Epigraphs

About Epigraphs

Brother-and-sister amateur intellectuals take on everything that interests them: literature, philosophy, culture, ecology, music, and all the other things. patreon.com/Epigraphs

Publisher

Ted and Maria

Category

arts · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Feb 2023

Latest episode

24 Nov 2023

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Nov 2023

   Wisdom Has Built Her House: Jemima Puddle-duck and Lady Folly

   Ted and Maria discuss Beatrix Potter's tale of a foolish duck and her narrow escape from a foxy gentleman.

2. 

   13 Jul 2023

   Narrative Coherence and the Cardinal Virtues

   Ted and Maria discuss how virtue and narrative shape each other and how both help us make sense of the world.

3. 

   22 Jun 2023

   The Arc of the Long Narrative

   Ted and Maria discuss what narrative shows us about Justice and how framing stories helps us to recognize and develop virtue.

4. 

   7 Jun 2023

   Read Big or Go Home

   Ted and Maria discuss epics: What they are, why they're great, and why you should read them.

5. 

   16 Mar 2023

   Things Fall Apart

   Ted and Maria discuss learning to be human and the perilous business of rearing children.

6. 

   27 Feb 2023

   Made You Look: The Palantir and the Will

   Join us as we take a look at Tolkien's Mirror of Galadriel and the Palantir and what they show us about sight.

7. 

   15 Feb 2023

   I Spy: A Discussion of "Lying" By Richard Wilbur

   What's under all those images?

8. 

   4 Feb 2023

   The Tail of a Tale: Truth in Squirrel Nutkin

   What does Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" tell us about the shape of reality?

9. 

   4 Feb 2023

   Come, Friends, Who Plough The Seas

   What can The Pirates of Penzance teach us about living in community?

10. 

    4 Feb 2023

    One-way Friends, Part 2

    Can you be friends with someone you can't see?

11. 

    4 Feb 2023

    One-way Friends, Part 1

    Can you be friends with someone who doesn't know you exist?

12. 

    4 Feb 2023

    Flowers Being Looked At

    Does it matter that flowers are beautiful?

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Contact Epigraphs

Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.