After our last episode a listener reached out to talk about it. He said he enjoyed it but had a couple of questions or quibbles. Mostly, he wanted to know whether I thought of history as “fact?” [Read More]
The Search for Art
Hello, gentle listeners. It’s been a while. So let me catch you up on a few things.
I had brain surgery on January 5th. And if you think that sounds intense, then you are right. [Read More]
Episode 109 – The Body as Text
I had an upsetting experience last week.
You may remember from past episodes that I have been struggling with headaches. This has been going on for months, and if I am being honest, on and off for about a decade. So in August I had a lumbar puncture, or spinal tap, to reduce the pressure in my head. The pressure wasn’t all that high, so there wasn’t too much to reduce, and for a while that seemed to have done the trick. But in the last few weeks my headaches have returned. And sometimes they are bad. This is, of course, really frustrating because I’ve got school, which doesn’t exactly slow down for my discomfort. [Read More]
Episode 108 – Tell Me Plainly: Enlightenment Rhetoric
On Monday NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashed into a space rock. [Read More]
Episode 107 – Banned Books and the Narrative
Sunday was the beginning of Banned Books Week. As you know, Banned Books Week is a big deal around here.
I got a little preachy in my classes and gave them quite a sermon on banned books. But I took a different tack than I usually do. This time I didn’t talk about censorship or free speech. I don’t know how much that really hits home sometimes. This time I talked about how book challenges are a matter of equity. [Read More]