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Latest Episodes

Vaster Than Empires – Le Guin
June 20, 2025

What does it mean to embrace "Other"? And how might we understand carpe diem if we truly had "world enough and time?" Le Guin shows us in her famous science fiction short story.

Signpost – Pretty Gardens in Paint
June 13, 2025

Where we've been and where we're going, and we take a pause in a museum gallery, too!

Trailer: Journey 6
May 30, 2025

Looking ahead at Season 6: Ursula K. Le Guin's story, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," and all the wrestling we do with dilemmas of ethics.

What I Get Wrong
May 23, 2025

We finish a carpe diem journey and I reflect back on what I've learned, what I believe, and where we are going next.

Writing Back 2: Getting Over Our Essay Anxiety
May 16, 2025

It's time for the end of our carpe diem journey, and we celebrate with a congratulatory essay! Hey, why so glum?

Bellow Seizes Our Day
May 09, 2025

Sure we can philosophize, but what happens when we put carpe diem to the test in the modern world of capital?

Rilke and Carpe Don’t Rhyme
May 02, 2025

What is required of us to find the power and meaning in art? in poetry? Is it related to carpe diem? And does it give us any guidance in how to approach meaningful lives?

Carpe All Over the Place
April 25, 2025

How far away are we from the original meaning of carpe diem? And does it matter?

Star Trek: “World Enough and Time”
April 18, 2025

Can some fan-fiction teach us more about carpe diem than a classic Roman poet?

Not Horacing Around: Ode 1.11
April 11, 2025

Can an ancient Roman poet illuminate the concept of carpe diem? Perhaps, but then again . . .