Podcast episodes
Season 1
S01 E14 - The Humanist Light Source
In this Season One closer, we explore the history of the light bulb, and what aligning ingenuity with literal illumination has done for us as a culture (for better, and for worse). When we consider how best to uplift fellow humans...
S01 E13 - The Humanist Monument
In this episode (and in the wake of a few years of toppled statues and related historical markers), we reflect on our use of public spaces to establish a specific ethos for our cultures. What do we venerate with our memorials and ...
S01 E12 - The Humanist Punk Aesthetic
Punk is a complicated term, because its history has found it appropriated by many different - and often completely contradictory - political movements and societal vantage points. How can so many ideologies fit under one umbrella ...
S01 E11 - The Humanist Sneakerhead
In this episode, I grapple with a passion that I did not fully understand - but wanted to. What kinds of cultural tension points exist in the world of sneakerheads? What can the phenomenon teach us about societal priorities, and t...