Reading & Reviewing
Ryder reads great thinkers and shares their insights.
Latest Podcasts
Step 89: Pacifism as Pathology
Is pacifism as delusion that strengthens the state?
Step 88: Rorty’s Cruelty, Solidarity, and Liberal Hope
Rorty uses Nabokov and Orwell to show cruelty and solidarity, but his ideas have been subverted.
Step 87: Rorty’s Ironists and Metaphysicians
The liberal ironist’s contingent redescription versus the metaphysicians’ truth-chasing.
Step 86: Rorty’s Contingency
The contingency part of Richard Rorty’s “Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity”
Question:
Can you be authentic in a manipulative society?
Each step of the Podcast tackles a concept from a great thinker to reveal the obscure motivations that drive humans and the systems that shape us.
Our Journey
includes the following topics
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Society/Culture
- Self Help/Mental Health
- Labor/Leisure
- Behavioral Economics
- Popular Culture
What podcast listeners say:
When searching for content to fill my drive time, I am often bored or annoyed by podcast presenters and end up listening to public radio (the music station.) But after listening to Surveillance Capitalism by Ryder, time passes quickly (engaging content) and I also have a few laughs (his voice effects) and learn a few new words (big vocabulary.)
Valerie Grimes, The Flow Center
The podcast makes you think about daily acceptances of “the way things are” that deserve to be questioned. It challenges the authenticity of thought and a true search for facts to support theories. I enjoy the pointing out of daily hypocrisy not overly obvious to me prior to listening. Definitely recommend listening to this one!
Lucy Deasley
Join Ryder on a path of discovery dotted with books, philosophers, and human problems.
Ryder is desperately trying to untangle how individuality is shaped by society, which is all tangled up with money and invisible nudges.
On his journey, Ryder offers up the mental tools he finds to help you take what you learn into your daily life.
