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Ep. 62 - Am I Burnt Out?
May 10, 2026
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May 3, 2026
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Apr 26, 2026
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Apr 19, 2026
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Apr 12, 2026
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| 5/10/26 | ![]() Ep. 62 - Am I Burnt Out? | I am tired. You are tired. We are all, collectively, tired. Some of us might call it burnout. Maybe all of us have felt it at some point. But what does that really mean, and how do we keep it from spreading any further?In this weeks episode, we explore burnout as something far more complex than simple exhaustion, depression, or weakness. With the help of South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han, and the thinkers he draws from like Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Nietzsche , we ask how deeply burnout is woven into the fabric of our society and whether it has been ingrained in us to the point that we pursue it without even realizing it... | — | ||||||
| 5/3/26 | ![]() Ep. 61 - Can I Trust What I See In A Time Of AI? | Many of us spend a huge portion of our lives online. Scrolling, swiping, clicking through an endless stream of images and videos that claim to show us the world. But is that world actually reality, especially now that AI is part of the picture?And was it ever reality to begin with?In this episode, I explore how photography and video may have quietly reshaped the way we believe we experience reality, often in deceptive ways. With the help of American essayist Susan Sontag, we question what it really means to see life through a camera and whether these images reveal anything objective at all, or simply convince us that they do. | — | ||||||
| 4/26/26 | ![]() Ep. 60 - What Do I Do About Evil? | We talk about a lot of complex topics on this podcast. Confusing, shifting, and often elusive ideas, and the language we use to try to make sense of them. But if there were one concept we could all count on understanding, it would have to be evil...... Right?In this weeks episode, I dive into why that is most definitely not the case as we explore what evil is, and more importantly, what it is not. With the help of German philosopher Hannah Arendt, we begin to question whether evil is something deeply complex and difficult to grasp, or if its power lies in just how simple it might actually be. | — | ||||||
| 4/19/26 | ![]() Ep. 59 - How Do I Belong? | We’ve spent a lot of time exploring the world around us, how it works, how it misleads us, how it often feels indifferent to our existence. We’ve looked at the many ways we try to survive within it. But we keep returning to something deeper: not just surviving, but creating a place for ourselves and living authentically within it. And that raises a difficult question; how do we actually come to belong?In this episode, I explore the tension at the heart of belonging, the constant push and pull between ourselves and the world as we try to find our place within it. With the help of German author Hermann Hesse and his novel Steppenwolf, we examine what it means to seek belonging in a world we often fear… and sometimes feel rejected by. | — | ||||||
| 4/12/26 | ![]() Ep. 58 - Should Freedom Scare Me? | Freedom matters, maybe more than anything else. To some more than life itself. It’s one of the central ideas this podcast has explored from an existential perspective. But have we ever stopped to ask whether freedom is really all it’s cracked up to be? Is it truly the ultimate goal of human life?In this week’s episode, I question whether our idea of freedom is overly idealistic and maybe even a kind of fantasy. What if freedom is not only difficult, but deeply unsettling? What if, in some ways, we fear it more than oppression?With the help of German-American psychotherapist Erich Fromm, we explore the human need for belonging, and how that need may quietly undermine our pursuit of true freedom. | — | ||||||
| 4/5/26 | ![]() Ep. 57 - Philosophical Check-In Part 3: Should I Go To Therapy? | Do you feel like your mind never slows down? Dread, anxiety, aimlessness… a fear of being vulnerable enough to truly connect, paired with a deep longing for belonging and intimacy that only true vulnerability can bring?Sounds like you should talk to someone.In the final episode of this philosophical check-in series, we explore the role of psychotherapy; what it is, what it can offer, and why it might matter more than we think. With guidance from thinkers like Irvin Yalom, Viktor Frankl, and Carl Jung, we look at what therapy was always meant to be, why it can feel so hard to find now adays, and why it may still be worth the search. | — | ||||||
