LUNA's road trip in philosophy

About LUNA's road trip in philosophy

Ol and Val, two Australian philosophers in Paris - and their lucky guests - get into a lively discussion about how to make modern philosophy work - how to get it to work to make sense out of life nowadays.

Publisher

Oliver Feltham and Valentin Cartillier

Category

arts · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Feb 2026

Latest episode

17 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Episode 25 on How to Find Freedom Amongst Contingency and Necessity

   In this episode Luna arrives at the end of Part 2 of Spinoza's Ethics, where Ol and Val attempt to locate the space of freedom in a causally determined and necessary universe. Photo: Bunya Mountains in Queensland, Australia

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Episode 24 in which Val cannot come up with an adequate idea of a dog and Ol rescues him from his self-imposed ignorance with the three kinds of knowledge

   In this episode we explore what it means for Spinoza to have a true idea, where they're located, and the three kinds of knowledge we can have

3. 

   29 Aug 2026

   Episode 23 in which Ol and Val are joined by Joe Major on a trip through the soundscape of the 20th century

   This week's episode features special guest Joe Major, an Australian composer, musician, piano technician, philsosopher, and AUP alumni, to discuss the relation between music and philosophy as we discuss 20th century experimental composer John Cage, the revolutionary introduction of Arthur Schönberg's 12 tone system, Joe playing the piano to demonstrate some of the concepts discussed, and all things musical.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

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