Stephen Blackwood speaks with Harry Lewis, legendary Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University (where he taught both Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg). They discuss the tragic limits of narrowly vocational approaches to education—with which many young people are pressured to conform—by contrast with education that fosters true self-reflection and a meaningful life. They also discuss cancel culture, college admissions, and freedom of speech.
Ep. 23 - Iain McGilchrist: The Coincidence of Opposites
Ep. 22 - Marwa Al-Sabouni: Architecture as a Matter of Life or Death
Ep. 21 - Alexander Stoddart: Culture as Communion with the Dead
Ep. 20 - On Becoming Alan Dershowitz
Ep. 19 - Victor Davis Hanson on Who Killed Homer
Ep. 18 – Andrew Doyle on Free Speech and Why It Matters
Ep. 17 - Alexander Stoddart: A Conversation in His Studio
Ep. 15 – Theodore Dalrymple on Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons”
Ep. 14 - The Morality of Satire: Andrew Doyle and Stephen Blackwood
Ep. 13 - On the Freedom of Thought and Nature: Freeman Dyson and Stephen Blackwood
Ep. 12 - A Discussion of 'Ivan Ilyich:' Donna Orwin and Stephen Blackwood
Ep. 11 - Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Ep. 10 - Independence in an Age of Conformity: Stephen Wolfram & Stephen Blackwood
Ep. 9 - Deep Thinking in a Distracted World: Cal Newport and Stephen Blackwood
Ep. 8 - On Freedom and Truth: Yeonmi Park & Stephen Blackwood
Ep. 7 - Douglas Hedley and Stephen Blackwood: Reason, Imagination, and Reality
Ep. 6 - Iain McGilchrist and Stephen Blackwood: The Unfolding of Life and Thought
Ep. 5 - Iain McGilchrist and Stephen Blackwood: On Finding Ourselves Within the Whole
Ep. 4 - Boethius and the Consolation of Philosophy
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