| 3/29/26 | ![]() Ep. 56 - Philosophical Check-In Part 2: What Do I Do With My Anger? | I’ve shared a lot with you over the past year; ideas about money, ethics, morality, society, ideology, and how we treat each other and the world we live in. For some, these ideas spark a desire to take action. For others, they can feel overwhelming… like there’s nothing you can really do.Which makes me wonder… you mad bro?In the second part of this philosophical check-in series, we explore what happens when these ideas stir up frustration, helplessness, or even rage. With the help of thinkers like Fyodor Dostoevsky, we consider what action might look like when you can’t fix everything, and whether that means you shouldn’t act at all. | — | ||||||
| 3/22/26 | ![]() Ep. 55 - Philosophical Check-In Part 1: Am I An Individual Or A Collective? | It’s been a year of episodes, and it feels like the right time to ask a simple but important question… are you okay?We’ve covered a lot together, exploring existential crises, personal struggles, and the many ways the world can feel overwhelming. We’ve looked into some heavy, unsettling ideas. Maybe it’s time for a philosophical check-in.In this first episode of a short series focused on reflecting on your journey, I invite you to consider how life has been as you try to balance individual freedom with responsibility to others and the world around you. Drawing on ideas from philosophers like Simone de Beauvoir and Friedrich Nietzsche, we explore whether it’s possible to find some kind of balance through it all. | — | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | ![]() Ep. 54 - One Year Anniversary Special Part 2: The Modern Existentialists | It’s the beginning of the twentieth century. The founders of existentialism are gone, and Europe stands in a near-constant state of upheaval. The world is primed for a surge of thought, questions of purpose, meaning, and above all… freedom.In this episode, the second part of our one-year anniversary special, we turn to the thinkers who would carry existentialism into the modern era. Their ideas would shape not only philosophy, but the lives of countless people searching for answers in an often unjust world.Following the years before, during, and after World War II, we explore the rising philosophical careers—and occasional downfalls—of Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simone Weil, Keiji Nishitani, and Albert Camus as they help form the foundation of existential thought in the modern world. | — | ||||||
| 3/8/26 | ![]() Ep. 53 - One Year Anniversary Special Part 1: The Founders of Existentialism | Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.” For him, the actions we choose—those not born out of obligation but out of freedom—reveal who we truly are. In today’s episode, we explore that idea more closely.After a year of episodes, we finally pause to ask: who were the existentialists this podcast is built upon? How did they come to believe and teach what they did? What experiences shaped their thinking?In the first episode of a special two-part series exploring the lives behind the philosophy, we turn to three foundational figures of existential thought: Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Friedrich Nietzsche. It’s time to look at the hardships, struggles, and experiences that helped shape these towering voices in philosophy. | — | ||||||
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| 3/1/26 | ![]() Ep. 52 - Am I An Existentialist? | What does it truly mean to be an existentialist? To fully embrace the label, not just as an idea, but as a way of living. After everything we’ve explored on this podcast, what would it actually look like to let existential thought guide your life? And does such a thing even really exist?In this week’s episode, I take on a question that’s been a long time coming as we try to uncover what it truly means to live existentially. Drawing on biographer Sarah Bakewell and her outline of existentialist tenets, we explore a label that is complex, contested, and often misunderstood, asking not only what we’d be signing up for, but whether we even want to.Spoiler: it may be much harder to live by than we imagine. | — | ||||||
