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Continuing The Conversation

In this episode, a conversation on St John's College' unique approach to scientific and mathematical study. Authors touched upon include Galileo, Leibniz, Maxwell, Thompson, Schrodinger, Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg, Faraday, and Descartes.

Continuing The Conversation  
  • Science As A Liberal Art
    Friday, November 15
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In this episode, a conversation on St John's College' unique approach to scientific and mathematical study. Authors touched upon include Galileo, Leibniz, Maxwell, Thompson, Schrodinger, Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg, Faraday, and Descartes.
  • Science As A Liberal Art
    Sunday, November 17
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In this episode, a conversation on St John's College' unique approach to scientific and mathematical study. Authors touched upon include Galileo, Leibniz, Maxwell, Thompson, Schrodinger, Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg, Faraday, and Descartes.
  • Practicing for Death: Integrating Mind and Body
    Friday, November 22
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Through the writings of the 13th-century Japanese author Dogen and the 16th-century French author Montaigne-explore how physical presence and pain can take us out of our minds and into a practice that prepares us for the vicissitudes of life and the certainty of death through an integration of mind, body, and soul.
  • Practicing for Death: Integrating Mind and Body
    Sunday, November 24
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Through the writings of the 13th-century Japanese author Dogen and the 16th-century French author Montaigne-explore how physical presence and pain can take us out of our minds and into a practice that prepares us for the vicissitudes of life and the certainty of death through an integration of mind, body, and soul.
  • The Challenge of Translation
    Friday, November 29
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    In this episode, we discuss the complexities of translation, including the role of interpretation and emotion, as humans attempt to understand and communicate ideas across linguistic boundaries through literary translation and dialogue with each other.
  • The Challenge of Translation
    Sunday, December 1
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    In this episode, we discuss the complexities of translation, including the role of interpretation and emotion, as humans attempt to understand and communicate ideas across linguistic boundaries through literary translation and dialogue with each other.
  • Vanquishing The Enemy: Sports, War and Seminar?
    Friday, December 6
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    What is the relationship between sports and war? And what is seminar's relationship to both? From conversational cooperation to sportsmanlike competition to brutal war, this episode takes us on a journey through the best and worst of human nature.
  • Vanquishing The Enemy: Sports, War and Seminar?
    Sunday, December 8
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    What is the relationship between sports and war? And what is seminar's relationship to both? From conversational cooperation to sportsmanlike competition to brutal war, this episode takes us on a journey through the best and worst of human nature.
  • We, The Terrible Listeners
    Friday, December 13
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    This episode discusses the importance of learning to hear and understand the language of those who are unlike us, of supporting quieter and less represented voices in conversation, and building true community through the committed practice of listening.
  • We, The Terrible Listeners
    Sunday, December 15
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    This episode discusses the importance of learning to hear and understand the language of those who are unlike us, of supporting quieter and less represented voices in conversation, and building true community through the committed practice of listening.
  • Can War Be Beautiful?
    Friday, December 20
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Can killing and dying in war be beautiful? Is a just cause required for glory to be gained? Is war a courageous way of fulfilling human nature and, ultimately, of embracing the reality that death awaits us all?
  • Can War Be Beautiful?
    Sunday, December 22
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Can killing and dying in war be beautiful? Is a just cause required for glory to be gained? Is war a courageous way of fulfilling human nature and, ultimately, of embracing the reality that death awaits us all?
  • To Think Or to Do
    Friday, December 27
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Today, our world is defined by consumerism, self-expression, and a gnawing lack of meaning. Can the contemplative life of the mind play a central role in addressing this void? What about the role of its supposed counterparts-doing, making, and simply being?
  • To Think Or to Do
    Sunday, December 29
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Today, our world is defined by consumerism, self-expression, and a gnawing lack of meaning. Can the contemplative life of the mind play a central role in addressing this void? What about the role of its supposed counterparts-doing, making, and simply being?
  • Sonnet 94: Shaespeare's Unmoved Mover
    Friday, January 3
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    This episode takes us through a close reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet 94, which many consider to be his most enigmatic.
  • Sonnet 94: Shaespeare's Unmoved Mover
    Sunday, January 5
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    This episode takes us through a close reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet 94, which many consider to be his most enigmatic.

 

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  • The Fool's Paradise: to Where Does Travel Lead?
    Sunday, November 10
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Why do writers travel? Why do some authors write their most influential works in foreign countries? Does the unknown bring new insights and transformation, or do new lands provide nothing more than romantic myths for the imagination?
  • The Fool's Paradise: to Where Does Travel Lead?
    Friday, November 8
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Why do writers travel? Why do some authors write their most influential works in foreign countries? Does the unknown bring new insights and transformation, or do new lands provide nothing more than romantic myths for the imagination?
  • The Thrill of Literature - and of the Universe
    Sunday, November 3
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is it important to feel when we read literature? Or when we learn math and science? On a related front, what is the role of order and disruption in literature, in life, and in our observation of the universe?
  • The Thrill of Literature - and of the Universe
    Friday, November 1
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is it important to feel when we read literature? Or when we learn math and science? On a related front, what is the role of order and disruption in literature, in life, and in our observation of the universe?
  • Lincoln's New Birth of Freedom
    Sunday, October 27
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    How did the Civil War bring about a new birth of freedom? What about the lynchings, segregation, and deep economic inequalities that followed? Did Lincoln foresee the nation would need multiple new births to maintain its ideals and opportunities for all citizens? How has-and hasn't-the nation realized Lincoln's vision at Gettysburg?
  • Lincoln's New Birth of Freedom
    Friday, October 25
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    How did the Civil War bring about a new birth of freedom? What about the lynchings, segregation, and deep economic inequalities that followed? Did Lincoln foresee the nation would need multiple new births to maintain its ideals and opportunities for all citizens? How has-and hasn't-the nation realized Lincoln's vision at Gettysburg?
  • Can A Book Be A Friend?
    Sunday, October 20
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is a book dead or alive? Can one be friends with a book, or with the author behind the book? This episode explores the very personal relationships that humans have with books, and the complex questions they bring up in all of us.
  • Can A Book Be A Friend?
    Friday, October 18
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Is a book dead or alive? Can one be friends with a book, or with the author behind the book? This episode explores the very personal relationships that humans have with books, and the complex questions they bring up in all of us.
  • Sophrosyne: In Search of Moderation
    Sunday, October 13
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Sophrosyne is the ancient Greek word for moderation, one of the four classical virtues. But what does Socrates' definition of moderation really mean and how is it connected to another virtue: courage?
  • Sophrosyne: In Search of Moderation
    Friday, October 11
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    Sophrosyne is the ancient Greek word for moderation, one of the four classical virtues. But what does Socrates' definition of moderation really mean and how is it connected to another virtue: courage?
  • Home and Hunger: The Crossroads of Food and Thought
    Sunday, October 6
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    This episode, rich in metaphor and poetry, connects gastronomy, language, thought, and community to a theme to which all humans can relate: wanting to know and be at home in the world.
  • Home and Hunger: The Crossroads of Food and Thought
    Friday, October 4
    11:00 pm on UEN-TV 9.1
    This episode, rich in metaphor and poetry, connects gastronomy, language, thought, and community to a theme to which all humans can relate: wanting to know and be at home in the world.
  • What Is Freedom and How Do We Cultivate It?
    Tuesday, October 1
    4:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1
    Liberal education is education for freedom. What kind of freedom does it or should it cultivate? A probing conversation into the nature of freedom, the ways in which individuals and communities can cultivate it, and the need for self-discipline in tempering our freedoms.