The Wisdom Of

Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of! 

  1. 14 HR AGO

    Edmund Burke - Inherited Wisdom and the Perils of Starting Anew!

    Edmund Burke is the founder of cultural and political conservatism. Dostoevsky, Aristophanes and T.S. Eliot also share in a similar spirit. They all warn against dismissing the past! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    14 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    Rollo May - How Art Overcomes Nihilism!

    For the psychologist Rollo May, art is no dispensable luxury, it's an essential response to nihilism! ....  Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    12 min

  3. 28/12/2025

    A reminder from Mircea Eliade on the significance of the New Year!

    Happy New Year to all across lands and seas! ...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    6 min

  4. 16/12/2025

    The Poverty of Wealth: Nietzsche on Money and Mediocrity!

    Nietzsche criticizes our modern infatuation with money-making, an infatuation that he thinks reveals a deep spiritual impoverishment and an erosion of character...... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    13 min

  5. 09/12/2025

    In the spirit of Christmas - Why the path of self-interest will always fail you

    Self-interest is directionless and ultimately, is an enemy of both self-actualization and love. For these things, we need a relation to something outside of our own egos. .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    18 min

  6. 03/12/2025

    Walter Benjamin - Against the Copy: Holding On to the Real in an Age of Reproduction!

    When everything can be reproduced, why do we still crave the original? The psychologist Paul Bloom and the philosopher Walter Benjamin offer up some insight! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    14 min

  7. 27/11/2025

    Barthes, Kierkegaard, Han - What happened to the erotic?

    What is eroticism? And does it still exist today? Find out more! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    14 min

  8. 21/11/2025

    Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund - Pick a path, pay the price, live the life!

    Choosing one path in life means letting go of another! And that's okay! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

    14 min
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In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of! 

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  • Creator
    Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    349
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Wisdom Of
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