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S9E17: Abolition – Ch. 2 Review, After Hours with Dr. Joshua Herring

Dr. Joshua Herring, host of The Optimistic Curmudgeon, returns to the show to help us review Chapter 2 of “The Abolition of Man” and to help us understand “The Way”…

Djokovic, Nadal or Federer: Who is the GOAT

Listener Matthew Galgani listened to our recent episode (S9E14: “All Values are Subjective…Except Mine!”) and was inspired to write an article entitled Djokovic, Nadal or Federer: Who is the GOAT? Before you answer, let’s have C.S. Lewis weigh in…

Half Pint with Stephen Kent (“Geeky Stoics”)

Was Lewis a geeky stoic?

S9E16: Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 3 (“The Tao or… Nothing”)

Can we reject the Tao and still have morality? Does affirming the Tao stifle moral progress? Is arguing for the Tao a religious or even a Christian argument? We dive in to these questions and more as we wrap up Chapter 2 of “The Abolition of Man”.

Half Pint with Judith McQuoid (“Giant”)

What would happen if your grandfather as a boy met a young Jacks Lewis? Judith McQuoid explores this supposal in her charming book, Giant.

S9E15: Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 2 (“Instincts and the Tao”)

Can we build a system of values based on Impulses?

The Golden Key Movie

George MacDonald’s classic… yes please!

S9E14: Abolition – Ch. 2, Pt. 1 (“All values are subjective… except mine!”)

We begin “The Way”, the second chapter of “The Abolition of Man” where see how the arguments of Gaius and Titius lead to a breakdown in logic, virtue, and ultimately society itself!