November 9, 2021
In this episode, we discuss Ciaran's world of boxing. We look back at the recent fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder 3 . This was an unplanned podcast, just us discussing our viewpoints on boxing and the physiology of Fury.
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![#17: Professor Gordon Marino on The Philosophy of Existentialism]()
October 21, 2021
Gordon Marino earned his PhD from the University of Chicago, M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and B.A. from Columbia University. His areas of specialization include History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Kierkegaard. He teaches philosophy and related courses as a professor at St. Olaf College and holds a position as the curator of the Kierkegaard Library. In 2018, Marino published his most recent book, The Existentialist’s Survival Guide. He has authored and co-authored numerous works, including Kierkegaard in the Present Age. His articles have appeared in internationally acclaimed news sources and periodicals such as The Atlantic Monthly, New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the American Poetry Review. Follow Gordon here https://www.existentialistscorner.com/
Links from discussions in the episode
Jake La Mottahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_LaMotta
Gay Talese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Talese
Who is Soren? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
What is Terror Management Theory https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199828340/obo-9780199828340-0058.xml
The sickness unto death https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-sickness-unto-death-9780140445336
Leo Tolstoy "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" http://www.classicallibrary.org/tolstoy/ivan/index.htm
The Philosophy of William James
Order Gordon's book here “The Existentialist's Survival Guide: How to Live Authentically in an Inauthentic Age”https://www.amazon.com.au/Existentialists-Survival-Guide-Authentically-Inauthentic/dp/0062435981
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September 30, 2021
In this episode, we continue our journey through the book of five rings. The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts `Miyamoto Mushashi around 1645 read more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings
Battle Drills https://www.mkbartlett.co.uk/
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September 22, 2021
In this episode of the Learning to Die podcast we discuss the man that may be responsible for our lives today (Vasili Arkhipov) and how we have side stepped a nuclear war.
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