Ranked #1
#59- Henry David Thoreau's Walden: Why Are We Always So Busy?
#59- Henry David Thoreau's Walden: Why Are We Always So Busy?
In the spring of 1845, Henry David Thoreau borrowed an ax, walked into the woods, and started cutting down trees to make... Read more
20 Feb 2020
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1hr 30mins
Ranked #2
#16 - Brett McKay (Art of Manliness) on Dante's Divine Comedy
#16 - Brett McKay (Art of Manliness) on Dante's Divine Comedy
Brett McKay of Art of Manliness fame joins Online Great Books owner Scott Hambrick to discuss Dante Alighieri's Divine C... Read more
20 Feb 2019
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57mins
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#20 - The College Trap: How College Became A Religious Belief with Brett Veinoitte (School Sucks Podcast)
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#28 - "We believe in nothing!" The Stakes of Meaninglessness in Nietzsche's "The Joyful Wisdom"
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Scott Hambrick and Karl Schudt discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's book The Joyful Wisdom, Book 3, which contains his infamous... Read more
13 Jun 2019
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#44- The Lost Tools of Learning
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This week, Scott and Karl discuss Dorthy Sayers’ paper, "The Lost Tools of Learning." This groundbreaking work is a grea... Read more
7 Nov 2019
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#35- The Lord of the Rings Part 1
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After years of Karl’s persistent hounding, Scott finally reads The Lord of the Rings. The two discuss elves, orcs, dwarf... Read more
5 Sep 2019
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #7
#49- Leisure, the Basis of Culture
#49- Leisure, the Basis of Culture
This week, Scott and Karl read Josef Pieper’s Leisure the Basis of Culture. The duo dives into the Pieper-style definiti... Read more
12 Dec 2019
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #8
#18 - Authenticity in Speech: The Importance of Speaking Your Mind with John Syc
#18 - Authenticity in Speech: The Importance of Speaking Your Mind with John Syc
Scott and Online Great Books member John Syc, a therapist and LCSW from Hamden, CT, discuss the concept of authenticity ... Read more
6 Mar 2019
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Ranked #9
#51- Edward Bernays' Propaganda
#51- Edward Bernays' Propaganda
In this week’s episode, Scott and Karl discuss Edward Bernays’ 1928 book Propaganda. Referred to as “the father of publi... Read more
26 Dec 2019
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1hr 35mins
Ranked #10
#47- How We Read
#47- How We Read
In this week’s episode, Scott and Karl discuss all things related to reading. Before opening a book, it’s crucial to def... Read more
28 Nov 2019
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #11
#57- Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago: How Literature Can Save Us
#57- Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago: How Literature Can Save Us
This week, Scott and Karl dive into The Gulag Archipelago by Russian writer and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Publi... Read more
6 Feb 2020
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1hr 35mins
Ranked #12
#46- Defining Happiness: Scott and Karl Discuss Aristotle's Ethics
#46- Defining Happiness: Scott and Karl Discuss Aristotle's Ethics
This week, Scott and Karl discuss Book I of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Aristotle may seem like an intimidating figu... Read more
21 Nov 2019
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #13
#26 - Brevity is The Soul of Wit... and Effective Communication
#26 - Brevity is The Soul of Wit... and Effective Communication
Scott talks to Joe McCormack, author of Brief: Make Bigger Impact by Saying Less, about the importance of brevity in co... Read more
8 May 2019
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31mins
Ranked #14
#24 - Euclid & The Shape of Modern Science with Emmet Penney
#24 - Euclid & The Shape of Modern Science with Emmet Penney
Online Great Books founder Scott Hambrick and seminar leader Emmet Penney tackle the first scientific work on the podcas... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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43mins
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#22 - Shakespeare's Hamlet Pt. 1: The First Modern Masterpiece?
#22 - Shakespeare's Hamlet Pt. 1: The First Modern Masterpiece?
Producer Trent returns to the podcast to discuss the first modern piece of literature to appear on the podcast: Shakespe... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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Ranked #16
#43- Karl Drops Out Of School
#43- Karl Drops Out Of School
One year ago, Karl decided to give up his 20-year teaching career as a university professor of humanities and philosophy... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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48mins
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#53- The Medium is the Massage
#53- The Medium is the Massage
The medium is the… massage? In 1967, Marshall McLuhan teamed up with graphic designer Quentin Fiore to write The Medium ... Read more
9 Jan 2020
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#70- Are We Living in Orwell’s 1984?
#70- Are We Living in Orwell’s 1984?
This week, Scott and Karl put on their tin foil hats for a reading of George Orwell's 1984. Published in 1949, the endu... Read more
7 May 2020
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #19
#39- Emerson on Self-Reliance
#39- Emerson on Self-Reliance
Scott is joined by Karl Schudt in this week’s discussion of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay, “Self-Reliance.” For Emerson, a... Read more
3 Oct 2019
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59mins
Ranked #20
#63- Frank Herbert's Dune: Testing the Limits of What it Means to be Human
#63- Frank Herbert's Dune: Testing the Limits of What it Means to be Human
Welcome, dear listeners, to a show that explores what it means to be human. Sound intriguing? This week, Scott and Karl ... Read more
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1hr 37mins
