Guy Stagg joins Required Reading's new host Morten Høi Jensen to discuss his new book The World Within.On writing the book: "All my life I have dreamed of retreat. Of letting go each responsibility and cutting every tie. And I know I’m not the only one. But, when I learnt about the creative figures who left their lives behind, I began to ask myself: what is gained and what is lost when we withdraw from the world?"
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Carlos Fraenkel and Agnes Callard: Open Socrates
Carlos Fraenkel and Agnes Callard discuss Carllard's new book Open Socrates and make the case for a life of philosophical inquiry.
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Scott Spillman: MAKING SENSE OF SLAVERY: America’s Long Reckoning, from the Founding Era to Today
Scott Spillman on his recent book Making Sense of Slavery which illustrates how the study of slavery has been at the heart of American intellectual and political life for the past two centuries.
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Rob Rubsam on Red Rooms and our Depravity
Rob Rubsam and Celeste Marcus discuss the movie Red Rooms and the case it makes for the inescapable depravity of contemporary human life.
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Ryan Ruby on Context Collapse
Ryan Ruby discusses his new book Context Collapse with Christopher McCaffery and Celeste Marcus.
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