3 episodes
What Does It Mean to be Human? Madi McGaughey
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In this podcast we explore the question of What it Means to be Human through the use of books “Sophie’s World,” “Slaughterhouse Five,” and the concept of postmodernism.
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Episode 3: Postmodernism
In this episode of What Does It Mean To Be Human, we discuss how the contemporary world and humans play a big role in postmodernism, and what postmodernism actually is.
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Episode 2: “Slaughterhouse Five”
In this episode of What Does It Mean To Be Human, we discuss how certain traumas affect our memories and our perception of time through connections to “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut.
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Episode 1: “Sophie’s World”
In this episode of What Does It Mean To Be Human we explore the possible answers to the question through the philosophies of “Sophie’s World” by Jostein Gaarder.