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Waystations is a series for those looking to understand what it means to be human in the modern age. We talk about: art, culture, education, history and religion.
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29200 Days (opens the original)
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When you break it down, a person who lives to be 80 years old is given roughly 29,200 days on this earth. Every sunrise is not just a new beginning; it is a ticking clock with a countdown timer. Yet, we live in a modern culture that is simultaneously obsessed with frantic busyness, yet wildly careless with the actual value of a single day. We rush through life, filling our calendars, while letting the precious, finite currency of our time slip right through our fingers. In this episode we discus
Sci-Fi Futurism (opens the original)
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In today’s show we are joined by Ahmed Elbenni to discuss Sci-Fi Futurism. You can find his essay: Dreaming the Ummah - Science Fiction and the Possibility of Islamofuturism at the following link https://hashiya.org/posts/dreaming-ummah-islamofuturism Ahmed Elbenni is a Ph.D. candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and senior editor at Muftah Magazine. He received his BA in History and Political Science from Yale University and MA in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton Universi
Exploring Without Borders (opens the original)
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If you would like to suggest a topic that you want us to explore, please send us an email on waystationsrkwm@gmail.com Today we will be discussing exploring without borders. The concept of exploring the earth without borders feels quite disjointed, as we live in an era of passports, biometric checkpoints, and razor-wire borders. Yet for much of the earth’s history, humans were able to simply walk, ride, or sail across the earth, moving freely from civilization to civilization to witness the shee
The Art of Clothing (opens the original)
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Today is the 20th episode of Waystations and over the past few months many of you have contacted us to say how much you’ve been enjoying the show. We’re now giving you the opportunity to contribute towards some of the topics we cover. If you would like to suggest a topic that you want us to explore, please send us an email on waystationsrkwm@gmail.com Today’s episode looks at the art of clothing. In a modern culture often dominated by fast fashion, trend-chasing, and purely utilitarian views of
The Tao of War by Mikhail Abdul-Latif (opens the original)
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In this episode we are joined by Mikhail Abdul-Latif to talk about his book, The Tao of War, which is a training manual of applied philosophy and a guide for those seeking to walk the path of the warrior poet. Mikhail is an author, poet, musician and lifelong martial artist from Seattle, Washington. He holds several national wrestling titles in both Canada and the United States, is a Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu, and has spent many years traveling the world as a professional athlete while studying un
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