The Wisdom Of
Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of!
Episodes
Mentioned books
Feb 24, 2023 • 14min
D.H. Lawrence and Schopenhauer on Sex and Love
In this episode, I try to talk a little bit about the nature and importance of sex and love according to the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and the writer D.H. Lawrence!
Feb 17, 2023 • 29min
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand is a Russian born writer. She’s best known for her two novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In this episode, we discuss Nietzsche's and Aristotle's influence on her!
Feb 10, 2023 • 14min
Boethius's Consolations and the Talking Cure
Boethius was a Roman philosopher and political statesman. In this episode, I discuss his great work On the Consolation of Philosophy!
Feb 4, 2023 • 25min
Camus' The Fall
The Fall was Camus’ last complete work and it was published in 1956. In this episode, we discuss the themes of insincerity and virtue-signalling.
Jan 29, 2023 • 8min
Shatner's tears and Earth's little onion skin
Some thoughts about what happened to the actor William Shatner when he went to space aboard a capsule operated by Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin.
Jan 28, 2023 • 24min
The love letters of Heloise and Abelard
Peter Abelard and Heloise are one of the most celebrated couples of all time, known for their love affair and for the tragedy that separated them. In this episode, we discuss their love letters!
Jan 20, 2023 • 19min
Courage, Tillich, and that coward Silenus!
What's courage? Are there different kinds of courage? Why is courage important? Let's see what Plato and Paul Tillich think!
Jan 16, 2023 • 22min
Happiness is Overrated!
Is happiness just about feeling good? Is that the way we should view it? Or is there more to it than that? Let's find out!
Jan 11, 2023 • 10min
Evil
In this episode I try to talk a bit about the nature of evil. I use Susan Neiman's book Evil in Modern Thought as the context.
Jan 7, 2023 • 24min
Byung-Chul Han on Fingers, Phones and the Strangeness of Socrates!
Byung-Chul Han is a south Korean born philosopher and he’s currently professor at the Berlin University of Arts in Germany. In this episode, we talk a bit about his views on phones, social media and the nature of thinking in our contemporary world!
