The Wisdom Of
Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of!
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 6, 2021 • 29min
Morality - Conrad's Heart of Darkness
Season 4 Morality - In the Heart of Darkness the central character Marlow tells the story of his journey up the Congo River where he meets Kurtz, an ivory trader.
Feb 28, 2021 • 28min
Morality - Gide's The Immoralist
Gide's The Immoralist describes a confessional account of a man seeking the truth about his own nature.
Feb 20, 2021 • 30min
Morality - Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is a Greek tragedy about Oedipus, who is fated to kill his father and marry his mother.
Feb 13, 2021 • 27min
Morality - The Story of Abraham and Isaac
The story of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis is about God's command to Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac.
Feb 6, 2021 • 30min
Morality - Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It's about a man who commits a murder and has to deal with his guilt.
Jan 30, 2021 • 31min
Happiness - John Keats
John Keats is a Romantic poet. In this episode, we discuss a letter he wrote in 1817 where he talked about something he called "Negative Capability".
Jan 24, 2021 • 32min
Happiness - F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
Jan 16, 2021 • 36min
Happiness - Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay about the absurd, published in 1942.
Jan 10, 2021 • 34min
Happiness - Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a story of love and adultery set against the background of aristocratic society in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Jan 2, 2021 • 40min
Happiness - Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus
Epicurus’ Letter to Menoeceus is a brief summary of his philosophy of happiness, to his friend and disciple of the letter’s name.
