Adventures Among Ideas

About Adventures Among Ideas

This podcast by David Dennen, PhD explores ideas in philosophy, cultural history, and literary theory. The point is view is generally Romanticist, pragmatist, and behaviorist, but other traditions are explored as well. Episodes are usually monologues, occasionally dialogues.

Publisher

David Dennen

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Feb 2022

Latest episode

31 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Jan 2025

   Film Criticism in Theory and Practice with CJ Sheu

   I talk with film reviewer and literary critic CJ Sheu (許景順) about how he got into film reviewing, his favorite critics, the differences between academic and journalistic criticism, the relation between literature and film, and more.

2. 

   31 Jan 2025

   The Gamer's Dilemma: The Ethics of Sex and Violence in Videogames

   Is it immoral to depict or commit violence in video games? What about sexual violence? Daniel Tarpy and I discuss the gamer's dilemma and the nature of games.

3. 

   31 Jan 2025

   Video Games Are Not Art. But They Are Important.

   Why video games are not art but are still culturally valuable. Compares the aesthetic attitude to the ludic attitude.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

17,386

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

30