Ragtime

Benjamin Martin

Exploring the underpinnings of Art and Culture.

  1. JAN 3

    Immunotopia: Picturing Thirty Years On From Covid

    Immunotopia: A thought-experiment opting from a thirty-years' perspective on one of the most devastating events in human history: the Covid era.

    12 min

  2. 12/30/2025

    Battle Scars: A Reality of Zionism

    A brief episode on the inescapable historic reality of Zionism and its ramifications.

    4 min

  3. 12/14/2025

    Ragtime S2#3: The Science

    Ragtime S2 Episode 3: The Science.  A short 9’ episode which examines the true meaning - albeit rarely understood - of moral relativism, leading to an argument featuring a brief tour through the evolution of Western ideas philosophic, scientific, good as well as bad, based upon the quintessential theme of Western culture: Science.

    9 min
  4. Ragtime S2 #2: The Path of Least Resistance: Reflections on the Kristian Winther Interview

    11/23/2025

    Ragtime S2 #2: The Path of Least Resistance: Reflections on the Kristian Winther Interview

    A brief, experimental episode which examines and critiques certain points raised in the previous interview with Kristian Winther.

    12 min
  5. Ragtime S2 #1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful?

    11/20/2025

    Ragtime S2 #1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful?

    Ragtime Series 2 Episode#1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful?  Featuring virtuoso violinist, deep thinker and maverick artist Kristian Winther. 0:00. Intro: On a mushroom cloud 0:45. Introducing Kristian Winther 1:08. EXCERPT: Vanessa Mae playing Bach 1:51. Art and mass consumerism 5:23. Celebrating uniqueness 10:50.  Bruckner versus Mahler 15:30. Stravinsky and commercialism 19:05. EXCERPT: Beethoven Violin Sonata#10 22:42. Music being institutionalised  31:15.  Celebrating weirdos 31:52.  A problem with diversity 35:09. Can anyone be a Bach? 37:35.  Preserving or overthrowing tradition 52:14. EXCERPT: Terry Riley Half-Wolf 55:36. EXCERPT: Orson Welles on art 56:47.  Are you religious about art? 58:19. Self-censorship 1’03:33. Beethoven Razumovsky Quartets 1’05:39. Can art save the world? 1’08:51. EXCERPT: Scheherazade 1’11:56.  EXCERPT: Brahms Piano Quartet in A 1’13:30. More on self-censorship 1’18:32. Are you a rebel? 1’25:44.  Is a mushroom cloud beautiful?

    1h 30m

  6. 09/17/2025

    Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence

    Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence.  A brief homage to Charlie Kirk, assassinated for opposing cult ideology.

    4 min
  7. Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament

    08/01/2025

    Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament

    Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament.  Examining the shattering relevance of Walter Benjamin's most prescient essay.

    3 min
  8. Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man

    07/07/2025

    Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man

    Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man: outlining the attributes of a most dangerous type of character, the  'mass-man', through the prism of Kierkegaard and Jung.

    3 min
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Exploring the underpinnings of Art and Culture.

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  • Creator
    Benjamin Martin
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Ragtime
  • Show Website
    Ragtime