Epigraphs

Ted and Maria

Brother-and-sister amateur intellectuals take on everything that interests them: literature, philosophy, culture, ecology, music, and all the other things. patreon.com/Epigraphs

Episodes

The Arc of the Long Narrative

Ted and Maria discuss what narrative shows us about Justice and how framing stories helps us to recognize and develop virtue.

Jun 22, 2023

53 min

Read Big or Go Home

Ted and Maria discuss epics: What they are, why they're great, and why you should read them.

Jun 7, 2023

56 min

Things Fall Apart

Ted and Maria discuss learning to be human and the perilous business of rearing children.

Mar 16, 2023

53 min

Made You Look: The Palantir and the Will

Join us as we take a look at Tolkien's Mirror of Galadriel and the Palantir and what they show us about sight.

Feb 27, 2023

51 min

I Spy: A Discussion of "Lying" By Richard Wilbur

What's under all those images?

Feb 15, 2023

48 min

The Tail of a Tale: Truth in Squirrel Nutkin

What does Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" tell us about the shape of reality?

Feb 4, 2023

57 min

Come, Friends, Who Plough The Seas

What can The Pirates of Penzance teach us about living in community?

Feb 4, 2023

56 min

One-way Friends, Part 2

Can you be friends with someone you can't see?

Feb 4, 2023

49 min

One-way Friends, Part 1

Can you be friends with someone who doesn't know you exist?

Feb 4, 2023

51 min

Flowers Being Looked At

Does it matter that flowers are beautiful?

Feb 4, 2023

55 min