| 2/22/26 | ![]() Ep. 51 - What If I’m Wrong? | What does it mean to be wrong about something? And maybe more importantly, what does it say about us to be the kind of person who can be wrong? In everyday life, people seem intensely convinced that they’re right, often in completely opposing ways. So should we begin questioning what it even means to be wrong in the first place?In this week’s episode, I dive into the ideas of right and wrong, truth and falsehood. On a deeper level, can we really be as wrong as people make it seem? Or is the concept of “wrongness” far more complex than we assume? With the help of German existential psychotherapist Karl Jaspers, we explore the human experience of perception and whether it’s truly possible to be wrong in the way we often imagine. | — | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | ![]() Ep. 50 - Am I Disconnected From My World? | Am I truly connected to my world? Do I feel a sense of belonging with the people and places around me? Do I engage with life in a way that brings unity, or am I simply moving through it on autopilot, barely noticing as it slips by?In this episode, we return to Transcendentalism to wrestle with one of its central questions: what does it mean to be genuinely connected to the world? With the guidance of American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, we explore what it might look like to return to our natural roots and rediscover a more meaningful way of engaging with life.Along the way, we confront a difficult possibility: can we ever truly know ourselves if we remain disconnected from the world we inhabit? | — | ||||||
| 2/8/26 | ![]() Ep. 49 - Am I Self-Reliant? | What do I believe? What do I think? What are my opinions? In any given moment, how do I actually feel about myself and the world around me, apart from the constant influence of the society I live in? These can feel like impossibly difficult questions to answer, yet they may be among the most important. And perhaps the hardest question of all: if I truly knew the answers, would I embrace them… or run from them?In this week’s episode, I explore the idea of self-reliance as taught by the Transcendentalists, with a particular focus on Henry David Thoreau and his attempt to live it fully. Using imagination as a guide, we ask what it might look like to be yourself without the pressure to conform, and whether, if given the chance, you’d trust the person you find. | — | ||||||
| 2/1/26 | ![]() Ep. 48 - Am I A Failure? | We all fail. It’s part of being human; trying, falling short of our own standards or those imposed on us by others. Most of us know this experience well, and for many it’s one of the most painful we face. Failure can bring shame, self-hatred, alienation, and the urge to disappear. But what if failure isn’t something to fear or avoid? What if it’s something we should actively seek?In this week’s episode, I ask a simple but unsettling question: What is failure, and is it really that bad? Building on our previous exploration of nihilism, the relentlessly nihilistic Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran takes this idea to its extreme, inviting us to consider whether failing might be the only way we ever truly come to know ourselves. | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() What Do I Do? - Thoughts on Minneapolis | Minneapolis has me thinking, as I assume it has a lot of us. I reflect on the state of the world, my country, philosophy, and I ask myself and you all, what are we supposed to do? | — | ||||||
| 1/25/26 | ![]() Ep. 47 - Am I Too Self-Aware? Part 2 | We are self-aware to the point that some see it as a curse, the true source of human suffering. And yet we persist, searching for meaning and purpose in an existence that appears to offer neither inherently. But what happens when we grow tired of performing, of wearing masks, of playing the roles we think we must? What does it mean to live authentically in that raw, honest space? And what might it look like for nihilism to overcome itself?In this episode, I explore self-awareness not as something to flee from, but as something to lean into. With the guidance of Japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani and the insights of existential psychotherapist Viktor Frankl, we begin to find the courage to face the void, and perhaps even allow it fully into our hearts, minds, and lives. | — | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | ![]() Ep. 46 - Am I Too Self-Aware? Part 1 | As humans, we possess a rare capacity: the ability to reflect on ourselves, to question our existence, to create meaning, and to build entire belief systems around a single question: why? But what if this gift is also a burden?After several heavy episodes, I step back to ask whether we might be too self-aware for our own good. Drawing on the bleak and provocative reflections of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa and Norwegian philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe, we confront an unsettling possibility: that our capacity for self-reflection is not only a source of suffering, but, if taken to its extreme, a reason some have argued humanity should not continue at all... | — | ||||||
