Explorations

Joe, Edwine, and Louis
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"Explorations" is a podcast that embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets to a fulfilling and meaningful life. We are three ordinary dudes engrossed in extraordinary conversations about life. Through the lens of philosophy, arts, finance, leadership, theology, and education, we probe the complexities and nuances of living life to the fullest. Our discussions are as diverse as they are enriching, spanning an eclectic mix of topics all aimed at shedding light on the many facets of human existence.

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    Deep Dive: The Fabricated Self

    We're told to be authentic. To find our true selves and express them boldly. But what happens when that search for authenticity gets filtered through curated profiles, personal brands, and endless self-optimization? In this deep dive, Joe brings Charles Taylor and Hannah Arendt into conversation to explore the fabricated self, a self built by labor rather than disclosed through action. The problem isn't that we're failing to be real. It's that we've been looking in the wrong place. The way out? Less inward excavation, more public courage. Less mental labor, more contemplative rest. The self isn't a project to be completed. It's a mystery to be lived.

    17 phút

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    The Fabricated Self: Authenticity in a Digital Age

    You're told to "be yourself" online. But which self? The curated one? The filtered one? The one performing for likes? In this episode, we explore the crisis of authenticity in the age of social media and AI. We trace the philosophical roots of selfhood from Aristotle's "essence precedes existence" to Sartre's radical inversion: "you are condemned to freedom." The question: are we discovering who we are, or fabricating who we want to be? We discuss imposter syndrome, the pressure to perform in professional and digital spaces, and why real identity formation can't happen through a screen. The takeaway? Authenticity isn't found by looking inward alone. It emerges through genuine human encounter, face-to-face community, and the courage to step out of Plato's cave of digital images. Discussed: Jean-Paul Sartre, Aristotle, essentialism vs. existentialism, imposter syndrome, AI and identity, the limits of technology in human formation.

    28 phút

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    Deep Dive: Things and Non-Things

    Why are we so exhausted? Not from oppression, but from an excess of freedom. In this deep dive, Joe explores Byung-Chul Han's diagnosis of our age: we've moved from a world of things to a world of non-things. The old photograph you can hold in your hand versus the infinite scroll of your camera roll. The wooden table versus the endless inbox. Things have weight, friction, presence. Non-things agitate, mobilize, and never let us rest. The result? A soul-deep burnout we can't quite name. This episode is an invitation to ask: what in your life still offers the gift of resistance?

    11 phút
  4. The Philosopher's Take | January 26, 2026

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    The Philosopher's Take | January 26, 2026

    In Minneapolis, two groups watch the same video and see opposite realities—one sees self-defense, the other sees murder. Meanwhile, Anthropic's CEO predicts AI will do all coding within a year. And neuroscience now claims reality itself is a "controlled hallucination" we collectively agree on. Three headlines. One thread: the collapse of shared ground. Dr. Joseph Terry unpacks Plato's challenge in The Republic—is justice just "the advantage of the stronger"? Augustine's warning that states without justice become "organized theft." And Kant's provocative claim that we never access reality directly, only an interface our minds construct. When institutions fracture, when work disappears, when consensus breaks—what's left?

    20 phút

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    Things and Non-Things: What We Lose in a Digital World

    We're not uploading our minds yet. But we're uploading everything else. In this episode, Edwine and Dr. Joe Terry draw on philosopher Byung-Chul Han to explore what's lost as our world shifts from physical things to digital information. Starting with the mind-uploading premise of Pantheon, they ask: What makes us us? Is it the pattern—or the physical stuff? The conversation spans burnout culture, digitized relationships, and the collapse of time and ritual. Plus: why "slowing down" isn't just self-help advice, but a philosophical necessity.

    36 phút

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    Deep Dive: What Is a World For?

    Dr. Terry dives deep with the weight of a question we're too busy to ask: What is a world for? Drawing on Guardini's haunting observations from 1920s Lake Como and Heidegger's concept of "standing reserve," this episode traces how we traded a world that speaks to us for one we merely control. A slower, more reflective companion to our main episode.

    11 phút

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    From Socrates to Scrolling: Philosophy's Answer to the Tech Question

    Why can't you stop scrolling? It's not a willpower problem; it's a worldview problem. Joe walks us through Heidegger's concept of "enframing" to reveal how modern technology trains us to see everything (including ourselves) as resources to be consumed. From Socrates to your smartphone, this episode digs into the philosophical roots of our tech addiction.

    31 phút
  8. The Philosopher's Take | January 19, 2026

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    The Philosopher's Take | January 19, 2026

    In the first episode of The Philosopher's Take, Edwine and Dr. Joseph Terry tackle three stories shaping the world right now. In Iran, thousands are risking death in the streets—what makes human beings willing to die for an idea? In Greenland, a territorial dispute raises an ancient question: who has the right to decide a people's future? And as Artemis II prepares to send humans around the moon for the first time in 50 years, we ask the deeper why behind our drive to explore. From Camus on rebellion to Kant on human dignity to Aristotle on wonder—this is the news, philosophically examined.

    13 phút
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"Explorations" is a podcast that embarks on a quest to unravel the secrets to a fulfilling and meaningful life. We are three ordinary dudes engrossed in extraordinary conversations about life. Through the lens of philosophy, arts, finance, leadership, theology, and education, we probe the complexities and nuances of living life to the fullest. Our discussions are as diverse as they are enriching, spanning an eclectic mix of topics all aimed at shedding light on the many facets of human existence.

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  • Nhà sáng tạo
    Joe, Edwine, and Louis
  • Năm hoạt động
    2023 - 2026
  • Tập
    24
  • Xếp hạng
    Sạch
  • Bản quyền
    © Joe, Edwine, and Louis
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