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…

Episodes

  1. 06/16/2025

    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.

  2. 07/04/2021

    The Human Machine VII

    For Paul-Henri Dietrich d’Holbach, human beings and all of Nature are essentially matter in motion.

  3. 06/25/2021

    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.

  4. 06/18/2021

    The Human Machine V

    For Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the human being is a metaphysical machine, mirroring God’s harmonious universe.

  5. 06/16/2021

    The Human Machine IV

    This episode is devoted to Thomas Hobbes, who considered human society ought to be like a well-regulated machine.

  6. 06/10/2021

    The Human Machine III

    This episode is devoted to René Descartes, whose mechanistic philosophy likened the biology and intellect of humans to clockwork.

  7. 05/26/2021

    The Human Machine II

    This episode is devoted to William Harvey, who discovered the mechanism of the heart, and the circulation of the blood.

  8. 05/17/2021

    The Human Machine I

    This episode is devoted to Andreas Vesalius, the founder of Renaissance anatomy and a pioneer of the scientific revolution.

  9. 05/10/2021

    Earthly Paradise

    In this episode, George explores the history of the quest to locate Eden – that is, Earthly Paradise.

  10. 05/03/2021

    Intuition, Myth and Metaphor

    George takes a historical tour of myth and metaphor, both in science and in the public persona of scientists.

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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…

Information

  • Creator
    WildTrekker
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    WildTrekker