| 1/11/26 | ![]() Ep. 45 - What Do We Owe Each Other? | Over the past few episodes, we’ve explored the flaws, struggles, and misguided judgments that have shaped our society into something many people find difficult to live within, let alone find happiness, dignity, or peace. So what now?In this episode, we explore another possibility: anarchism. From David Graeber to Peter Kropotkin, Emma Goldman to Henry David Thoreau, we encounter voices that have called for change for centuries, and a tradition far more nuanced than its reputation suggests.Along the way, we ask a difficult question:Is our fear of changing the system… the system speaking through us? | — | ||||||
| 1/4/26 | ![]() Ep. 44 - What Does Society Owe Me? | The current way of doing things isn’t working for a lot of people anymore. People are angry. People are demanding lives that feel worth living—less alienated from the things that matter most. It may be why democratic socialism is gaining traction in the U.S. But what does it actually mean? And what are the trade-offs?In this week’s episode, we explore why so many people want change, where that change might lead, and why we seem unable to get there. With the misguided cautionary tale of political scientist Francis Fukuyama, we take a closer look at why meaningful change is so difficult to achieve.Along the way, we also ask whether a politics built on “you owe me” is really the path forward. | — | ||||||
| 12/28/25 | ![]() Ep. 43 - What Do I Owe My Job? | We work, constantly. For many of us, it consumes most of our waking hours, and we do it simply to survive, often just barely. We’re told we should feel grateful to have a job at all, lucky to be paid to do something many don’t enjoy. Gratitude and loyalty are expected… but when did work become something we owe?In this episode, we trace the history of work and examine how capitalism has shaped modern labor. With the help of anthropologist David Graeber and capitalism’s forefather Adam Smith, we ask a simple but radical question:What do I actually owe my job? | — | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | ![]() Ep. 42 - How Do I Actually Change My World? | Philosophy has shaped how we understand ourselves, our relationships, and our world. It has challenged our stories about reality and pushed us to question what we take for granted. But sometimes thinking isn’t enough. Sometimes philosophy must move us toward direct action, especially when the world we live in becomes unlivable.In this week’s episode, we explore what it means to use philosophy as a catalyst for real change. Drawing from Simone Weil and Henry David Thoreau, and building on Episodes 21 and 31, we examine the ingredients needed to enact meaningful transformation in our lives and the world around us.It might require us to become a little... disobedient. | — | ||||||
| 12/14/25 | ![]() Ep. 41 - Should I Kill My Ego? - The Unconscious Part 3 | When we think of the unconscious mind, we imagine mystery, depth, and vast uncharted territory. It can feel unsettling to consider what might surface when we stop keeping everything neatly tucked away. But what if the unconscious isn’t just chaos? What if it can be mapped?In this final episode of our series on the unconscious, we turn to Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung to explore what it might mean to truly encounter the parts of ourselves we don’t consciously claim. As we descend into the psyche, we may discover that what shapes us isn’t entirely personal at all, but something far older, symbolic, and mythological, quietly living beneath the surface. | — | ||||||
| 12/7/25 | ![]() Ep. 40 - How Can I Know What’s Real? - The Unconscious Part 2 | Since the beginning of this podcast, I’ve been asking the question: “Who am I?” As if finding ourselves would unlock endless possibilities.But what if the answer to that question is far more unsettling than we ever imagined?What if the “you” you think you know… isn’t the real you at all?In this week’s episode, we continue our series on the unconscious mind by diving into the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan—his theories on fantasies, mirrors, and the ever-mysterious, ever-unnerving Real.Prepare to confront the possibility that the self you’ve always known… might just be an act. | — | ||||||
| 11/30/25 | ![]() Ep. 39 - Am I Living A Lie? - The Unconscious Part 1 | What’s going on in your mind? What’s going on in mine?Sure, we know the surface-level stuff—the things we say, think, and do every day… but what’s deeper than that? What’s hiding in the dim, weird corridors of my psyche?This week kicks off a three-part series exploring and mapping the interior of the unconscious mind. We start with the general structure Sigmund Freud laid out and build from there.I just hope I don’t uncover anything sinister lurking in the recesses of my mind. Like a desire to kill or—worse—a deeply ingrained impulse to start awkwardly singing in public even though absolutely no one asked for it… | — | ||||||
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