aesthetics

Episode 164: The Significance Impulse (with Josh Glasgow)

What if our cosmic unimportance is itself not all that important?

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Episode 144: The Sublime

The ocean and space and “Ode to Joy” are sublime, of course… but what about an excellent lentil soup? In a confusing twist of etymology, where one would expect “sub” to mean “below,” in the word “sublime” it indicates something above or even beyond. We use it as a superlative, but a superlative of what?…

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Episode 23: Superheroes

The HBS hosts discuss the role of superheroes in culture and popular media.

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Episode 19: Laughter

The HBS hosts laugh, joke, and try to figure out what’s so funny about comedy.

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