HeyJaredAlex O'Connor
An agnostic with interests in philosophy, religion, the Bible, and ethics. Subscribe for early access to the Within Reason Podcast.
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(New) Pre-Show QnA For My North America Tour (opens the original)
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Hi everyone,As you hopefully know, I’m going on tour in North America this November.I’m emailing to let you know that we are adding a pre-show QnA before each show. This will be a smaller, 45-minute QnA before the main event, with a group photograph at the end.If you already have tickets to the tour, you can purchase tickets for the pre-show QnA as an add-on, using the links for pre-existing ticket holders below.(Please note that due to venue restrictions the NYC pre-show QnA will take place at
Are Plants Conscious? - Michael Pollan (opens the original)
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There are living things, there are dead things, and then there are plants. These strange, alien creatures which dominate the natural environment hold up a mirror to our conceptions of what it means to be alive, and test the boundaries of important concepts in biology. It is uncontroversial to suggest that plants are alive, even if they are so in an utterly, incomparably different sense to animals. But what of consciousness?To be absolutely clear, it seems vastly unlikely that plants feel pain, o
Buddhist Emptiness Explained - Jan Westerhoff (opens the original)
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Hi everyone,I have never recorded a podcast episode exclusively on Buddhist philosophy before. It is an extensive corpus and difficult to know where to begin, but today we make a start!Nāgārjuna was a teacher of Mahayana Buddhism (one of Buddhism’s main branches) who lived from around 150-250 CE. His philosophical contributions are so significant that he has been called the “second Buddha”. He is also considered to be the founder of the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism, which roughly means “middle
North America Tour Tickets Out Now! (opens the original)
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"The Chosen" Creator: How to do Jesus for TV (opens the original)
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Hi everyone,In today’s episode, I sit down with Dallas Jenkins, creator and director of The Chosen.If you’re interested in Jesus or Christianity (or even if you’re not), you’ve probably come across this TV series about Jesus and his disciples, which is about to release its sixth season.I am fascinated by the show, and am especially interested in the difficult creative decision-making entailed by working such a sensitive source material as the gospels. How does a TV show reconcile the different a
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