19 episodes
Quite Useless Greg Beam
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5.0 • 8 Ratings
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A podcast about art and its role in our lives. Artist and armchair aesthetic philosopher Greg Beam probes various topics in the arts, asking how art both reflects and shapes our perceptions of the world.
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Platonic Irony | The Republic, Part IV
What if everything you thought you knew about Plato's Republic... was wrong?
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Another Name for Chaos (The Republic, Part III)
An exploration of the art of philosophy, starring Plato, Simone de Beauvoir, Zhuang Zhou, Soren Kierkegaard, Diogenes of Sinope, Audre Lorde, and more!
This is the third in a four-part series inspired by Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Scroll through the past episodes to find the first two parts, "Raising the Curtain, Lifting the Veil" and "Madmen." -
American Myths
Joseph Campbell was a proponent of the power of myth in framing human life. But in America in the 21st Century, what myths do we have to live by?
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Madmen | The Republic, Part II
Antonin Artaud was a self-described 'madman' and persistent failure in the theatre... He was also one of the great artistic geniuses of the 20th Century.
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Raising the Curtain, Lifting the Veil | The Republic, Part I
Bertolt Brecht was the force behind some of the most popular and influential theater of the 20th Century. But he didn't make plays to entertain. He made them to wake people up to the insanity around them.
This episode delves into Brecht's background and work, his philosophy and his legacy... and leads to some surprising places.
This is the first in a sequence inspired by the Allegory of the Cave, from Plato's Republic.
Customer Reviews
Philosophy and Art
"There are more things in heave and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy." If you like philosophical persepctive on art, that's also still hip and funny, this is your jam. This guy has a way of bringing famous philosophical concepts to movies, art and other pop culture. Super smart. Very funny. Extremely charming. Good stuff.
Thought Provoking
I really enjoy this podcast! The subject matter is incredibly thought provoking, and the production is very high-quality. I'll be thinking about this podcast's topic all day now.