conversation about Carl Jung, the Red Book, and Jung’s descent into the unconscious with Laura Wittman, Associate Professor of French and Italian at Stanford University. Songs in this episode: “Into...Show More
6) What is the Virtual? with Jan Söffner
A conversation about the real, the actual, and the virtual with Jan Söffner, Visiting Professor in German Studies at Stanford University and Chair of Cultural Theory and Cultural Analysis at Zeppelin ...Show More
7) Language, Music, and Meaning with Julie Sedivy
A conversation about the origins of language and everything in between with Julie Sedivy, a psycholinguist and author of Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love. Songs in this episode: “From the Beginnin...Show More
8) Rainer Maria Rilke with Alexander Sorenson
A conversation about the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke with Alexander Sorenson, Lecturer at Binghamton University and author of The Waiting Water: Order, Sacrifice and Submergence in German Realism. So...Show More
9) The Dark Places of Wisdom with Grant Bartolomé Dowling
A conversation about the work of Peter Kingsley, the thought of Parmenides, and everything in between, with Grant Bartolomé Dowling, a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Stanford University, who is curren...Show More
10) Vico, Rome, and the Rise of American Fascism with Julian Davis
A conversation about the intersection of Giambattista Vico’s philosophy, Roman history, and the recent rise of “American Fascism” with Julian Davis, a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Stanford Universit...Show More