Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Being in the World Podcast 033: On Beauty, part 1

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss Roger Scruton's documentary, Why Beauty Matters, platonic ideals of beauty, and why they may be misguided; also celebrity, beauty as a commodity, and more.

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Being in the World Podcast 032: On Privilege, Responsibility, & Free Will

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli take a philosophical, social and scientific approach to issues surrounding freedom of choice, morality, privilege, and lack thereof.

Being in the World Podcast 031: On Criticism

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli undertake a critique of pure criticism...what is the role of criticism in art, culture and psychology? When are and aren't critics useful?

Monday, October 12, 2020

Being in the World Podcast 030: On Psychedelics

Lucy in the Studio with Diamonds

Being in the World Podcast 029: Lucy Walker

Dr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli spend an hour chatting to Lucy Walker, an English film director. She has directed the documentaries Devil's Playground (2002), Blindsight (2006), Waste Land (2010), Countdown to Zero (2010), and The Crash Reel (2013). She has also directed the short films The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011) and The Lion's Mouth Opens (2014) and fifteen episodes of Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, for which she was nominated for two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Directing.

Being in the World Podcast 028: On Boundaries

Dr. Patrick House & Tao Ruspoli discuss boundaries...in science, in relationships, and in the world at large.

Being in the World Podcast 027: On Consciousness

Dr. Patrick House and Tao Ruspoli discuss consciousness: is it fundamental? how mysterious is it? Is it useful to think of it as a "dimension"?