This episode of The Liberal Soul is all about video games. I am joined by my two longtime friends Justin and Matt to list our top five favourite video games. We also chat along the way about why we love video games, what our earliest memories o

The Conservative Sensibility

Sep 24th, 2022 1h 9m

In this episode I discuss parts of the book The Conservative Sensibility by the American writer George Will. I wanted to branch out a little and read a book that is infused with Conservative philosophy to chew on. I especially was interested in

The Constitution of Knowledge - Part 2

Jun 29th, 2022 1h 11m

This is the second part of two on the book The Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan Rauch. In this episode I discuss elements of the book such as: James Madison as a harbinger for the Constitution of Knowledge, the Falibilist and Empirical rul

The Constitution of Knowledge - Part 1

Jun 22nd, 2022 46m

This is part one of a two parter on the book The Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan Rauch. This book is about how we socially gather knowledge, and how it is distributed and adhered to in what Rauch calls the reality based community. I conce

The Life Narrative Of Frederick Douglass

Apr 30th, 2022 41m 49s

For this episode I do a book that I wasn't even thinking of doing for this podcast before I started reading it. It's The Life Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. There were a number of points of this book that struck me as relev

To Frisbee, That Is The Answer - (With Tobias Gray and Nicole Perrin)

Apr 14th, 2022 1h 34m

In this episode of The Liberal Soul I talk all things Ultimate Frisbee with my friends Tobias Gray and Nicole Perrin. We chat about our first encounters with the sport, the physicality of it, the many ways which it differs from other sports, th

Ep. 32 - Free Will Revisited - (With Christian Cacibauda)

Mar 30th, 2022 1h 47m

Through no fault of my own, I am going back to Free Will! I am joined today on the podcast by Christian Cacibauda to talk once again about Free Will (with the primary text being Free Will by Sam Harris). Christian is an old friend from my Korea

Letters To A Young Contrarian - Part Two

Jan 22nd, 2022 57m 3s

Welcome to part two of my episodes on the book Letters To A Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens. In the continuation of the book, in this episode I talk about: being a self appointed thinker, how being a good friend sometimes means imposin

Letters To A Young Contrarian - Part One

Jan 16th, 2022 50m 49s

Welcome to a new episode of The Liberal Soul. This is part one of a two parter on the book Letters To A Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens. In December 2021 it was the ten year anniversary of the death of Hitch. Because of the impact Hitc

Bonus

Merry Christmas

Dec 25th, 2021 13m 26s

In this short bonus episode I meditate on why Christmas is such a wonderful holiday beyond its religious affiliations.

Why Hitchens Matters (With Cole Kander)

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 6m

This episode is a celebration of the life and impact of Christopher Hitchens. December 15th, 2021 is the ten year anniversary of his death, so Cole and I discuss all things Hitchens in memorial. Both Cole and I were introduced to Hitchens throu

How You Dune? (With David Parker and Josiah Martinoski)

Nov 24th, 2021 1h 28m

For this episode of The Liberal Soul I have borrowed a bonus episode from my other podcast Really True Fiction. For that episode, I recorded a chat with my RTF cohost (David Parker) and guest (Josiah Martinoski) on the 2021 film Dune; directed

Four Elements Of Religion

Nov 10th, 2021 58m 20s

Welcome back to another episode of The Liberal Soul. This episode is a hashing out of something I have been thinking about for a while, as well as a concept alluded to in episode 4 of this podcast with Cole Kander. It is that I have always cons

Outraged Morality - The Gulag Archipelago Pt. 3

Oct 31st, 2021 46m 8s

Welcome to the last part of a three part series on the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In this final episode I talk about: - What it's like to live in fear with no peace of mind - which means no psychological freedom - The

Rock Bottom Of A Human Being - The Gulag Archipelago Pt. 2

Oct 27th, 2021 49m 29s

This is part two of a three part series on the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. If you have not yet listened to part one I would recommend you do as it sets the context for the book and the episodes I am doing on it. In thi

Ruin Of A Human Being - The Gulag Archipelago Pt. 1

Oct 20th, 2021 1h

In this episode of The Liberal Soul I begin the book The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, essayist, dissident and one of the great moral titans of the twentieth century. Largely thanks to his cou

Volition as Free Will

Oct 13th, 2021 53m 34s

For this episode I (only begin) tackling the concept of Free Will and it's relationship to our liberal lives. I use the short book Free Will by Sam Harris as a springboard to discuss to my thoughts on this concept; and why I think it's been a l

Conjectures And Refutations

Oct 3rd, 2021 44m 9s

What are we talking about when we are talking about doing science? How is doing science different from the other forms that we call knowledge or discovery? This is the philosophical task at hand covered by Karl Popper in his work Conjectures an

Around The World (With Brady Gavin and Danica Weager)

Sep 29th, 2021 1h 36m

I am pleased to be joined by guests Brady Gavin and Danica Weager in this episode of The Liberal Soul to talk all about travelling and visiting different places around the world. Some of the things we talk about are: - Where in the world we hav

Prometheus - The OG Liberal Soul

Aug 29th, 2021 1h 9m

This episode is a little bit more personal than most of the previous solo ones. In this episode, I discuss the Greek myth of Prometheus. I subsequently talk about my concept of a Promethean and how they relate to the liberal soul. After, I rela

Movies As Great Art - (With Alex Cormier)

Aug 22nd, 2021 1h 32m

Welcome back to another episode of The Liberal Soul. For todays episode I was happy to be joined by Alex Cormier. Alex and I cohost a show on local radio called Full Spectrum Cinema; and in every episode we choose a movie and talk about it for

Pragmatically Speaking

Aug 15th, 2021 38m 6s

In this episode I give a very introductory opening to the idea of Pragmatism; the first American philosophy. I have come to think about Pragmatism and it's relationship to Liberalism by its adherence to reality and practical, real world effects

All Downhill From Here (With Russ Fountain and Eric Wahn)

Jul 31st, 2021 1h 20m

I was pleased to be joined by some friends from high school, Russ Fountain and Eric Wahn, to discuss their love and affinity for all things mountain biking. We talk about how they first came to love mountain biking, some of the influences on th

The Open Society And Its Enemies - Pt. 4

Jul 28th, 2021 1h 17m

Here is the conclusion of my four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. This episode finishes up Popper's observations on Marx as well as his general overview on how we should best think about history. In this

The Open Society And Its Enemies - Pt. 3

Jul 21st, 2021 1h 2m

*Mild spoilers for season two of House of Cards in this episode* Welcome to part three of a four part series on the book The Open Society And Its Enemies by Karl Popper. If you haven't listened to the first two parts yet I would highly recommen