Podcasts

Sift through all of our podcasts below. For better audio quality you can find the Plutarch Project podcast available on most platforms including: iTunes and Stitcher. Be sure to check out the forums if you’d like to add to the topic! Thanks for stopping by!

Episode 1: The Origins of the Humanities

Episode 1: This is the first episode of the Plutarch Project podcasts. In this episode we discuss what the Humanities are, where they originated as a field of study, and some facts about ancient Greece that led to their establishment.

Episode 1 Transcript

Episode 2: Language and Semiotics

Episode two focuses on language and semiotics. There’s a lot of talk about signs, signifiers, and signified and how these work in language.

Episode 2 Transcript

Episode 3: Writing and Levi-Strauss

Episode three focuses on the invention of writing and how Saussure’ work in semiotics affected the field of anthropology. It also discusses the work of Levi-Strauss in regards to his thoughts on the invention of writing

Episode 3 Transcript

Episode 4: Levi-Strauss and Stargate

This episode applies the lessons learned about writing in episode three to a work of fiction (the 1994 film Stargate). It explore how writing can be used as a tool to enslave and to liberate.

Episode 4 Transcript

Episode 5: A Brief History of Allegory

his episode explores the history of allegory and the importance of this unique rhetorical tool. From the minds of ancient Greeks to the novels of today, allegory has played a huge role in shaping the way people analyze and interpret media.

Episode 5 Transcript

Episode 6: Aquinas, Allegory, [non]Fluffy Jesus, and Figgies

Episode 6 Transcripts

Episode 7: Seneca On the Shortness of Life

This episode explores Seneca’s thoughts on how we use time. In a letter to his father in law he asks us to consider the time we are allotted. He claims that w are given enough time in our lives, but we waste much of it, causing us to feel that life is short.