The Garden School Podcast

This is a two-part discussion on the topic of what is seen as Taboo in various cultures.  Please support the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Today's Torah portion was discussed on Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year or "Day of Shouting" as its known. The selections were the story of Abraham and Sara having Isaac and the story of Hannah having Samuel. I guess the theme of today is unexpected miracles.  Please subscribe to the show on iTunes and leave a review! Become a member of TGS @ Patreon/TheGardenSchool 

Today we will be discussing selections from Dueteronomy and Isaiah of the Hebrew Bible. This will be part of a weekly Torah reading. We hope you enjoy! Please listen and follow us on iTunes!

This episode of The Garden School features a discussion on Identity. What does it mean to be a Self in the world? How should an Individual act? Miles and I will be looking at Erving Goffman and the concept of Dramaturgy -- that life is a Drama. 

In our 13th episode of the podcast, we embark on a conversation that will be an ongoing topic on The Garden School Podcast, the limitations of the Scientific perspective. We will be using Wilfrid Sellars as our guide to wade through these murky waters to ask the questions: -What are the limits of Science? -What do we gain in the Humanities? -How do we reconcile the two? 

In our 12th episode of The Garden School Podcast we discuss Learning How To Paint, a book by the British psychologist Joann Milner. The conversation starts with painting but goes into many different aspects of what happens to our brain/body when we learn new things.  Miles Simon is a literary scholar at the University of Rochester.  Become a member of our Patreon page today @ The Garden School. 

In lieu of Labor Day, Miles and I decided to discuss Leisure and Labor, thought, perception, and much more!  Miles Simon is a literary scholar from the University of Rochester.  Become a member of our Patreon page @ The Garden School. 

In our tenth episode we have Miles Simon back for a discussion of G.K. Chesterton’s book Orthodoxy, specifically chapter 4, The Ethics of Elfland.

It’s been a while but we’re back! In this episode of The Garden School Podcast I have a conversation with one of my best friends, Miles Simon. Miles is a literary scholar at the University of Rochester and in this episode we discuss a range of topics from Attention, Deception, and the future of Criticism in the great culture wars of the moment.  To become a member of The Garden School visit our Patreon page @ The Garden School.

We're back! We've been in the process of leaving New York and moving down to Florida. This return episode features selections from Walt Whitman's Song of Myself -- and important American poem at a time of uncertainty and even anger at being American.