All Episodes
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1. Captain Pike and the Evil Genius: Can Pike Escape the Cage?
In our beginning episode we revisit the first episode of Star Trek, and find that Captain Pike's struggle with the big-brained Talosians is very much like the struggle...
2. Can you escape the Cave? Plato and the first dystopian story
Who wrote the first dystopian short story? Plato, of course!
3. A World Turned Upside Down: Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
Trying to get at the heart of Ray Bradbury's most celebrated novel, Alfredo finds it may have to do with the eternal battle of nihilism against wonder, and somehow tie...
4. Distracted to Death: The World of Fahrenheit 451
Sergeant Beatty spills the beans to Montag, and we learn about the dangers of going too fast through life.
5. Book Burning in the 21st Century: Ray Bradbury and Cancel Culture
We couldn't leave Fahrenheit without touching on some, sadly, burning topics of present times -- censorship, cancel culture and, yes, book burning. Is it true that ext...
6. Plato and the First Ring of Power
What would you do if you could become invisible? Would you still play by the rules? Are we good only because others can see us?This is the beginning episode in the "Et...
7. An Interview with Randy Richards, author of "The Unseen Hand of Peter Gyges"
An interview with Randy Richards, author of "The Unseen Hand of Peter Gyges" (2015), a modern retelling of Plato's classic fable.
8. The Ethics of Mr. Spock
Continuing with our "ethics tutorial", we look at a figure that exemplifies a variety of ethical theories. What better way to get introduced to them than by the hand o...
9. Discover Your Superpowers! Training Montages and Virtue Ethics
Part of the Ethics Tutorial, we explore the notion of "habit" in ethics and its importance in our lives.
