Good Question‪!‬ John Farrell & Alex Rajczi

Many people would say they learned deep truths from art — truths about happiness, meaning, and morality.  But is that just an illusion?  Has the art fooled us into thinking we’ve learned things even though we haven’t? (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal […]

Some biographers try to explain why their subjects made the choices that they did. But is biography like that impossible? In fact, can we ever explain why anyone did what they did? (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal License. Outro: Swan Song (edited) […]

The novelist Patricia Highsmith is rarely praised for her characters. But are the critics making a mistake? And does the way we assess a novel’s characters say more about us than we might think?  (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal License. Outro: Spy […]

It seems like people used to believe that important cultural conversations and insights could be found within fiction.  Has that changed?  And if so, why?  (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal License. Outro: Dance of the Stargazer (edited) by U.S. Army Blues Band, […]

Many fans think The Dark Knight is the greatest superhero movie ever made.  But what do they love about it?  And are they right? (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal License. Outro: The Way by Heavy Links, from The Free Music Archive, CC BY-SA […]

In this episode we discuss Aldus Huxley’s celebrated novel Brave New World.  Does the novel still have things to teach us?  (Intro: Traveling in Your Mind (edited) by Loyalty Freak Music, from The Free Music Archive, CC0 1.0 Universal License. Outro: We Start the Cure in Paris (edited) by lo-fi is sci-fi, from The Free […]