The Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & Fiction
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We found 10 episodes of The Jacksway Collective: Philosophy & Fiction with the tag “philosophy”.
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Episode 8 | Existential Dread in Children of Men
October 8th, 2018 | 50 mins 6 secs
arts, fiction, jacksway collective, philosophy, short stories
Women are no longer fertile and society starts to crumble. Of course it does. Three dudes hop on the mic to discuss the filmmaking masterpiece that is Children of Men.
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Episode 7 | I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
September 24th, 2018 | 46 mins 42 secs
arts, fiction, harlan ellison, jacksway collective, philosophy, short stories
Ape Man, Deranged Daddy, & Jelly Boy Ted are a few characters that make up Harlan Ellison's short story I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. How do Oliver, Brendan, and Jhana approach this absurd story about AI gone wrong? Listen to find out.
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Episode 6 | Russian Beards & The Death of Ivan Ilyich
September 9th, 2018 | 44 mins 11 secs
arts, fiction, jacksway collective, philosophy, short stories
Dostoyevsky or Tolstoy, who rocks the better beard? Oliver and Jhana both love one of these guys' beard, but do they love Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illych? Listen to find out.
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Episode 5 | Rice Pudding & The Penal Colony
August 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 5 mins
arts, fiction, jacksway collective, philosophy, short stories
How does society’s conception of justice evolve over time? What does rice pudding taste like while having a machine slowly chop away at your flesh? Two equally important questions, two equally enlightening answers in this episode on Kafka.
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Episode 4 | Ruby Sparks & The Manic Pixie Dream Girl
August 23rd, 2018 | 57 mins 26 secs
arts, fiction, jacksway collective, philosophy, short stories
Three dudes discuss the manic pixie dream girl trope in films. Is the MPDG mere male fantasy? Or is there something more to this type of character?
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Episode 3 | Swimming in Monogamy
August 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 4 mins
arts, fiction, jacksway collective, john cheever, monogomy, philosophy, sex, short stories, swimmer
Is monogamy valid? Can we make claims about human nature based on evolutionary stories? Is it at all rational to swim in your neighbours' pools? Great questions of our time are set to rest on this episode.
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Episode 2 | Everything That Rises Must Converge
August 20th, 2018 | 56 mins 19 secs
arts, everything that rises must converge, existentialism, feminism, fiction, flannery oconnor, jacksway collective, philosophy, race, short stories
A third ex-roommate joins the Jacksway Collective to unpack Flannery O'Connor's Everything that Rises Must Converge. The trio discuss race, feminist film theory, and the despicable Julian.
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Episode 1 | Absurd Reasoning & The Homeless Marketplace
August 20th, 2018 | 57 mins 12 secs
albert, albert camus, arts, camus, fiction, homeless, jacksway collective, philosophy, sisyphus
Two ex-roommates reunite to discuss meaning in life, the absurd, and suicide. They also debate which homeless people are more or less deserving of their dollars.