HeyJaredSesame and Lilies
Once a month, Eugene McCarraher and David Bentley Hart interview important figures in cultural and intellectual life.
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A Link (opens the original)
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At some time in the coming months, we will be hosting the philosopher Evan Thompson, principally on his forthcoming book When Death Comes, but also we hope on his work in cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and the phenomenology of life. In preparation for that conversation, the attached interview with one of us (Lily) by Jonas Atlas on his program In the Belly of the Whale might be of interest.
A Farewell to Harms (opens the original)
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As one of us (Lily) is currently engaged in the tedious and nerve-wracking business of moving overseas, which leaves no time this month for our normal recorded conversation with a fascinating and long-suffering guest, the other of us (Sesame) decided we should make that move itself a topic of discussion. The exchange ranged widely, however, covering the current state of society and politics throughout the developed world, the American genius for stupidity, Bob Dylan as compared to Leonard Cohen
Episode Nine: David Albertson and Jason Blakely (opens the original)
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We spent an hour and a half talking to David Albertson and Jason Blakely about their new book Utopia for Our Century: A Manifesto of Hope, for which both of us—both Sesame and Lily—contributed endorsements. It is a book very much prompted by the political, social, and spiritual moment in which we find ourselves, but it is also a kind of manifesto of per… Read more
Before Albertson and Blakely (opens the original)
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Tomorrow, the two of us—Sesame and Lily—will be talking to David Albertson and Jason Blakely about their new book Utopia for Our Century: A Manifesto of Hope. As ever, we are releasing a preliminary bit of chatter between the two of us, touching lightly upon tomorrow’s interview, but mostly taking stock of the current state of things, weighing it in the balance, and finding it wanting. We discuss the sad story of Jason Arday, the current political situation, the disappointing quality of today’s
Episode Eight: Tom Holland (opens the original)
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This month, our guest is the wise, witty, and mercurial Tom Holland, historian, novelist, podcaster, and raconteur. The conversation ranged not necessarily widely, but at least nimbly. We discussed his work, with a special emphasis on his book Dominion, which concerns the history of Christianity and its effects on the formation of Western culture, of mo… Read more
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