How our society's increasing bent towards communist ideology is shaping our future and the function of AI.
24 Jun 2026
No Criticism, No Culture
Brief inquiry into the considerable societal consequences of disallowing free criticism.
3 Jun 2026
The Endless Square
Furthering the analogy between the Necker cube and Quantum Mechanics via a simple thought experiment involving the collapse of three-dimensioned space.
13 May 2026
Unsettling Cube: Superposition, QM, and the Necker Cube
A short introduction pertaining to Superposition in Quantum Mechanics using the so-called 'Necker' Cube.
3 Jan 2026
Immunotopia: Picturing Thirty Years On From Covid
Immunotopia: A thought-experiment opting from a thirty-years' perspective on one of the most devastating events in human history: the Covid era.
30 Dec 2025
Battle Scars: A Reality of Zionism
A brief episode on the inescapable historic reality of Zionism and its ramifications.
14 Dec 2025
Ragtime S2#3: The Science
Ragtime S2 Episode 3: The Science. A short 9’ episode which examines the true meaning - albeit rarely understood - of moral relativism, leading to an argument featuring a brief tour through the evolution of Western ideas philosophic, scientific, good as well as bad, based upon the quintessential theme of Western culture: Science.
23 Nov 2025
Ragtime S2 #2: The Path of Least Resistance: Reflections on the Kristian Winther Interview
A brief, experimental episode which examines and critiques certain points raised in the previous interview with Kristian Winther.
20 Nov 2025
Ragtime S2 Ep1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful?
Ragtime Series 2 Episode#1: Is a Mushroom Cloud Beautiful? Featuring virtuoso violinist, deep thinker and maverick artist Kristian Winther. 0:00. Intro: On a mushroom cloud 0:45. Introducing Kristian Winther 1:08. EXCERPT: Vanessa Mae playing Bach 1:51. Art and mass consumerism 5:23. Celebrating uniqueness 10:50. Bruckner versus Mahler 15:30. Stravinsky and commercialism 19:05. EXCERPT: Beethoven Violin Sonata#10 22:42. Music being institutionalised 31:15. Celebrating ...
17 Sept 2025
Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence
Ragtime #9: The Language of Violence. A brief homage to Charlie Kirk, assassinated for opposing cult ideology.
1 Aug 2025
Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament
Ragtime #8: AI - A Necessary Predicament. Examining the shattering relevance of Walter Benjamin's most prescient essay.
7 Jul 2025
Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man
Ragtime #7 - The Mass Man: outlining the attributes of a most dangerous type of character, the 'mass-man', through the prism of Kierkegaard and Jung.
3 Jul 2025
Ragtime #6 - Streets of Consciousness
Ragtime #6 - Streets of Consciousness: Few might imagine that a most celebrated street musician is in fact a brilliant academic intellect, composer, painter, poet, as well as a highly credentialed philosopher with extensive training in both Eastern and Western medicine. Melvyn Cann is a genuine Renaissance-style polymath, embodying the empirical spirit of Diogenes with the humanity of Erasmus. 0’00 Intro 4’11 On the unknown 9’25 On the street 20’25 EXCERPT: Sound of Silence (Simon and G...
28 Jun 2025
Ragtime#5 - A Slippery Battlefield
Host Benjamin Martin on how a lack of grassroots artistic initiative results in a vacuum that is filled by a veneer culture.
25 Jun 2025
Ragtime#4: Loose Canon
The sprawling, thought-provoking, and highly entertaining forth episode of Ragtime with the brilliant Peter de Jager and renowned scholar and performer Peter Tregear. 0’00 - Intro 3’29 - EXCERPT: Faust Symphony (Liszt) 5’34 - Is there an evolving principle at work leading to serialism? 17’12 - EXCERPT: Moro Lasso al Mio Duolo (Gesualdo) 18’52 - Are we losing receptivity to dissonances past? 23’54 - Ross Duffin and Equal Temperament 28’38 - Written versus oral traditions 30’38 - EXCERPT: Le Sa...
21 Jun 2025
Ragtime#2 - The Unknown
Very short episode narrated by Ragtime host Benjamin Martin on the importance of remaining in touch with the unknown.
21 Jun 2025
Ragtime#1 - About the Same Thing
Ragtime’s Pilot episode featuring preeminent musicians David Berlin, Fabian Russell and Joe Chindamo, discussing a wide range of subject-matter addressing the underpinnings of Art, culture, and society. 0’00 Intro 2’22 What might be some quintessential aspects of leadership? 16’04 Ought art matter to the person in the street? 22’08 Aesthetics versus morals: is a mushroom cloud beautiful? 33’23 The artist as subversive: is rebelliousness fundamental to originality?
20 Jun 2025
Ragtime#3: Agent of History
Agent of History: exploring the musical and societal ramifications of Schoenberg’s twelve-tone method, as well as examining elements which presaged serialism. With brilliant musical mind and celebrated pianist-composer Peter de Jager. 0’00 - Intro 3’48 - EXCERPT: Schoenberg Erwartung 5’26 - Why was the implementation of the 12-tone method necessary? 12’ - Dissonance not necessarily subjective 12’51 - EXCERPT: Bach-Webern Ricercare 19’02 - EXCERPT: Berg Lulu Act.III 21...
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