The Ralston College Podcast
Latest Episodes
Ep. 30 - From the Cave of Pythagoras: A Lecture and Discussion with Douglas Hedley
Ralston College presents a lecture by University of Cambridge Professor Douglas Hedley on the influential and mysterious pre-Socratic philosopher Pythagoras. Given in the very cave in Samos in which P
Ep. 29 - Marie Kawthar Daouda: Baudelaire and the Creation of the Poetic Self
Ralston College presents a lecture by Marie Kawthar Daouda on the infamous French poet, Charles Baudelaire. Baudelaire published one collection of poems in his lifetime, 'Les Fleurs du mal,' which was
Ep. 28 - Arif Ahmed on David Hume’s Disturbing Conception of the Self
Ralston College presents a lecture by Arif Ahmed on David Humes conception of self in Book I of his Treatise of Human Nature. The idea of the self or soul as an enduring subject of experience s
Ep. 27 - Alan Charles Kors: Voltaire’s ‘Philosophical Letters,’ Part II
Ralston College presents a lecture by Alan Charles Kors on Voltaire's great work 'The Philosophical Letters.' Profoundly impressed by the English scientific and philosophical revolutions of the sevent
Ep. 26 - Alan Charles Kors: Voltaire’s ‘Philosophical Letters,’ Part I
Ralston College presents a two-part series of lectures by Alan Charles Kors on Voltaire's great work 'The Philosophical Letters.' Profoundly impressed by the English scientific and philosophical revol
Ep. 25 - Theodore Dalrymple on H. G. Wells's 'The Time Machine'
Ralston College presents a lecture delivered on March 17th, 2022 by Theodore Dalrymple (aka Anthony Daniels) on H. G. Wellss extraordinary 'scientific romance,' 'The Time Machine'. A brilliant seer
Ep. 24 - Vernon Smith: Self-Interest Reconsidered
Stephen Blackwood speaks with the Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Vernon L. Smith. They begin by defining and exploring commonly misunderstood economic termsmarkets, capitalism, equilibriumand
Ep. 23 - Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites
Ralston College presents a lecture delivered on October 26th, 2021 by Dr Iain McGilchrist followed by a discussion with Dr Stephen Blackwood and questions from the audience. In his lecture Dr McGilchr
Ep. 22 - Marwa Al-Sabouni: Architecture as a Matter of Life or Death
Ralston College presents a conversation between Stephen Blackwood and award-winning architect and author Marwa Al-Sabouni, followed by an audience Q&A. A voice of penetrating clarity and prophetic pow
Ep. 21 - Alexander Stoddart: Culture as Communion with the Dead
In Part II of their discussion Stephen Blackwood and Alexander Stoddart speak about the transhistorical community of past, present, and future. Stoddart explicates his Schopenhauerian view of art as life-denying and thus paradoxically able to help us...