10 episodios
WildTrekker WildTrekker
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In this weekly series of 50-minute podcasts, George presents a writer’s notebook: audio chapters from ongoing works, soundscapes, adventures, interviews, reflections, original radio plays, stories-behind-stories, jam sessions with musicians, mail from listeners and more…
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A Crazy, Funny Novel
In this episode, George presents chapter one of the award-winning audiobook of his magical-realist coming-of-age novel An Almost Impossible Story.
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The Human Machine VII
For Paul-Henri Dietrich d'Holbach, human beings and all of Nature are essentially matter in motion.
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The Human Machine VI
For Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the human being is a clock-like organic machine, although there is no clock-maker.
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The Human Machine V
For Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the human being is a metaphysical machine, mirroring God's harmonious universe.
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The Human Machine IV
This episode is devoted to Thomas Hobbes, whose fear of insecurity and desire for control made him develop a well-regulated machine model for society.
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The Human Machine III
This episode is devoted to René Descartes, who developed mechanistic philosophy, likening human biology to clockwork.