Epigraphs

Ted and Maria

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

12 Episodes

Wisdom Has Built Her House: Jemima Puddle-duck and Lady Folly
11/24/2023
57:23
Ted and Maria discuss Beatrix Potter's tale of a foolish duck and her narrow escape from a foxy gentleman.
Narrative Coherence and the Cardinal Virtues
7/13/2023
1:03:23
Ted and Maria discuss how virtue and narrative shape each other and how both help us make sense of the world.
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The Arc of the Long Narrative
6/22/2023
53:20
Ted and Maria discuss what narrative shows us about Justice and how framing stories helps us to recognize and develop virtue.
Read Big or Go Home
6/7/2023
56:05
Ted and Maria discuss epics: What they are, why they're great, and why you should read them.
Things Fall Apart
3/16/2023
53:53
Ted and Maria discuss learning to be human and the perilous business of rearing children.
Made You Look: The Palantir and the Will
2/27/2023
51:28
Join us as we take a look at Tolkien's Mirror of Galadriel and the Palantir and what they show us about sight.
I Spy: A Discussion of "Lying" By Richard Wilbur
2/15/2023
48:42
What's under all those images?
The Tail of a Tale: Truth in Squirrel Nutkin
2/4/2023
57:18
What does Beatrix Potter's "Tale of Squirrel Nutkin" tell us about the shape of reality?
Come, Friends, Who Plough The Seas
2/4/2023
56:50
What can The Pirates of Penzance teach us about living in community?
One-way Friends, Part 2
2/4/2023
49:24
Can you be friends with someone you can't see?

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Epigraphs

Ted and Maria

12 Episodes

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

Narrative Coherence and the Cardinal Virtues

The Arc of the Long Narrative

Read Big or Go Home

Things Fall Apart

Made You Look: The Palantir and the Will

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

The Tail of a Tale: Truth in Squirrel Nutkin

Come, Friends, Who Plough The Seas

One-way Friends, Part 2